Problem & answerK-13
Caps Not Placed on the Bottle
Also covers: Cap placement plates set too tight or touching the caps
Likely causes
- Cap placement plates at the chute outlet set too low or too tight, so the plates press on the caps
- Plates not centred over the bottle path (left / right)
- Capping head height wrong for the bottle
How to fix it
- 1Stop the capper.
- 2Using the Allen key, adjust the cap placement plates up/down and left/right so the cap sits just above the bottle neck and lines up with the bottle path.
- 3Leave a small clearance: the plates must guide the cap, not touch or squeeze it.
- 4Set the capping head height with the two large adjusters to suit the bottle.
- 5Jog bottles through and check every bottle picks up a cap squarely.
Technical note
If the plates and the caps touch together, the cap cannot drop onto the bottle and capping stops working properly. Adjust in small steps.Photos
It is fixed when
Each bottle picks up one cap squarely as it passes.
Stop it coming back
- Record the plate and head settings for each bottle and cap.
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