Terminology & Summary

Summary: In addition to the applications described, timing screws can be specially designed either singularly or in a combination of patterns to adapt to your container size and shape as well as your machines' specific requirements.

Running on rotary equipment, a timing screw is accompanied by a star wheel to perform tasks such as air cleaning, filling, capping, labeling or leak detection. Placed along side the infeed star wheel, the timing screw can be used to accept, separate, accelerate and discharge containers at the appropriate machine pitch centers required for the particular machine.

From needle syringes to five gallon pails, timing screws can be made to perform functions not generally believed to be possible in packaging operations.

Timing screw design, however, must be the product of careful and deliberate engineering and with a precise tolerance that is the result of experienced craftsmanship and computer controlled technology.

With extensive and continuing research, more and more applications are being handled by timing screws everyday. Call your timing screw specialist for advice gained from experience... especially when designing new equipment.