SureKap SK6000-BF6, Инструкция по эксплуатации

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Rev. Date: 24 August 2018
“SK6000-BF6 Capper Manual-word document (master) ”
CAPPER HEIGHT
Adjusting the height of the capper is important in order to achieve proper cap placement and cap
torque. The first dimension on the
Application Set-Up Data Sheet is:
A. FLOATING SHOE BLOCK HEIGHT
Measure from the bottom of the aluminum block to the top of the conveyor belt. The
Floating Shoe Block Height is simply a reference point in which to define the capper’s height
over the bottle transport conveyor. The distance between the floating shoe block and the
conveyor is easily measured and in actuality is just a reference point in determining where
the spindle discs are in relationship to a cap installed on a bottle that is placed on the
conveyor. The floating shoe block height could technically be called the spindle disc height
because this is what you are actually setting. The spindle discs move up and down with the
entire capping head and are not adjustable in height from the conveyor except by moving the
entire capper head as a unit. The first set of spindle discs are the exception which is defined
later in the chapter. The floating shoe, the chute and the gripper belts are able to move
independently up and down, away or closer, to the capper head so it is imperative to set the
floating shoe block height first. In determining the proper relationship of the spindle discs to
a bottle cap (or floating shoe block height) one must examine the type of cap processed.
Different caps behave in different ways. For example, is it a flat cap or a deep skirted cap?
Is there a butterfly hinge protruding from the cap’s sidewall? These are the type of points
that have to be taken into consideration when determining the optimum location where the
spindle disc may properly contact a particular cap.
Before comparing the spindle disc contact patch to the bottle cap, it is recommended to fill
the bottle with product because with some types of containers the height of the cap could
slightly be different.
The cap should be seated and slightly torqued to the bottle. The last set of discs or 3rd set on
a SK6000, 4th set on an SK8000, should be referenced from when adjusting the floating shoe
block height.
1. To adjust the floating shoe block height.
2. Remove the crank handle from its storage magnet located on the discharge side of the
capper's C frame. Engage the loop end of the crank handle to the loop end of the jack
shaft.
3. Rotate the crank handle counterclockwise to increase the floating shoe block height
(or raise the capper). Rotating the jack handle clockwise will decrease the floating
shoe block height (or lower the capper).
GENERAL GUIDE LINES
1. Set the disc contact in relationship to the cap as high up on a cap as possible.
Typically, continuous threaded caps are stronger and more rigid towards the top than
the lower skirt side of the cap. Setting the disc to cap contact patch towards the lower
skirt end will tend to oval the cap, increasing the friction between the cap and bottle
threads resulting in lost cap torque.
2. Use as much of the spindle disc as practical. More contact between cap and disc
equals more friction which means more torque.
3.
Avoid contacting areas on caps like “thumbnail catches”, “turret spouts”, “and sport
cap hoods”.