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CapWatcher Q-Line

The system brings the quality lab into your production line. The high performance capacity gives you the security of flawless closures immediately after production.

The inline quality lab for your closures

With up to nine high resolution cameras, a precision of 1/100th of a millimeter, more than 40 inspection criteria per closure, and a speed of up to 80 closures per second, the CapWatcher Q-Line gathers 192.000 cavity related product information per minute. Thanks to a full 360° inspection, you will no longer receive any customer complaints about delivery quality. You have the total control over your production process.

Most important is, of course, the performance of your closure! The tamper evident band, threads and sealing elements must be perfect to ensure the functionality of every single closure. That is why the focus of the CapWatcher Q-Line exactly lies on these elements.

For the first time ever you can also inspect the closures for their temperature. This enables determination of the shrinking process of the closure and therefore can ensure that the closure has the exact dimensions needed for the capping process. Furthermore, each closure receives a unique timestamp. In times of networked production lines, the measured dimensions can be used for a closed loop and for direct feedback back to the injection molding machine. This minimizes disturbances and optimizes controls.

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Overall quality assurance of your closures

At a glance

Key features that make the CapWatcher Q-Line unique

Full product security

Precise 360° inspection like in a quality lab

Advanced mold monitoring

Temperature, tamper evident band, thread, sealing elements, …

Support of fastest production speed

Inspection speed of up to 80 parts per second

Comprehensive reports

To be submitted to your customers

Cavity-related statistics

In-depth insights into your production quality

Forecast of trends

Solving of potential production issues before they occur

Inspection criteria of the CapWatcher Q-Line

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Basic inspection

Color deviation
Contamination
Burned spots
Ovality
Temperature
Thread

Head plate

Color streaks
Flow lines
Printed images
Register variations

Tamper evident band

Cut quality for slitted closures
Broken bridges
Webs between bridges
Folded/unfolded flaps
Long/short shots and flashes

Measurement

Outer diameter of the closure
Inner diameter of the seal cone
Height of the closure
Height of the tamper evident band
Length of the injection gate

Injection gate

Micro holes
Angel hairs
Cracks

Sealing elements

Constant distance between inner and outer seal cone
Damages of the seal cone
Long/short shots of the seal cone
Notches seal cone
Liner

Are you Tethered Caps ready? We are.

The CapWatcher Q-Line is already able to inspect tethered caps typical elements on the inside and outside of the cap.

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Your benefits of all collected data

Based on the huge amount of data collected by the CapWatcher Q-Line, you are able to adjust single cavities instead of the whole mold. Moreover, new resins and master batches can be easily and fast introduced, and material fatigue is detected early. Necessary maintenance can also be better planned.

Additionally, the inspection software offers comprehensive statistics, diagrams and reports based on the collected data. Trends and possible countermeasures can be identified at an early stage.

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CapWatcher Q-Line Slitter

We offer the right solution for every inspection application of injection and compression molded closures to give an overall quality assurance of any closure type.

Based on the CapWatcher Q-Line technology, we developed the CapWatcher Q-Line Slitter which is specialized for the inspection of slitted closures behind a slitting and folding machine. For slitted tamper-evident bands, additional attention is paid to the quality of the slit. The system inspects for the form and deviations of the cutline. This enables the detection of worn knives or problems with the temperature of the blade at an early stage. Moreover, general defects like long and short shots or broken bridges are inspected at the tamper-evident band.

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Brochure Caps & Closures

FAQs about the CapWatcher Q-Line

The CapWatcher Q-Line inspects up to 80 closures per second.
Basic inspection
• Color deviation
• Contamination
• Burned spots
• Ovality
• Temperature
• Thread

Measurement
• Outer diameter of the closure
• Inner diameter of the seal cone
• Height of the closure
• Height of the tamper evident band
• Length of the injection gate

Tamper evident band
• Cut quality for slitted closures
• Broken bridges
• Webs between bridges
• Folded/unfolded flaps
• Long/short shots and flashes

Head plate
• Color streaks
• Flow lines
• Printed images
• Register variations

Injection gate
• Microholes
• Angel hairs
• Cracks

Sealing elements
• Constant distance between inner and outer seal cone
• Damages of the seal cone
• Long/short shots of the seal cone
• Notches seal cone
• Liner
Yes, we can also provide you additional equipment like a high-performance feeder, a cooling conveyor and a cross conveyor. Please have a look on the periphery product site for additional information.
Yes, of course. The more data you have on your production, the more confident you can be about the quality of a batch or a delivery. Machine-to-machine communication between the vision system and the injection molding machine allows for a closed loop concept: as one example, you can optimally adjust a single cavity instead of the whole mold based on the data collected in the CapWatcher Q-Line.
INTRAVIS offers turnkey systems, worldwide support and training courses as well as comprehensive printed and digital information material for every single system. After the purchase of the system, INTRAVIS does not leave you alone with your new vision system. Moreover, service contracts offer worldwide support and service, even within 24 hours.

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You would like to have the security of high-quality closures? Do you have questions or do you need further information? We are looking forward to hearing from you.