QUICK-CHANGE BOTTLE HANDLING PARTS
Bespoke star wheels and bottle handling parts
We design and build improved quick-change star wheels (or starwheels), grippers and bottle guides: the bottle handling parts that move your bottles through every station, from infeed to outfeed. Bespoke parts for wineries, distilleries and any automatic bottling line.
COMPATIBLE WITH: Eurostar, AlfaTek, Enoberg, Fimer, GAI, Comet, Bertolaso, Krones, COMEN, Nortan, KOSME, STS, Velo, MBF, AVE, Della Toffola, KHS and most other brands.
- Most bottles up to 2L are supported. Contact us to confirm.
- Depends on line size and the distance between your facility and ours.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM
Most winemakers, distillers and production managers face the same obstacles: traditional bottling change parts were never designed for the flexibility today’s wine and spirits market asks for.
01
A new bottle in your range
You are upgrading your products, or creating a new premium line, and you feel it deserves an even better bottle than the one you already use. But the struggle to find the parts you need to bottle it holds you back or slows you down.
02
Worn parts
The line is running, but you are standing over it. The old star wheel no longer holds the bottle steady: one tilts, one jams, one breaks. Every jam means stopping, clearing, starting again. And you know that the longer you leave it, the more the machine itself wears.
03
Low productivity
The machine has a rated speed, your line puts out less. Every time you push it up, a bottle jams, a label goes crooked, a cap gets bitten. And in the end you run slower than you could, because you don’t trust your line.
The quick-change system that sets your line free
Tool-free
Grippers lock and unlock by hand. Any operator can do the changeover.
Color-coded
Every bottle has its own color. Zero mistakes, even with new staff on shift.
New bottle in 3-5 working days
A new bottle type or a replacement for a worn gripper in 3-5 working days, from our own workshop. Production never stops.
Low maintenance cost
Wear is limited to the grippers, the cheap replaceable part. The base lasts for years.
The old way vs the Bottleneck way
See what actually changes when your line moves to the Bottleneck system.
| Conventional star wheels | The Bottleneck system |
|---|---|
| One bottle type per part | Any bottle on the same base |
| Changeover needs a specialist technician | Changeover by any operator |
| Machine re-adjustment on every change | Zero extra adjustments |
| Wear means replacing the whole part | Replace only the gripper |
| Weeks of waiting for a new bottle | New bottle shape in 3-5 working days |
| Bulky storage for every format | Compact gripper storage |
Machines we have equipped
Star wheels and grippers on real production lines, by machine model.
FREE ASSESSMENT
What is your bottling line struggling with?
Book a free 30-minute call. We will walk through the points where your bottling line loses time and money, and discuss possible solutions together. No commitment.
Have questions first? See the FAQ.
