Bottle collar & neck tag placing

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Apex have over 20 years experience in the packaging machinery sector, and have developed a range of solutions for collar, cones and neck tag application onto bottle necks.

Using a rotating vacuum system, or a standard Apex friction feeder for neck tags, high efficiency and precision can be achieved.

  • Automatic neck collar placing

    The Apex rotating pick and place system can place bottle neck collars (cones) automatically at upto 12,000 collars per hour. The system comprises of 4 rotating vacuum assemblies, and in one revolution the vacuum cap moves in front of the magazine, takes a collar, positions it correctly and places it onto the bottle neck.

    • Automatic neck collar / cone / tag placing
    • Upto 12,000 placings per hour
    • 500-1500mm collar magazine
    • Simple changeover for additional bottles / collars
    • Optional stainless steel execution
    • Optional integrated counting / bar code reading etc.
    • Small footprint
    • Simple to integrate into existing production line
  • Automatic neck tag placing

    In addition to neck collars/cones, Apex Automate have also developed solutions for efficiently placing neck tags/hangers onto bottles or products.

    • Rotating vacuum pick & place system or friction fed placing
    • Upto 8,000 neck tags hour (friction system) or 15,000 per hour (rotating system)
    • Small footpring
    • Simple to integrate into existing production line
    • Simple changeover for additional bottles / neck tags