TelTek WPL: Weighing and Labelling Combined for Smarter Production
In modern food manufacturing, getting a product into a container is only part of the job. Before that product leaves the production line, manufacturers need confidence that the pack meets the required weight specification and carries the correct information.
The TelTek WPL Weigh Price Labelling system brings these processes together into one integrated solution, allowing manufacturers to check product weight and automatically apply labels as products move through production.
For manufacturers handling products such as yoghurt, dairy products, meat, poultry, cheese, ready meals and other packaged foods, this combination can provide a practical way to improve production efficiency while strengthening quality control.
One Production Line. Two Important Processes.
Traditionally, weighing and labelling can involve separate pieces of equipment or separate stages of production.
A product may first pass through a checkweigher before moving further down the line to a labelling system. Every additional process requires space, integration and coordination.
The TelTek WPL takes a more streamlined approach. Products travel through the system where their weight can be checked and the required label applied as part of the same production flow.
Instead of treating weighing and labelling as completely independent operations, manufacturers can bring them together into a coordinated process.
Consider a yoghurt production line.
Hundreds or thousands of yoghurt containers may need to move through production every hour.
Each container needs to meet its required weight specification, while also carrying important product information such as:
The WPL creates an opportunity to manage these requirements efficiently while keeping products moving.
Helping Manufacturers Control Product Weight
Weight control is about much more than simply putting a number on a package.
If packs are consistently underweight, manufacturers can face quality and compliance concerns. If they are consistently overweight, unnecessary product giveaway can quietly become a significant production cost.
Consider a small amount of excess yoghurt being filled into every container. On one tub, the difference might appear insignificant.
Multiply that difference across thousands of containers per shift, multiple production lines and an entire year, and unnecessary giveaway can become substantial.
By incorporating weighing into the production process, manufacturers gain another level of visibility over what is actually leaving the line.
That information can help production teams identify trends, investigate deviations and maintain tighter control over filling operations.
Automatic Labelling Without Creating Another Manual Process
Once a product has been weighed, it still needs to be identified correctly.
This is where the labelling side of the WPL becomes particularly valuable.
Labels can carry both fixed branding and variable product information, allowing manufacturers to communicate important information directly on the pack.
For a yoghurt manufacturer, for example, different flavours may travel through production:
Strawberry. Blueberry. Peach. Vanilla. Mixed Berry.
Each product may require its own identification and production information.
Automating the labelling process reduces dependence on manually applying labels and helps manufacturers create a more consistent presentation across finished products.
It also creates a natural connection between the product, its weight and the information presented on the label.
Supporting Traceability Through Smarter Labels
Modern labels are increasingly becoming information carriers rather than simply branding elements.
A label can include a batch number, production date, best-before date, barcode or QR code, giving manufacturers several ways to identify and trace a product. A QR code can take this even further.
Depending on how the manufacturer configures its information systems, a QR code could connect customers, retailers or internal teams to additional product information, traceability records, instructions or digital content.
This transforms a relatively small label into an important part of the manufacturer's broader product-information strategy.
Designed Around Continuous Production
One of the biggest advantages of automation is reducing unnecessary intervention.
In a busy manufacturing environment, every manual handling step has the potential to slow production, introduce inconsistency or require additional labour.
A combined weighing and labelling system allows these operations to become part of the natural movement of the production line:
Product enters → weight is checked → information is processed → label is applied → product continues downstream.
The objective is simple: perform more of the necessary quality and identification processes without unnecessarily interrupting production flow.
More Than a Machine – It Provides Production Information
Another important benefit of automated weighing technology is the data it can make available to production teams.
Instead of relying only on occasional manual checks, manufacturers can gain greater visibility into production performance.
Depending on system configuration, information associated with weighing operations can help teams understand areas such as throughput, weight variation and product performance.
That creates opportunities for continuous improvement.
If average pack weights begin drifting upward, production teams can investigate potential overfilling.
If weights begin moving towards the lower tolerance, filling equipment can be checked before the issue becomes more significant.
The weighing system therefore becomes more than an inspection point.
It becomes another source of information about the production process itself.
A Practical Combination for Food Manufacturers
The TelTek WPL concept can be particularly useful in applications where packaged products require both weight verification and labelling.
Think beyond yoghurt.
The same principle can apply across:
Dairy products such as cheese, butter and prepared desserts.
Meat and poultry packed into trays requiring weight and product information.
Ready meals where different recipes and portion sizes need clear identification.
Fresh produce where packs may require weight, price or traceability information.
Bakery and confectionery products packed into trays, containers or other retail-ready formats.
Across these applications, the underlying requirement remains similar:
Verify the product. Identify the product. Keep production moving.
Turning Two Processes Into One Smarter Solution
Manufacturing efficiency does not always come from making an individual machine faster.
Sometimes the bigger opportunity comes from examining how different production processes work together.
That is what makes the TelTek WPL weighing and labelling combination interesting.
By bringing weight control and automatic labelling together, manufacturers can work towards better process control, reduced manual intervention, improved traceability, consistent product identification and more streamlined production.
For a yoghurt manufacturer watching hundreds of containers travel down a conveyor, the value becomes easy to understand.
Every container needs to be right.
The right product.
The right weight.
The right information.
The right label.
And when those requirements can be handled as part of one continuous production process, manufacturers gain something increasingly valuable:
Greater control without unnecessarily complicating the production line.
