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Many products are packaged in metal, paper or plastic cups. These can range in size from less than an ounce to a pint or more. They are typically closed with a foil, plastic or paper lid, heat sealed to the cup.
Common products include margarine, dipping sauces, potato and egg salads, dry soup, household chemicals, candy, toys and anything else that can fit into a cup. Single head rotary cup fillers are intermittent motion and generally limited to rather low speeds, around 20-40ppm.
The turret of the cup filler consists of a plate with holes. The holes are sized and profiled for the specific cup to be filled. Cups and lids are stacked in a magazine ready for dispensing.
This picture from the Frain website shows the various stations of the filler. This machine is a bit unusual since it has two product hoppers and two filling heads, both filling into the same cup.
The first step is indexing an empty station under the cup magazine. The pair of screws dispenses 1 cup which drops into the pocket on the turret.
The turret indexes to stage the cup under the filling nozzle. The cup is then filled using piston fillers driven by air cylinders. Fill volume, a function of piston stroke length is controlled by physical stops, set by turning the black adjustment knobs in the picture.
After filling the turret indexes to position the cup under the lid dispenser. In the machine shown, there is a blank station where the filled cup is staged for one cycle prior to lid placement. At the lidding station, the lid is pulled from the magazine and placed on the cup. Note in the picture how the cup is recessed slightly and includes a recess to match the tab on the lid.
After placing, the filled cup with lid is indexed to the sealing station. There a heated element, sized to the cup, presses the lid against the cup. The heat of the element melts an adhesive layer of plastic which seals to the cup
In the final station, a pedestal below the turret pushes the cup up. When the bottom of the cup is flush with the turret, a sweep arm pushes the cup from the turret to the discharge track. The cup is removed by hand or conveyor for further packing.
World Cup, Model 12-32, Automatic, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler, roll stock applicator, heat sealer and over lidder with number on cups per minute – depending on materials and application. Container size: up to 4¾" OD. Fill range: 1oz. to 32 oz. both with proper change parts. Equipped with 30" rotary table and has 12 cup pockets set on 5¾" centers, 24" long empty cup magazine, 38" long lid magazine, rotating bottom up fill, no container / no fill, roll stock film heat sealing station, press on over lidder and ram arm eject. Control panel has PLC controller with sealer, heater dropper on / off switches table jog stop run switch, vari-speed dial and temperature heat controller with start, reverse and e-stop push buttons. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters and interlock safety guarding. Change parts required to accommodate size and fill ranges.
OAD: 56" L X 54" W 96" H
World Cup, Model 12-32, Automatic, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler and over lidder with number of cups per minute – depending on materials and application. Fill range: 1oz to 32 oz. Container size up to: 4¾" Diameter. Equipped with 30" rotary turn table, 24" cup magazine with pull down cup denester, piston filler, bottom up fill, no container / no fill, lid applicator and sweep arm reject. Control panel has A/B controller with on / off switches for dropper, filler, bottom up fill and lidder. Variable speed control dial and e-stop. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters.Change parts required to accommodate different size ranges.
OAD: 64"L x 55"W x 76"H
World Cup, Model 8-80, automatic, 8-pocket, intermittent motion, stainless steel, rotary cup filler nd roll stock film heat sealer with number of cups per minute / hour – depending on materials and application. Fill range: up to 80 oz. Container size up to: 6.5" in Diameter. Equipped with 30" rotary OD turn table, 14" ID x 24" deep product hopper, 13" cup magazine with screw cup denester, piston filler, positive cut off nozzles, roll-stock film, pneumatic heat sealing head, over lidder and sweep arm reject. A/B controller has control panel with fill, foil, heat, table, lidder and jog on and off switches with temperature controller and e-stop. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters.Change parts required to accommodate size range.
OAD: 57" L x 50" W x 77" H
World Cup Model 12-32, Automatic, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler, roll stock applicator, heat sealer with number on cups per minute – depending on materials and application. Container size: up to 4-3/4" OD. Fill range: 1oz to 32 oz. both with proper change parts. Equipped with 30" rotary table and has (12) 1-1/2" ID cup pockets set on 6" centers with 24" long empty cup magazine, 12" ID x 24" Deep product hopper, with 3/4" OD positive cut off nozzle, bottom up fill, no container / no fill, roll stock film and heat sealing station, ram arm reject. Control panel has PLC controller with filler, sealer, heater and dropper on/off switches table jog stop run switch, vari-speed dial and temperature heat controller with start, reverse and e-stop push buttons. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters and interlock safety guarding. Change parts required to accommodate size and fill range.
