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Parts Feeding Tip: Feeding and Sorting Bottle Caps

Posted on September 2nd, 2016 at 5:05 PM
Parts Feeding Tip: Feeding and Sorting Bottle Caps

The most common tooling technique for feeding bottle caps with a vibratory feeder involves a technique called scallops. 

The scallops are typically located prior to the bowl exit point after wipers have reduced the line of caps to a single part (cap) height.

The scallops are designed to distinguish between caps with the thread side down and the thread side up. The caps that go across the scallops with the thread side down are tipped back into the bowl. This happens because the scallop 'fits' inside the cap and causes it to tip.

Essentially, the cap is riding on its edges which fall through the gaps in the tooling. Caps with the thread side up (or flat side down) ride across because they have a constant source of support at any given point in the tooling.

Want to feed various size caps?
Simply design different sized scallops that fit in place of the original tooling to accommodate various size caps.

This looks so easy. Why have ADI build it?

  • You are assured a durable piece of equipment
  • Shaping the metal requires a lot of different and expensive tools which some companies have, others do not.
  • Our tooling will work when it leaves our facility.
  • ADI has already been through the trial and error phases.
  • ADI can often build one bowl to suit a variety of caps. This can require a lot of experience of which ADI has

Would you like your bottle cap feeding application quoted? Tell ADI your requirements by filling out this form and send samples to:
Automation Devices, Inc.
7050 West Ridge Road
Fairview, PA 16415

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Feeding and Sorting Bottle Caps
Feeding and Sorting Bottle Caps