Corking Machine
CORKER-M
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4. OPERATING DIRECTIONS
Our CORKER-M corking machine is provided with an upper cork container which is fitted up with a
mechanical mixing device that lines the corks up and pushes them through the descent duct for the
corking to be carried out successfully. This corking machine positions the cork within jaws which
squeeze it down to the size of the neck of the bottle. In this way less stress is needed to push the cork
down into the neck of the bottle with the advantage of not damaging the cork itself that will expand
once it is inserted and ensure a good seal.
To start the corking machine a bottle must be placed on the bottle platform, the two starting push-
buttons located on the sides of the machine must be kept pressed simultaneously for a couple of
seconds (see picture 1). In this way the working cycle starts off: the bottle platform goes up, the jaws
go down and compress the cork which is afterwards inserted into the neck of the bottle by the cork-
pushing pin (see picture 1).
At this point the two push-buttons can be released to start the cycle of return off. This means the
lowering of the bottle platform, the ascent of the cork-pushing pin and the rotation of the cork pusher
which picks up a cork from the cork descent duct and drives it into the jaws ready to be used next time.
Picture 1