Flex Pitch ALPS introduced this moving-head leak tester for high-speed inspection of a wide range of bottle types, including small bottles, extremely tall or thin bottles, and containers up to 2.7 gallons. The machine is designed to be installed in conjunction with an existing line conveyor so there is no need to transfer bottles onto a separate conveyor for leak testing. Flex Pitch can be configured with up to four independently controlled test heads, allowing as many as four containers to be tested simultaneously while still moving on the conveyor line.
What's new? The tester, which the company introduced at Pack Expo in Chicago in November.
Benefits A small footprint, simple installation and flexibility. Since there are no parts specific to a given container design, changeovers from one type of container to another are easily accomplished by adjusting the height of the heads and selecting the appropriate recipe using the HMI.
ALPS — Air Logic Power Systems LLC, Oak Creek, Wis., 414-671-3332, www.alpsleak.com
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