Automatic Spindle Capping Machine With Centrifugal Or Vibratory Feeder

The automatic spindle capping machine allows for continuous capping of screw type caps on an automated packaging system. Standard automatic spindle capper is comprised of threes modules: cap tightener, cap chute, and cap sorting device either centrifugal or vibratory depending on cap types. Cap sorting device orients the caps into position for its final entry into the chute, then the caps enter the chute. The pick off head holds the caps in a specific location where they are placed on the bottles as they pass by. Each cap is held by stainless steel fingers as it waits for a bottle. As the bottle advances on a conveyor, the neck of the bottle catches the edge of the cap and drags it out of the pick off head with a leveling action assisted by the leveling plate, which is made custom per cap size. A stabilizer bar keeps the cap in place as the container begins to move through the capper. Caps passing through the spindle capper are threaded down by sets of tightening spindles. Each set of spindles on the spindle capper will tighten the cap onto the container until the ideal torque is met. Tightening spindles can be raised or lowered to accomodate different size containers. Similarly, the spindle capper allows the gap between the sets of spindles to be widened or narrowed, again allowing the capping machine to handle a range of container widths.