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HyCAP® 4.0 Tooling for Beverage Closures

HyCAP® 4.0 tooling represents a significant advancement in injection molding technology, built for robustness and speed in high-volume beverage production.

Fully compatible with existing HyCAP® 4 cap molding machines and auxiliaries, it delivers meaningful advances in mold life, closure capability, and service efficiency without requiring a platform change.

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PATENTED STACK TECHNOLOGY

Extended Mold Life

Unplanned downtime and premature tooling wear drive up production costs faster than almost any other variable. HyCAP® 4.0 addresses both through a patented no-metal-to-metal contact design that targets stack life in excess of 50 million cycles:

  • Improved precision-guided stacks help extend mold life while reducing wear-related performance degradation
  • Reduced risk of flash at the plug seal split line
  • Greater design freedom for ultra-lightweight and complex design closure formats
  • Snap-in bushing replacement makes installation quick and easy
CLOSURE MOLD DESIGN

Design Flexibility for Evolving Formats

Producers need tooling that can keep pace with evolving closure formats without retooling from scratch. HyCAP® 4.0 produces tethered, ultra-lightweight, and standard closures within the same mold:

  • Swap between tethered and non-tethered formats with minimal change parts
  • Mold ultra-lightweight water and CSD closures without compromising part quality
  • Consistent feature alignment across all cavities at high production speeds
  • Installation error eliminated through poka-yoke slide design
LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

Simplified Maintenance & Reduced Downtime

Longer intervals between service events mean more time producing and less time maintaining. HyCAP® 4.0 extends full mold cleaning intervals to up to 10 million cycles, compared to 3 million on HyCAP® 3.1, and simplifies the procedures that remain:

  • Less hardware to manage at key service points
  • Faster core cooling tube removal without special tool
  • Accurate mold alignment under tonnage without manual adjustment
  • Full lifecycle visibility through an integrated cycle counter

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Enhance Your Beverage Packaging With Sustainable Cap and Closure Solutions

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