Capping Chucks
Are you experiencing?
- Closures that won’t screw on
- Loose closures
- Closures that are too tight
- Seals that don’t seal
- Wrinkles in closure liners
- Heat seals that don’t apply correctly
- Cross-threaded closures
- Damaged closures
- Cocked closures
- Separated tamper evident bands
- Leaking packages
- Product recall
- Costly production line downtime
- Costly technical input
- Continuous unresolved technical issues
- Repeatedly changing over chucks to accommodate differing closure dimensions.
Examples of common capping problems:
Debris (snow) on machine from closures being damaged.
Cocked closure.
Damaged closure.
Separated tamper evident band.
Rescue your capping operation to significantly improve the quality of your product.
A GMD Innovation ‘New Generation’
Capping Chuck will:
- Self-adjust to closure manufacture variations
- Self-centre the closure to the bottle neck
- Grip securely – does not slip or jam on the closure
- Reduce variation in removal torque
- Improve your capping line efficiency
- Outperform and outlast fixed diameter or friction capping chucks
- Reduce scrap levels / wastage
- Fit multiple closure types
– ideal for child resistant closures
– complies with many hinged closures - Control excessive load during cap pick-up
- Minimise unsightly & dangerous knurl damage
- Produce a high quality finished package for your product.