Mechanical Engineering, July 1st, 2005
Filling bottles at the rate of hundreds every minute, you have to keep everything running smoothly. Jerky movements can cause bottles to jam, and then you're into downtime. What's more, system crashes from any cause can damage gears and require expensive repairs.
That's why Elmar Industries, a Depew, N. Y., manufacturer of machines that can fill bottles with food, beverages, or pharmaceuticals, has added mechanical torque limiting devices in addition to the electronic limit switches already on its Monoblock filler/capper machines. The company installed two different mechanical torque limiting...
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