Container sleeving device, system and method

A container sleeving device for arranging sleeves on a plurality, of containers, wherein the sleeves are made of tubular foil material made to pass over a circumferential outer surface of a spreading element, the container sleeving device comprising:

• the spreading element configured to spread open the tubular foil material passing from a proximal spreading element portion towards a distal spreading element portion,
• a cutting unit for cutting the tubular foil material to form a sleeve;
• a sleeve discharge unit configured to accelerate the sleeve to move over the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion so as to discharge the sleeve towards a container, the sleeve discharge unit having discharge wheels oriented obliquely with respect to an axial direction of the spreading element;
• wherein the distal spreading element portion or the proximal spreading element portion has one or more air pressure regulating openings configured to regulate the air pressure close to the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion or proximal spreading element portion, respectively, wherein the air pressure regulating openings are connected to one or more channels, at least one channel coupled to a central cavity, the central cavity disposed axially at a center of the spreading element, the central cavity open to ambient air pressure so as to at least partially reduce the pressure difference between the pressure on the outer surface and the pressure on the inner surface of the sleeve.