Simplimatic automation introduces cap feeder to accommodate lighter-weight caps
Simplimatic Automation (www.simplimatic.com), a leading provider of conveyors and automation for the semiconductor, electronics, packaging, assembly, pharmaceutical and automotive industries, has developed a new cap feeder that can save time and money by reducing or eliminating the downtime required for retooling to today’s popular, lightweight PCO 1880 bottle caps. The new Simplimatic Cap Feeder Model 1900 incorporates new features that reduce or eliminate the need for change parts, allow simple modification of the hopper size in the field, and eliminate reliance on factory-compressed air.
The new machine is unique in its ability to run different cap sizes of similar styles on the same machine without the need for belt, cleat or hopper modification parts in most cases. Older cap feeders require an on-site technician visit to install change parts when customers need to run lighter-weight caps, resulting in a costly, 16 to 20-hour retrofit.