Cold Glue (Wet Glue) Solutions
Precision maintenance for Solomatic, Topmatic, and Universella labelers. We restore the delicate balance of glue film thickness and gripper timing to ensure perfect label application every time.
Repair & Exchange Services
Glue Pot Exchange
Stop rebuilding messy glue pots on your workbench. Our Exchange Program sends you a fully rebuilt, tested unit ready for "Plug & Play" installation. Send us your core, and get back to production immediately.
Pallet Refacing
Worn or pitted pallets result in uneven glue patterns and "dog-eared" labels. We re-machine and reface your glue pallets to factory tolerances, ensuring a smooth, consistent film transfer.
Aggregate Overhauls
From turret bearing replacements to glue roller shaft alignment, we perform complete overhauls on labeling aggregates. We ensure your gripper cylinders and sponge rollers are synchronized perfectly.
Cold Glue Replacement Parts
LES stocks a massive inventory of OEM-spec parts for rotary cold glue machines. Whether you need a single spring or a complete magazine assembly.
- Glue Pallets (Standard & Custom)
- Glue Pots (New & Rebuilt)
- Gripper Cylinders & Sponges
- Label Magazine Fingers
- Glue Roller Shafts
- Rubber & Steel Glue Rollers
- Bottle Plates (Standard & Puck)
- Centering Bells
What Drives Cold Glue Label Quality
On a Solomatic, Topmatic or Universella, label quality comes down to a chain of contact points: the glue roller lays a film on the pallet, the pallet carries it to the label, the gripper cylinder picks the label off the magazine, and the brushes press it down. Every defect you see on the bottle traces back to one of those hand-offs.
Reading the defect
- Dog-eared or lifted corners usually mean an uneven glue film, which points at a worn or pitted pallet face.
- Labels missing entirely or double-feeding point at the magazine and gripper timing rather than the glue.
- Skewed or rotated labels usually mean gripper cylinder wear or a synchronisation problem in the aggregate.
- Glue squeezing out past the label edge means the film is too heavy — often a glue roller shaft that has drifted out of alignment.
Refacing beats replacing
Pallets and glue rollers are wear items, but they are not disposable. Re-machining a pallet face back to factory tolerance restores an even film for a fraction of the cost of new tooling, and a rebuilt aggregate with new turret bearings and a properly aligned roller shaft will run like the day it was commissioned.
Keeping a spare on the shelf
The glue pot exchange program exists so that a pot rebuild never has to happen on your workbench during a production window. You install a tested unit, ship the core back, and the changeover is measured in minutes rather than days. Most customers who run cold glue continuously keep one exchange unit on hand for exactly this reason.
If you are not certain which part of the chain is causing your defect, describe what you are seeing on the container and what you are running. We will tell you where we would look first.
Chasing a fault rather than a part? Start with the labeler troubleshooting guide — flagging, dropped labels, skew, double-feeds and glue stringing, symptom by symptom.
Trying to stop these faults before they start? See our labeler preventive maintenance guide — inspection cadence, wear items by machine type, what to keep on the spare parts shelf, and when a rebuild beats running to failure.