Method and device for sleeving containers.

摘要

The invention relates to a container sleeving method comprising: - conveying a container along a trajectory; - ejecting a sleeve of heat shrinkable tubular foil material from an ejection unit to the conveyed container to an initial position wherein the sleeve is arranged around the container; - engaging the sleeve on the conveyed container; -applying an upward stroke to the sleeve by displacing the one or more flexible positioning elements in upward direction while having the flexible positioning elements follow the outer contour of the container. The invention also relates to a container sleeving device comprising a sleeve positioner configured to engage the sleeve on the conveyed container and to push the sleeve upward until the sleeve reaches a destination position above the initial position, the sleeve positioner comprising one or more flexible positioning elements arranged along the trajectory to apply an upward stroke to the sleeve.