ROPP Capping Machinery
BPDM can supply a variety of used ROPP capping equipment, either as-is, reconditioned or rebuilt. Machines are also commonly supplied ready for production.
Other Types of Capping Machinery
Rotary ROPP Capping Turret used in a Monoblock or Triblock
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HOW IT WORKS
ROPP Cappers are used on unthreaded aluminum shells to place and apply pressure onto the closure while thread forming wheels spin around the shell and press against it in order to roll the threads of each cap conforming to the existing threads of the bottle. Both single chuck and rotary ROPP cappers are used for these applications. Caps are fed single file down a chute to a chute end or escapement where caps are stripped one at a time by the neck finish of the traveling bottle. Caps are oriented to travel down the cap chute using several methods including vertical sorters, centrifugal sorters, vibratory bowl sorters, or elevator sorters depending on the cap and speed requirements. Using a Single head machine, Bottles travel single file until they reach an indexing/anti-rotational system which places the container under the single ROPP capping head. There are several variations of indexing systems. Using a rotary ROPP chuck capper, an infeed screw, infeed star wheel, and discharge star wheel are normally used. The method of controlling bottle rotation while the cap is applied varies depending on the machine design. A rotating turret with multiple ROPP capping heads are aligned with containers below using these bottle handling change parts. ROPP Capping Turrets are often integrated with a filler or rinser/filler to produce a monoblock filler/capper or triblock rinser/filler/capper.
COMMERCIAL APPLICATION
ROPP Cappers can range from small single head units to large rotary machines designed for high speed production. The ROPP (roll on pilfer proof) closure cannot be removed from the bottle, without it being evident that the product has been tampered with. ROPP Cappers are extremely popular in the liquor industry but are also employed in the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. available as a single head to multiple head high speed rotary systems depending on your production requirements. ROPP rotary capping machinery can be stand-alone machines or they can be integrated into a Dual-Modal or Tri-Modal filling, capping and rinsing monoblock.
EXAMPLE IMAGES - FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
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Multi-head ROPP Capping system with an integrated cap feeder.
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Multiple head ROPP Capping system with an integrated cap feeder and sorter.
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A close up image of an ROPP Capping Head applying a cap to its container.
Cap Feeders
Bulk Cap Elevator and Cap Blower
Why it is Used with Capping Machinery
Bulk Cap Elevator
Bulk Cap Elevators are used to automatically maintain the amount of caps in a cap sorter allowing for optimal sorter operation while eliminating the need for operators to load caps and maintain reasonable quantities of caps.
Usually, the operation of the elevator is integrated to the capper using a variety of cap level sensors.
Cap Blower
Cap Blowers use filtered air to blow caps to a cap sorter utilizing tubing that guides the caps to the cap sorter.
Cap Blowers can be advantageous because they can feed caps at a high rate, and can be placed further away from the sorter itself.