Bottole Capping Machines

Capping Machines provide a level of automation to help speed up your TORQ Packaging USA line. They also offer precise torque that complies with DOT and industry standards.

These machines include chuck cappers, spindle cappers, and ROPP (roll-over) capping systems. They operate differently, but all have the same goal of tightening caps onto bottles.

Inline Spindle Capper

Known for their flexibility, the spindle capper is used to tighten almost any style of screw cap on bottles. This machine can be built to work with a chute-style cap orienter, a sorting bowl or even without a hopper altogether depending on the production line needs.

The machine grips the container with two belts that follow the conveyor speed and then uses a pair of opposing pulsating capping wheels to apply a torque to the cap. This process ensures consistent, reliable results, and is designed to work with a variety of cap styles including flip caps and metal trigger caps.

This capper is easy to changeover, requiring only a few adjustments to the height and width of the gripper belts and the cap chute. The machine requires a minimal amount of maintenance and is able to be run by semi-skilled operators with a minimum of training. It is a great choice for smaller production volumes where some level of automation is desired but full automation may not be cost-effective.

Rotary Capper

This machine is capable of running much faster than an inline system and is able to handle a wide variety of caps. The rotary capper uses a cap chute and gripping belt to transfer caps into a capping head, which tightens them onto the container using a set of chucks.

The method for delivering containers and caps into the machine varies depending on the bottle handling change parts used (which nearly always include an infeed screw, bottle star wheel, and discharge star wheel). Once positioned within the capping head, each individual cap is applied and torqued by a set of spindle wheels, with clutches to ensure the proper amount of tension is applied to create a dependable seal.

Fully customizable, rotary capping machines can easily be equipped with different rotary head types (push/pull pumps, trigger pumps, screw-on caps, etc) and work at a variety of production speeds. They also come with a number of optional features to ensure that your line meets your needs.

Automatic Capper

The pharmaceutical industry uses tamper-proof caps and the food processing industries preserve their products in containers that require tight seals. Agricultural inputs are also encapsulated in tamper-proof bottles. To ensure that these tamper-proof and tight seals are properly secured, these companies depend on automatic capping machines to sort the caps for them. Having the right feeder and sorter system is essential for an automatic capper to work at optimal capacity. This includes a vibratory bowl feeder that slowly moves the caps around to allow only those with the correct orientation to be released into the delivery system.

A fully-automatic capping machine can achieve rates of over 200 containers per minute. It can use a pick and place or a pick and drop method for dispensing and tightening the cap on the container. These systems require more automation than semi-automatic capping machines and require different tooling for different cap styles, sizes, and shapes. They are also expensive.

Manual Capper

Unlike inline capping machines, manual cappers don’t require a conveyor to move containers through the process. Instead, they utilize a chuck and manual operation to secure lids onto bottles and other containers. They work with a variety of closure types, including snap hinge caps, sport push-pull caps, metal caps and more.

These machines work by holding the cap in place and then tightening it with a mechanism that grips and twists the lid onto the bottle. They are a good option for pharmaceutical producers who need to seal containers with tamper-proof security seals.

These machines mount over a conveyor system and are capable of tightening many different types of threaded caps. They also work well with a wide variety of container shapes and sizes, including small bottles and narrow containers. This type of capping machine doesn’t include a hopper, but does use a photoelectric sensor to detect containers and activate the mechanism to tighten the cap.