subject: Capping Machine | Bottle Cappers [print this page] Are you a fan of the show How Its Made from the Discovery Channel? If you are you probably have noticed the intricate process these products go through starting out as a raw material and ending with a finished product. Within the different seasons of How Its Made they show the different machines that are involved in the different stages of the completion of the product. Some of these shows portray products such as food or beverages, a common interest in todays culture.
As daunting and tedious as these machines look, they have perfect precision and are extremely intelligent. They use recognition software capable of identifying faulty products which then are removed from the production line without any interruption of the process. This type of technology is called Servo. Most machines if not all have servo software which helps decrease the amount of wasted material and time.
Throughout all the machines involved in the production line the one that holds the most responsibility outside the manufacturing facility is the capping machine. These machines can manage glass, plastic, metals and foils safely and efficiently. Listed below are four different types of capping machines and their functions.
Spindle Cappers: this capper accommodates a wide variety of cap and bottle configurations without the need for change parts. Typically when you twist of a cap to your favorite soda these machines put that cap there in the first place. They can be configured as fully automatic cappers, semi-automatic cap tighteners or as re-torquing devices after an induction sealer.
Snap Cappers: this capper can also accommodate a wide variety of configurations without change parts. These caps arent as popular as the twist-off caps, because they arent as secure. The modular design allows it to be configured as fully automatic capper or a semi-automatic completion unit for hand placed caps.
Spindle/Snap Cappers: a durable and versatile capper that is able to sort, place and complete a wide range of both screw and snap caps. These capping machines are known to do it all however there are a few change parts involved decreasing productivity.
Chuck Cappers: this single or dual head capper is designed to maximize the speed of your packaging line while maintaining consistent torque on your caps. Torque being the tightness of the cap placed on the container. Thanks to modern technology, these machines really do maintain a consistent tightness.
The innovative design of a cap now shows whether or not the container has been tampered with before purchasing. The famous Snapple cap gives a popping sound one it is untwisted telling the consumer its still fresh or the caps on plastic soda bottles breaks away from the seal below it giving the consumer the same sense. These capping machines are an important part in the packaging process giving the products as long a shelf life as possible. If these caps are not applied correctly, the container is wasted lowering revenue.
