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European Packaging Machinery, Inc: Cap/container turner

To orient non-round bottles and caps, European Packaging Machinery (Tennent, NJ) has developed a cap and container turning system that detects a piece's position by locating a distinguishing characteristic such as a recess, label, thread, bar code, etc.

Pw 20627 Toorinonbot 9

At speeds to 300 ppm, the machine can turn a disoriented piece 90°, 180° or 270° to the correct position.

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