OAD: 58" L x 48" W x 80" H With Hopper 95" H With Guarding
World Cup Model 12-32, Automatic, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler, roll stock applicator, heat sealer with number on cups per minute – depending on materials and application. Container size: up to 4-3/4" OD. Fill range: 1oz to 32 oz. both with proper change parts. Equipped with 30" rotary table and has (12) 1-1/2" ID cup pockets set on 6" centers with 24" long empty cup magazine, 12" ID x 24" Deep product hopper, with 3/4" OD positive cut off nozzle, bottom up fill, no container / no fill, roll stock film and heat sealing station, ram arm reject. Control panel has PLC controller with filler, sealer, heater and dropper on/off switches table jog stop run switch, vari-speed dial and temperature heat controller with start and e-stop push buttons. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters and interlock safety guarding. Change parts required to accommodate size and fill range.
World Cup, Model 8-12, 8 pocket, intermittent motion, stainless steel rotary cup filler with pre-cut foil applicator and heat sealer. Fill range: 1 oz to 10 oz. Container size up to: 3.18" in Diameter. Equipped with 16" ID x 22" deep stainless steel product hopper, 14" OD rotary turn table, cup magazine with dual screw cup denester, fill station (filler per application), pre-cut foil lid magazine with single head pic n place, pneumatic heat seal station and sweep arm reject. Control panel with fill, foil, heat, table and jog on / off switches, temperature controller and e-stop. Change parts required to accommodate size range. Speed dependent on materials, application and machine configuration.
OAD: 38" L x 32" W x 85" H
World Cup Model 12-32, automatic, intermittent motion, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler die-cut foil applcator, sealer and over lidder with number on cups per minute – depending om materials and application. Container size: up to 4-3/4" in Diameter. Fill range: 1oz to 32 oz. Change parts required to accommodate size / fill range. Equipped with 30" OD rotary turn table and has (12) 5" ID cup stations, cup magazine with denester, fill station (type per application) pre-cut foil lid magazine with pneumatic heat sealing head and sweep arm reject. Controller panel has dropper, heater, filler, bottom up fill, sealer, lidder, on / off switches, temperature controller and e-stop. Mounted on (4) leg stainless steel frame with interlock safety guarding.
OAD: 58" L x 50" W x 66" H
World Cup Model 12-32, automatic, stainless steel, 12 pocket rotary cup filler, die-cut applcator, heat sealer and over lidder with number on cups per minute – depending om materials and application. Fill range: 1oz to 32 oz. Container size range: up to 4¾" in Diameter. Equipped with 12 pocket 30" rotary turn table, cup denesting station with 38" magazine, piston filling station with bottom up fill and 16" OD x 20" deep agitated product hopper, roll stock film, with heat sealing station and sweep arm reject. Control panel has A/B PLC controller with and digital temperature controller, variable speed control and on / off switches. Mounted on stainless steel frame with casters.
OAD: 65"L x 60"W x 90"H
World Cup Model 8-12, automatic, 8 pocket, intermittent motion, stainless steel, rotary cup filler, pre-cut lid applicator and heat sealer rated from 8 to 45 cups per minute – depending on materials and application. Fill range: 1oz to 10 oz. Container size up to: 3.18" in Diameter with proper change parts. Equipped with 11" ID x 18" long stainless steel product hopper with agitator, 14-1/2" OD rotary turn table, has (8) 1-1/2"ID cup stations, cup magazine with pnuematic cup denester, single piston filler with 1-1/4" ID x 9" long piston and positive cut off nozzle, pre-cut foil lid magazine has single head pic n place, pneumatic heat sealing head and sweep arm reject. Control panel has machine, filler, foil, bottom up fill, jog, table and run on / off switches, with heat temperature controller and e-stop. Mounted on (4) leg stainless steel base frame with interlock safety doors and locking casters .
OAD: 40" L x 20" W x 76" H With Hopper
World Cup, Model 8-80, automatic, 8-pocket, intermittent motion, stainless steel, rotary cup filler, roll stock film heat sealer and over-lidder with number of cups per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Fill range: up to 80 oz. Container range: up to 6.5" OD. Equipped with 30" rotary table, cup magazine with suction cup denester, roll-stock film heat sealing station, 40" roller lid magazine, lid applicator and pneumatic reject. Mounted on height adjustable frame with interlock safety guarding.
Change parts required to accommodate different size ranges.
OAD: 80" L x 57" W x 76" H
Gold Cup, Model LCF-7, automatic, stainless steel intermittent motion, large cup, rotary cup filler and heat sealer. rated from 6 to 25 cups per minute – depending on materials, application, environment and machine configuration. Fill range: Fill range: 1/2 oz to 16 oz. Cup size up to: 5" Dia x 7-3/4" High, with proper change parts. Equipped with 21" OD rotary turn table with (6) cup pockets, screw cup denester, Spee Dee volumetric filler, pre-cut foil lid magazine with pic n place, pneumatic heat sealing head and sweep arm reject station. A/B controller with start, stop, jog, fill, vacuum, and heat, on / off switches and e-stop. Mounted on stainless steel base frame with casters.
OAD: 62"L x 58"W x 88"H
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