The Fowler system rejects bottles for improper torque, missing cap, high cap, and/or cocked cap. The system also rejects bottles if the under-cap liners are missing.
Bottles failing inspection are shunted off to a reject lane before they leave the capping machine.
“Because the system is integral to the capping machine, we can absolutely assure customers the proper bottle has been rejected,” said Randy Uebler, VP/general anager, Fowler.
“The bottle identified as failing one or more quality conditions remains in positive control all the way from its station within the machine to the reject lane.”
Using failsafe logic, all bottles are tagged as “faulty” entering the machine and each inspection criteria must be satisfied as “good” before the system will allow a bottle to be discharged from the machine to the next downstream operation.