3-Station Cap Spindle Tighteners
3-Station cap spindle tighteners utilize spindle wheels to properly and repeatedly apply caps to containers, reduce or eliminate operator fatigue, and provide consistent application torque to the caps. The spindle capping systems modular design adjusts for a wide variety of cap and bottle configurations without the need for change parts, running as fully automatic cappers, semi-automatic cap tighteners or as re-torquing devices used after an induction sealer. Several styles of cap sorters are available to orient and feed caps.
Our versatile capping system features toolless adjustment and power height actuators, operating controls housed in a NEMA 4 rated stainless steel electrical enclosure, mounted to a durable stainless steel and anodized aluminum framework.
Caps may be fed by a cap sorter into an adjustable cap chute or manually placed by an operator directly onto the container for semi-automatic applications. Motorized gripper belts control and guide the container securely through the cap tightener while opposing sets of polyurethane discs spin the caps into place. Mechanical adjustable clutches ensure consistent, accurate torque.
Standard Specifications:
- 304 stainless steel construction
- Anodized aluminum components
- Independent base designed to mount over conveyor
- Tool-less changeover features and power height adjustment
- Mechanical clutches provide application torque up to 30 inch pounds
- Cap stabilizer to assist in starting caps
- Capping speeds up to 330 containers per minute (application & model dependent)
- Polyurethane torque wheels available in durometers from 20-70 (70 standard)
Optional Components:
- 316 stainless steel construction upgrade
- Hazardous construction components and workmanship for flammable products
- Narrow, wide and double bottle gripper belts available for handling smaller/larger containers
- Various cap sorting devices available to best suit your application
- Anodized aluminum and stainless steel cap chute
- Automatic full chute sorting device pause
- Either full or partial interlocking Lexan protective guarding available
Applications:
- Round, rectangular and F-style containers
- 1 oz- 2.5 gallon container sizes, container heights from 2” up to 18”
- Wide variety of continuous thread caps: Cap diameters from 10mm-120mm, cap thicknesses from 5mm-70mm
Power Requirements:
- 120/240VAC, 1 phase, 60 Hz (other voltage/phase available)
- NEMA 12, 4, 4X and hazardous location electrical enclosure and components are available
- 80-100 psi compressed clean dry air, 6-15 SCFM with cap sorter, no air required without cap sorter
