Method and system for manufacturing label kits comprised of carrier sheets having labels of specific shape removably retained thereon

Abstract

A method and a system for the manufacture of label kits is described. Each kit comprises a one or more of carrier sheets having one or more labels of specific shape and containing specific information associated with a specific product or parts thereof on which they are to be affixed. The labels have an adhesive backing removably retained on a surface of the carrier sheet. The user person that applies the labels to the specific product, or parts thereof, does not have to go through a selection process in determining which of one or more labels should be applied to a single part of the specific product. The kit overcomes this selection process and provides error-proofing and improvements in the efficiency of current assembly processes where specific products vary along an assembly line requiring different labels applied from one assembly to the next, such as in the assembly of automotive vehicles. Parts or assemblies require differing language and content on labels depending on the country or region of shipment. Varying product models or option content requires different labels from part to part or assembly to assembly. The system uses a digital printer and a laminator die-cutting machine which is computer controlled with the data being automatically printed and labels automatically cut into a web whereby to form detachable labels, some having a UV protected clear or opaque synthetic or paper surface material face sheet. The carrier sheets are cut from the web and individually place or stacked into kits or piles to form label kits containing a predetermined number of such labels associated with a specific product or part with the carrier sheets potentially containing a tracking code identifying the specific kit to the product.

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