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Cap Terminology
Cap Manufacturing Steps
Cap Materials
Quality Control
Documentation

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Cap terminology

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Twist Off caps

Various closure shapes and profiles

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Closure types
Side shape Regular Twist Off

Available diameters : 27 to 110

Angled

Regular

With step

Fluted

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Twist Off caps

Deep drawn caps

Regular

Regular

Medium

Deep

Deep

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Closure Terminology

Face Side
Skirt / Side wall

Recessed panel
Step

Curl

Reverse Side
Button flip area
Lug
Compound channel

Compound featheredge

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Cap manufacturing steps

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Cap Manufacturing Steps

Pre- Production

Coil Transport

Coil Cutting / Coil line

Coating

Printing

Finished Plate Warehouse

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step n...

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Cap Manufacturing Steps

Final Production

from Finished Plate

Warehouse

High Speed Cutting& Cap Forming Line

Quality Control
Reverse 100 % In-line Camera Inspection

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Curling and
Lug Forming

Palletizing and Wrapping

Compound
Injection / -Curing

Warehouse / Delivery

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Cap Manufacturing Steps

Steps of Cap Making Process

1st Process step :

Shell forming

3rd Process step : Curling

& Lug forming
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2nd Process step :

Pre- Curling

4th Process step : Compound

application & Curing
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Cap materials

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Cap materials
Finish plate composition

Face Side

Functionality
Varnish (clear)

Printing Colours, Inks

Size Coat (white, gold, clear)
Tin Plate (ETP)
Base Coat
Top Coat

Shine, protection, resistance

Printing, decoration
Adhesion, base decoration
Physical strength, barrier

properties, corrosion resistance

Adhesion, corrosion resistance
Compound adhesion,

inside color

Reverse Side

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Cap materials
Specifications

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Steel specification
- Electrolytic tin plated (ETP) steel according EN 10202:2001
- Tinning surface quality typically ETP 2.0/2.0
- Plate temper DR620
- Different plate thickness depending on cap diameter (typically 0.14 - 0.20 mm)

Compound
- PVC (polyvinylchloride) based
- With additives depending on the compound type

Coatings (inside / outside)

- Various materials depending on needs
- Modified polyesters, organosol, epoxy phenolic

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Cap materials
Coatings

Reverse coating
Choice of reverse coating module depends on
- Food product properties such as acidity, protein - and/or SO2 -content
- Thermal treatment (under reserve): Cold fill, hot fill, pasteurisation, sterilisation

Type of coating

Coating suitable for

Application

RN15

Non treatment, cold-, hot fill

NON-corrosive products
e.g. milk, jam, jelly

RP10 / RP15

Cold-, hot fill, pasteurization,

sterilization

LOW acid / low protein products

e.g. desserts, caviar, creamer

RP20 / RP25

Cold-, hot fill, pasteurization,

sterilization

NORMAL acid / protein

e.g. dressing, oily products

RP40 / RP45

Cold-, hot fill, pasteurization,

sterilization

HIGH acid / protein

e.g. vegetable, meat spread

RP60 / RP45

Cold-, hot fill, pasteurization,

HIGH protein / SO2 up to 50mg/kg SO2

sterilization
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e.g. silver onions, asparagus,horse radish

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Compounds

Compound lining
Adapted to requirements during application / use
- With / without steam prior to capping
- Sealed by hand
- Cold / hot fill application
- Cooling / pasteurization / sterilization applications

Compound type

Compound suitable for

468/469
Puffed Compound

Application with or without steam, manual and / or by capping equipment

Cold- and hot fill or/and pasteurisation T max. 95C

462 / 463
Solid Compound

Application with compound heating by capping equipment

Cold- and hot fill or/and pasteurisation T max 105C

863 / 864
Low migration

Application with compound heating by capping equipment

Cold- and hot fill for pasteurisation & low sterilization max 115 C

038 / 538
Solid Compound

Cold- and hot fill for sterilisation T max. 121 C

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Documentation

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Documentation
Box label
Material
number

traceability
Order number

Cap type
Amount
per box

Production time
Manufacturing
date

Cap packaging code

Sequential
box number

Decoration
Choice text

Barcode
Legible text

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Reverse coating / face coating / decoration

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Documentation
Closure drawing

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Documentation
Cap processing guideline

Document content
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Glass and Closure Specifications

in connection with Food - / Process requirements

Description of check methods

Processing conditions and

thermal treatment methods

Handling- and storage conditions

for packaging materials and finished products

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