United Caps partners with trio-technik to streamline manufacturing process
United Caps, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, announced it has installed four trio-technik AirMove transport systems in its German Schwerin plant, which primarily serves the German beverage market. The 10,000 m2 facility occupies two production halls, employs 58 people, and produces several billion 28mm and 38mm closures per year for still and carbonated water, juices and milk.
After the quality control, which includes the visual check by cameras, the caps must be raised to a height of 1.9 meters for a packing in containers. With the trio-technik AirMove system, only about one-third of the space a conveyor belt system would require is needed, consuming 20% less energy.
The trio-technik AirMove system uses special steel pipes that are designed for frictionless movement of parts in order to prevent damage during transport.
The Schwerin plant manufacturers SPARK and PROSPARK closures as well as Proglass and Prostill. The trio-technik AirMove system is used to transport all of the caps manufactured in the Schwerin plant through the quality control process.
