Product Solutions Problem: In the bottling industry a starwheel or timing screw are frequently used to help fill, cap or label bottles or cans. As the bottles are rapidly moved through the machine, sometimes a misfeed or jam can occur causing damage to the starwheel or drive mechanism resulting in unscheduled maintenance and machine downtime. As productivity is scrutinized, and equipment is forced to run faster, the frequency and severity of jams increases. Repeated jams can destroy various drive components, increase maintenance costs and significantly reduce machine uptime. Solution: Maintain productivity and prevent costly jams by designing your machine with an overload clutch. Overload clutches limit torque to a preset level and provide rotational timing for these applications. Select a Centric HOR or ORC overload clutch as the torque timing device for your machine. Centric clutches from Boston Gear can increase productivity, allow higher operating speeds, and reduce your downtime costs. Centric HOR overload clutches help save your starwheel from damaging mis-feeds For Technical Assistance Call An Altra Industrial Motion Company

Series HOR At the heart of the bottling process are the filling, capping, and labeling operations.These locations commonly require an overload clutch although upstream/downstream sorting, washing or packaging applications will often have the same needs. Due to the discrete nature of the process, the location and position of the bottle is critical at each manufacturing step. If one bottle is slightly mis-formed it could cause a feed problem or ultimately jam the process. If the machine does not have a Centric overload clutch to release the drive torque and signal a problem, there is potential...