QUICK-CHANGE BOTTLING PARTS
Star wheels and change parts for every bottle.
We design and build improved quick-change star wheels, grippers and bottle guides for wineries, distilleries and any automatic bottling line. Compatible with Eurostar, AlfaTek, Enoberg, Fimer, GAI, Comet, Bertolaso, Krones, STS, Velo, MBF, AVE, Della Toffola, KHS and every other brand.
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
Bottling day, and you need to switch bottles. You wait for the technician to come and adjust the machine, your people stand around, orders keep piling up. By the time the line runs again, half the day is gone. And on the next changeover, the same story all over again.
THE BOTTLENECK SOLUTION
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 2 WORKING DAYS
A new bottle type or a replacement for a worn gripper in 2 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.
COMPARISON
The old way vs the Bottleneck way
See what actually changes when your line moves to the Bottleneck system.
CONVENTIONAL STAR WHEELS
✕One bottle type per part
✕Changeover needs a specialist technician
✕Machine re-adjustment on every change
✕Wear means replacing the whole part
✕Weeks of waiting for a new bottle
✕Bulky storage for every format
THE BOTTLENECK SYSTEM
✓Any bottle on the same base
✓Changeover by any operator
✓Zero extra adjustments
✓Replace only the gripper
✓New bottle shape in 2 working days
✓Compact gripper storage
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.