Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling machine, a printing machine, an inspection machine, and a method for starting up such a machine. The machine comprises at least two container receptacles, each of which has a rotary plate with a rotary plate direct drive device, and a bus unit for connecting the at least one container receptacle to a bus of a bus system in order to communicate with at least one component of an additional container handling machine or an additional component of the labeling machine and/or printing machine and/or inspection machine.

Abstract: A method and a device for applying a shrink film sleeve to a container is provided. The method includes perforating the shrink film sleeve at predefined intervals, expanding the perforated shrink film sleeve by means of an expansion device, such as an expansion mandrel, conveying the expanded shrink film sleeve along the expansion device by a conveyor roller pair, tearing off the shrink film sleeve at the perforation by means of a downstream dispensing roller pair whose conveying speed is at least temporarily higher than the conveying speed of the conveyor roller pair, and shooting the torn-off shrink film sleeve onto the container.