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Crowner – Method of Operation

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Technical data
g Explanation, for example,

KK – 540 – 18 – 94

94 mm pitch

18 capping heads

540 mm diameter of crowner carrousel

Crowner

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Sizes

g Agitators are graduated according to

the output: e.g.,
- 440 mm (up to 45,000 bph)
- 500 mm (up to 80,000 bph)

g Standard sizes:
- 360 mm (4 capping heads)
- 540 mm
- 720 mm
- 1080 mm (39 capping heads)

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Crowns
Twist-off cap g Standard, twist-off and ring-pull caps

g Standard crowns according to DIN 6099:

26F (6 mm high)
26H (6.75 mm high)
each 32.1 +/- 0.2 mm outer diameter
26 26F 26H 29 26.15 +/- 0.15 mm inner diameter
Ring-pull cap and 0.25 mm sheet metal thickness

g Made of tin with a glued or injected elastic

seal which is free from PVC

g The twist-off cap corresponds to the

dimensions of the 26F cap

Ring crown Maxi crown g 29 crowns are used for wine bottles

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Crowner design
1 Twist tube 7 7 Agitator with
1 synchronous drive
2 Motorised height
adjustment with probe 8 Top part with lifting
cam and crowner
3 Crown feed chute 2 8 plungers

4 Transfer plate 3 9 Capping head

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5 Main bearing with 10 Pneumatic or manual
4
rotating drive shaft, 10 clamping system
driving pin, and bottle
plates 5 11 Antitorsion support
11
6 Drive via gearwheel 12 Filler table plate
from the filler drive
12
6

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Agitator storage container

1 Sensor for controlling the crown feed

2 Base with opening to the agitator

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Agitator
1 Opening, storage
2 1 9 7 container

2 Vibrator

3 Rotating blade

4 Rotating sorting disk

5 Agitator hook

6 Paddle

7 Rocker

5 4 3 6 8 8 Proximity switch

9 Guide disk

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Agitator (drawing)

1 Guide disk

3 2 Guide channel
1 4
3 Feed wheel moves in the opposite
2 direction of the sorting disk.

4 Cover

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Feed wheel adjustment

2 1
1 Feed wheel

2 The feed wheel must touch the

crown at half the height.

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Cap chute
1 Cap chute
2
2 Vacuum cleaner connection

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Top cap chute

3 1 2
1 Feed wheel

2 Open cover

3 Crowns, not sorted yet

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Transfer point between top cap chute and twist tube

1
1 Flap for removing bent caps
(open here)

2 Top end of the twist tube

3 Top cap stopper

3 2

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Twist tube

1 Twist tube
4
2 Clamp of the twist tube

3 Lever for loosening the clamp

4 Eccentric drive
1
3
2

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Function of the twist tube

To prevent crowns from jamming, the
1 2
rocker (3) is moved by means of an
eccentric drive.
3
1 Inverted crowns are turned by 150°.

2 Correctly positioned crowns are only

turned by 30°.

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Tube for emptying the sorter.

The tube is inserted instead of the

twist tube.

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Sterile air valves

Sterile air connection with manual

valves and pressure gauges
(positioning aid and dust blower)

1  To the bottom cap chute

2  To the bottom stopper

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Bottom cap chute

1 Pressure gauge for sterile air

2 1.7 – 2.0 bar!

2 Cap monitoring unit

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Bottom crown stopper

1 Bottom crown stopper

2 Solenoid valve for controlling the

crown stopper

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Transfer plate

2 3

1 Transfer plate

2 Spring-loaded support

3 Monitoring of the support

4 Adjusting screws

4 1

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Crown transfer (from the side)

Strip-off for crowns that are not used Crown feed for capping process

1 2 3 4 1
5
1 Solenoids 4 Strip-off wedge

2 Sealing plunger with solenoid 5 Transfer position

(cap chute – transfer plate)
3 Pushing notch
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Crown transfer (from top)

Strip-off for crowns that are not used Crown feed for capping process

Solenoids for the feed of

crowns

Solenoids for
the removal
of crowns Crowns
under the
strip-off
wedge

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Capping head: overview

1 4
4 Lifting cam

5 5 Retaining spring
1 Cam rollers
2
6 Capping plunger
2 Rejection spring
7 Crowning throat
3 Bottle plate
6
8 Compensation springs
Bottle height compen-
7 sation, max. 12 mm

8
3

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Capping process - travel of capping head

Zero
reference
line

0 mm 3.7 mm 7.7 mm 4 mm
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Capping criteria
The following applies to crowns on
bottles:

 No slanted crowns on the neck finish

 No scratching of coated crowns

 Sealing dimension: 28.6 - 28.7 mm

 Opening value (with twist-off caps)

4.5 – 9 inch-lbs
Left: 28.8 mm measuring ring fits tightly
over the cap

Right: 28.5 mm measuring ring does not fit

-> cap okay

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Capper handling parts

1 Capper area 4 Bottle type with
4 dimensions
2 Bottle type
5 Serial (com.) no.
1
3 Position

5
2
3

6 6 Engraved number

+ appropriate

7 colour code dots

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Container handling

1 Capper infeed starwheel

=
filler discharge starwheel

2 Guide for smooth conveyance

3 Discharge starwheel transfer the

bottle to the discharge conveyor

1 2 3

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Bottle guide

1
1 Top central starwheel

2 Curved guides

3 Bottom central starwheel

2
4 Bottle plate

3 4

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Height adjustment system

1 Displays the individual probe
values for the height adjustment
of a machine

2 Activate/deactivate height
2 adjustment system
1
3 Follow the instructions

4 Manual height adjustment switch

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Drive of the height adjustment system

3
1 Motor

2 Overload safety clutch

3 Drive chain

1 2

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Pneumatic clamp
1 1 Probe for height adjustment
system

2 2 Pneumatic clamp

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Capper is driven by the filler's drive

1 Capper's drive gears
2
2 Gearwheel to capper drive

3 Clamping set for connecting the

gearwheel to the capper shaft

4 Drive shaft of filler drive

4
3 1

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Capper drive with SDC

1 Servomotor with table machine

2 With the Modulfill, the servomotor

is hidden in a housing

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Capper bearings
1 Threaded spindle for height
1
adjustment

2 Driving pin (2 pieces) for driving the

capper's top part

3 Spring-loaded bottle plate

2
4 Main bearing
3 3
5 Drive gearwheel

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Drive of the top part

1 Driving pin

2 Centre axis

1 1

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Cold water spraying for capper

2 1 Automatic water shut-off valve

2 Manual flow-control valve

1
3 3 Flushing nozzles

4 Buttons for operation

a OFF 4
a b c
b ON
c AUTO

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Conversion to other crowns

Conversion of the following parts
because of crown height:
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2 1 Sorter spacer
3 2 Crown chute, sorter discharge
4 3 Twist tube
4 Crown chute up to the transfer
unit
5 5 Plunger in the capping head

Additional conversion with other

6 crown diameters:

7 6 Transfer plate
7 Neck guide

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Control components
1 1 Control panel with touch-screen

2 Hand-held pendant

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Touch-screen

 Path display (5)

5  Capper main functions

1 Stopper
1
2 2 Sorter
3
4 3 Cap feed unit

4 Capper flushing

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