Vacuum transfer cylinder with suction bar circuit

Method for applying labels onto containers in which labels are transferred to a vacuum transfer cylinder, are attached there and conveyed by the way of movable vacuum suction bars of the vacuum transfer cylinder, wherein each label to be tranpsorted is associated with at least two vacuum suction bars from the plurality of movable vacuum suction bars, comprising:

• proividing a label strip on a roll-off device;
• cutting the label strip into labels via a cutting unit;
• transferring the labels to the containers via the vacuum transfer cylinder, wherein transferring the labels to the containers via the vacuum transfer cylinders comprises suctioning, conveying, and transferring the labels via the plurality of movable vacuum suction bars;
• and
• controlling the motion of-said at least one vacuum suction bar by at least one the movable vacuum suction bars with a bar controller, where said bar controller comprises at least two control cams, comprising-a first control cam and a second control cam, which, in interaction with at least one control roller of the least one vacuum suction bar, controls the motion of the vacuum suction bar, wherein said at least two control cams are arranged on two different partial circles having different radii, including the first control cam being arranged on an inner partial circle and the second control cam being arranged on an outer partial circle,
• where for each label to be transported, all movable vacuum suction bars associated with a respective label to be transported are controlled only by either the first control cam arranged on the inner partial circle or by the second control cam arranged on an outer partial circle.