3. Capping bottles and crimping cans
3.1 Capping
Capping is the final operation in the bottling of liquid foodstuffs.
It will be conditioned by four parameters:
nature of the materials used to make the plug ;
type of container to be capped and, in particular, its ring;
tolerances and characteristics of the cap, ring and capping operations ;
cap application.
Notes on rings
The ring of a bottle is the part at the top of the container's neck that surrounds its opening (figure 21). The shape of this ring varies according to the type of closure. For example :
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Capping bottles and crimping cans
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Bibliography
• Courses
- MILLET (P.) - Conditionnement des liquides alimentaires. - ENSAIA Nancy.
- NIEDERMEYER (J.) - Embouteillage. - Université catholique de Louvain, section Brasserie.
• Technical works
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