Continuous multi-head rotary machines CAPLINE ROT MULTIHEAD serve to capping bottles with greater output. The three-headed Machines will be provided with a power output of 4,000 bottles per hour, the four-headed with 6,000 bottles per hour delivered.
Rotary capping machines are intended in particular for closing smaller containers and for closing containers with problematic closures (e.g. closures with a flat thread). The containers are conveyed from the conveyor belt onto a star-wheel indexing table and pushed under the capping station, where the screw cap is introduced into the capping head by means of a pick-and-place mechanism, thereby closing the container.
Key features
- Machine frame with height-adjustable feets
- Stainless steel conveyor with adjustable guide rails and with delrin or stainless steel top slat band
- Screw conveyor for bottle positioning
- Infeed and outfeed star wheels for transporting bottles to and from the capping position
- Bottle presence detection sensor in the star wheel
- Rotary cap orientator
- Caps chute with sensor for cap presence detection
- Pick and Place device
- Capping head with adjustable torque
- Outfeed conveyor occupancy sensor
- Control panel with touchscreen
- CE safety guards
Options
- Caps elevator with hopper
- Format parts for second bottle or cap
- Sensor for detecting caps on the bottle, with or without a ejector device
- Automatic adjustment of the capping head height
- ATEX version
- Corrosion-resistant design
- Remote access
Process Description
- The containers are conveyed by means of the feed screw to the feed starwheel. The starwheel (continuous design) picks up the containers and transports them to the sealing area.
- The caps are conveyed from the cap feeder via the belt conveyor to the rotary orienter at the top of the capping machine. The oriented caps are fed to the pick-and-place unit via the cap chute. The cap chute is equipped with a sensor that detects the presence of caps. If the fill level of caps in the chute is low, the sensor starts the orienter.
- The caps are conveyed from the chute to the capping heads by a rotating pick-and-place device. The capping head places the cap onto the bottle neck while in motion and tightens it with the required capping torque. Capped containers are conveyed to the discharge starwheel and leave the machine on the downstream conveyor belt.
