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Quill cappers or spindle cappers are designed to tighten the cap onto a container or bottle using a pair or multiple pairs of rotating quills or spindles to turn the cap. Quill cappers or spindle cappers are designed with side gripper belts to drive the container through the machine without allowing the container to spin and turn as the cap is being tightened and spindles that have gripper wheels a the end of the spindles. The gripper wheels at the end of the spindles are the only parts of the spindle capper that make contact with the cap. The gripper wheels are made of rubberized plastic and are available with different stiffness or durometer of plastic. For spindle cappers with multiple pairs of spindles, the spindles of subsequent spindle pairs have a progressive decreasing gap between the gripper wheels. The subsequent spindles are designed to tighten the cap more as the container progresses through the machine.
Spindle cappers within this category and keyword are automatic machines, though the operation of a spindle cap lends itself to a semi-automatic machine. (For semi-automatic spindle cappers see Cappers / Semi-Auto.) To make a spindle capper automatically apply and tighten caps, the spindle capper must have a cap feeding device, which will place the cap on the container prior to the container entering the zone where the caps are tightened by the spindles. Often, a vibratory bowl and a cap chute are integrated to a spindle capper to orient the cap and feed the cap down the cap chute. The cap chute is designed to hold the cap at the end of a chute and as the container passes underneath the chute, the lip of the container catches the cap and the cap rests on top of the container. By integrating a vibratory bowl and a cap chute to a semi-automatic spindle capper, the spindle capper can operate automatically.
Spindle cappers are more flexible than chuck cappers. Spindle cappers have adjustments for the height of the container, for the distance between the gripper wheels (for the cap) and the gripper belts (for the container), for the gap between the gripper belts, and for the gap between the gripper wheels. Spindle cappers can be adjusted to handle all container sizes within a given range without change parts (except for the cap feeding mechanism) so long as the caps are circular. However, spindle cappers are limited in the maximum speed.
Pack West Model C-6-A/C-30-LR-A1594, Inline, 3 station, 6 spindle, stainless steel capper rated up to 150 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Cap size range: 0.3" (8mm) to 2.7" (70mm) OD with rotary disc sorter. Container size range: 0.5 " (12mm) to 9.9" (175mm) OD x 2" (50mm) to 15" (381mm) in Height. Equipped with 24" OD rotary disc sorter, 3 station, 6 spindle cap tightners set on 6" centers and hand crank height adjustable Control panel has gripper belt and quill speed controls with air clutch. Mounted on roll over conveyor frame with casters and leveling legs.
OAD: 44" L x 42" W x 92" H
SureKap Model SK6000 BF6-70, automatic, inline, stainless steel, 3 station, 6 spindle roll over conveyor capper and cap feeder with number of containers per minute – depending on materials and application Cap size range: 22mm to 70mm. Equipped with 120" long x 4-1/2" wide stainless steel container conveyor, 21" long x 25" wide x 18" deep (4 ft³) cap hopper, 77" long x 6" wide elevator with 2½" high cleats on 6" centers, 46" long x 5½" wide cap feeding / sorting belt, adjustable cap chute, with 24" long x 1" wide single container gripper belts, (3) hand crank adjustable (6) spindle stations (2) sets of mechanical clutches for increased torque control. Control panel with spindle and gripper control dials, start and e-stop buttons. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel frame with casters.
OAD: 120" L x 40" W x 63" H
Resina Model UN20, Automatic, 2 station, 4 spindle, stainless steel, cap retorquer rated from 40 to 100 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Cap size range: 10mm to 38mm. Container size range: 1/2 oz to 1 gallon and up to 15" in Height. Equipped with cap hopper and pin wheel sorter, 36" long x 1" high double gripper belts for container handling and stability, with 2 stations, 4 spindles, with adjustable clutches. Control panel has quill, gripper, conveyor and spacer speed control dials with e-stop and interlock safety guarding. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel frame.
OAD: ___" L x __" W x __" H
NJM / Beltorque Model BT-IC Inline, stainless steel, belt style cap tightener, with cap feeder rated from 30 to 300 containers per minute – depending on material and application. Cap size range: 0.9" to 4-3/4" OD, Container size range: 0.5" to 7" OD and container height range: 2" to 12". Equipped with 30" long x 1/2" wide double container gripper belts and (2) sets of 6" long x 1/2" wide cap tightner belts each side. Control panel has A/B controller with panel view and touch pad controller with digital readout, vari speed controls, statis light bar and e-stop. Mounted on "H" style stainless steel frame with leveling legs.
NJM Cleated cap feeder with 36" long x 24" wide x 21" deep stainless steel cap hopper with flip top cover, 80" long x 12" wide cleated belt conveyor with 7/8" high cleats set on 3" centers and 80" discharge height. Mounted on stainless steel frame with leveling legs.
OAD: 44" L x 36" W x 72" H Capper 48" L x 36" W x 97" H Feeder
Anchor Hocking, AHP Series 4-RH, Automatic, steam flow, lug capper with number of containers per minute – depending on materials and application Cap size range: 27mm to 110mm. Container OD size range: 1-1/2" to 6-5/8". Both cap and jar size ranges per application with proper change parts. Equipped with 132" long x 4-1/2" wide Delran stainless steel container conveyor with no-container / no-cap senser, 36" long x 16" deep cap hopper magnetic star, cap selector and adjustable cap chute with cap detector and 7" wide x 4-1/2" high aperture x 60" long steam cap closure chamber has 75 lbs per square inch dry steam requirements, 3/4 gallon per minute at 50 psi water requirements, with container stabilizing side belts. Control panel has speed, exhaust and hopper control switches with start, stop / reset / e-stop push buttons. Mounted on heavy duty frame with height adjustable leveling legs.
Operation:Bottles or containers are stabilized through the capping machine by using side belts, simultaneously dual belts apply significant down pressure on the cap, these belts travel at different rates which is what actually applies torque to the lug cap from introduction of the cap to the discharge of the capped product, tunnel is consistently flooded with steam. upon discharge this steam condenses which pulls a vacuum in the head space of the container.
OAD: 132" L x 50" W x 78" H
OAD: 96"L x 68"W x 102"H
Kaps-All Model FC8, Stainless steel, 4 staion, 8 spindle capper with number of containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 6" wide x 120" long Delran container conveyor, top mounted 24" diameter rotary cap orientator, adjustable width cap chute set-up for standard flat caps, stainless steel enclosure with Lexan safety doors and motorized capper head height adjustment. Control panel with controls for spindle / gripper speed, raise / lower, start / stop / e-stop and statis light bar. Mounted on "C" style base with casters and leveling legs.
OAD: 120" L x 41" W x 85" H
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