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Your Cap Style

Your Cap Style

A unique cap style can differentiate your product on shelves and offer a differentiated consumer experience. Understanding your cap style is a key step in selecting the right induction sealer and sealing coil for your packaging line. There are a variety of cap styles used when packaging liquids, tablets, capsules, powders, and food. Whether you are a contract packager needing to seal any cap, or you run the same SKU all year, Pillar can help you select the right power supply and sealing coil for your packaging line.

Here is a list of common cap styles and the optimal induction sealing coil recommended for each:

Standard Flat Caps

Simple flat caps are flat closures that are typically threaded and ribbed or smooth. They are used for a variety of applications. They can be found in food and beverage containers such as cooking oils, peanut butter, and more. They can be used in health and beauty products such as creams and ointments. And they are also commonly used for vitamins and supplements. For standards flat caps, Pillar recommends utilizing its Universal Sealing Coil.

Flip-Top Dispensing Caps

Flip-top dispensing caps feature an easy-open, flip-top, with a hole in the inner cap for dispensing liquids. They are used for a variety of liquid products. They're used in the health and beauty industry for products such as shampoos and conditioners, body creams, and body oils. It can also be found in food and beverage products such as honey and condiments. The ideal sealing coil is dependent upon the distance from the top of the cap to the induction seal; for short dispensing caps, a Universal Sealing Coil will most likely be suitable. For taller dispensing caps, and InFinity Tunnel Sealing Coil is recommended.

Sifter and Shaker Caps

Threaded, flip top, and dual flip-top sifter caps feature holes and other openings in the inner cap. They are primarily used for herbs and spices, as well as other food products such as parmesan cheese. They can also be found in other powdered products, such as talcum. Most sifter caps are best paired with the Universal Sealing Coil.

Child Resistant Caps

Child resistant caps are typically flat caps which use a variety of methods to make them difficult to open for children. Most commonly, they require the consumer to squeeze or push the cap in order to open it. Child resistant caps are used primarily for pharmaceuticals, which can pose a major safety risk to children if ingested. They can also be found on various household chemicals, such as bleach, and on automotive chemicals, such as antifreeze. For flat child resistant caps, Pillar's Universal Sealing Coil would be ideal. For applications where child resistant caps typically extend the height of the cap, the InFinity Tunnel Coil would be recommended for the best efficiency.

Push-Pull and Spouted Caps

Various caps including push-pull, spouted, turret, yorker, twist top, disc top, push-pull, or flip-top, all behave similarly for induction sealing. These caps are primarily found on bottles of water and sports drinks to provide an easy open bottle that can be opened using only the mouth. These cap styles are also found on dishwashing detergent, glues, gels, and oils. The distance from the seal to the top of the cap will dictate whether a Universal Sealing Coil will be suitable, or if an InFinity Tunnel Coil must be used for the application.

Need to Seal Many Cap Styles and Sizes with Just One System?

When paired with the proper sealing coil, the iFoiler and iFoiler+ Induction Sealers are capable of sealing any cap style and size ranging from 15 - 150mm. The iFoiler and iFoiler+ feature interchangeable sealing heads, which can switched out in seconds without the use of tools. All that's required is loosening a few thumb screws, popping off the bracket, and replace the existing coil with the new one. This allows you to change out your sealing coil extremely fast, which is crucial if you need to change from sealing flat caps with the Universal Coil to sealing spouted caps with the InFinity Tunnel Coil.

Pillar's induction sealers also feature integrated memory functions that allow you to save parameters for different applications and quickly call them up as needed. Supervisors and managers can lock the memory functions with a passcode so that only certified personnel can access and change applications to ultimately reduce the risk of operator error.

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