Corking machine automation

A producer of polyurethane gun foams needed special machines for capping aerosol cans. The machine had to cap at least seventy cans a minute.

The machine has been designed and built in cooperation with a machine producer by the name of Eksamo. We have designed and implemented the Siemens PLC-based control system and servo drives for the machine. The machine can handle three different can sizes and can simultaneously cap two bottles. Difficulties involved in the project included an aggressive environment which contained explosive vapours and adjusting the machine to match the production line.