AIR LOGIC POWER SYSTEMS (ALPS)
GENERAL INFORMATION
FLEX PITCH
QUICK-START MANUAL
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TM 2012-005 REV00 © 10/16/2012
Section 1: General Information
The ALPS Flex Pitch Multi-Moving head leak tester provides high speed leak testing of a wide range of bottle
types including reverse-taper and small bottles which are traditionally difficult to test. The Flex Pitch has a smaller
footprint to perform leak testing on an existing conveyor line, requiring no line modifications. The Flex Pitch has
built in flexibility with 2-4 test heads for a variety of container sizes up to 350oz. This makes the Flex Pitch ideal
to leak test difficult containers. The Flex Pitch Multi-Moving head leak tester provides tool-less adjustments and
no formatted parts to change, making quick bottle changeovers. The Flex Pitch uses servo motors and linear
slide combination coupled with an encoder (mounted to the top of the conveyor) to track the conveyor movement
and speed. As molded bottles enter the machine, the Multi-Moving test heads locate and leak test each bottle.
After the test is completed, good bottles pass through machine, and defective bottles are ejected off the conveyor
line with a reason displayed on the HMI.
A single electrical cabinet is installed on the backside of the machine containing the AC power circuits, servo
motor drives, DC power supplies, power contactors, and main disconnect.
