Label rewinders are used for many reasons in manufacturing and distribution. Have you ever tried to print a bunch of rack location labels in sequence only to drop the pile and have the order all messed up? How about running a large run of custom product labels for special barcoding and having a unmanageable pile of labels you are dragging around the shipping dock? Well, that is were the label rewinder comes into play. If you are using a thermal transfer, direct thermal or color label printer a external label rewinder comes in handy to keep your labels in order and on a nice roll so they are not able to get out of order or fall out of a stack.

Label rewinders can be internally installed in printers or placed externally in front of the printer. It all depends on the space you have as to which type of label rewinder to use. External label rewinders provide the most flexibility. With a external label rewinder, you can rewind right off of the printer and you can also use the rewinder to rewind off a existing core. An example would be if a sequential preprinted barcode label is run, you would have the lowest number in the center of the roll. If you want this number to be the first number used when labeling, you would have to rewind the entire roll so the highest number is in the center of the roll and the lowest number is at the end, ready to use. An external rewinder allows the operator to perform this action with ease.

Cat-2 label rewinders are heavy duty label rewinders made by Labelmate. These label rewinders come with many options to allow the flexibility of counting labels, stopping the rewinder when the labels run out, adjusting the tension of the rewinde and adjusting the core size that is being rewound onto. Mini-Cat label rewinders are less expensive and have a smaller profile. This restricts the size of roll you can rewind, but is a great choice if space and budget is an issue. There are many other makes and sizes of label rewinders made just to fit your needs.