RS-100

Plastic Container Integrity Tester

Introducing an innovative new system to monitor and improve plastic container production. Model RS-100 bottle integrity testers offer 100% inspection for leaks and top seal surface defects, including:

• Smooth continuous-motion linear design
• Ability to test over existing conveyor systems
• No bottle contact except for the test probe
• No requirement for change parts tooling
• Capability to test bottles up to approximately 10.5" in diameter
• Testing speeds up to 160 BPM on smaller containers
• Detectable hole sizes down to 0.004" in diameter
• Simple, elegant, patent-pending design
• Easy setup via touch screen interface
• Probe designs to allow selection of desired seal surface sensitivity

Features:

• Test probe moves with each bottle via use of a servo driven linear slide
• Encoder input is used to monitor line conveyor speed
• Works over existing customer conveyors; inboard rail provided with machine
• Machine works "on demand", testing each bottle when it is sensed with a start photoeye
• Designed to test bottles up to approximately 10.5" in diameter
• New "STM2" high speed test circuit for test times as short as 150ms
• Touch screen interface including "guided auto setup"
• Innovative test probe design with 'floating' mount and interchangeable heads and seals
• Fiber-optic photoeye with one-touch setup
• Internal test leak function
• Jack height adjustment
• Integrated upstream and downstream pinch cylinders
• Pre-settable bottle count function
• Downstream photoeye option

Benefits:

• Smooth testing operation not requiring stopping of bottles on the conveyor
• Automatic matching of probe speed to conveyor
• Convenient installation and no bottle transfers needed to perform leak test
• No tooling requirement (i.e. no timing screw) and no need to backlog bottles prior to the machine
• "All-purpose" machine to handle a wide variety of bottle types
• Low cost leak testing machinery without sacrificing test sensitivity
• Easy setup and changeover with minimal training
• Machine can be tuned to desired level of seal surface sensitivity (e.g. short shots or nicks)
• Accurate and programmable bottle sensing
• One-touch validation of machine sensitivity
• Quick changeover to different height bottles
• Holds back bottle flow when needed and prevents untested bottles from passing through machine
• Control downstream diverter for bulk packing of containers Downstream jam detection.

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