A Young Bottle Lost On The Factory Floor In Search of Its Closure!

It’s just another day at the factory floor.

Manufacturing lines are relentlessly churning out stock…

Bottles are being prepped up in the filling lines, all ready for the next process—capping.

Lined up in order, each bottle steps out one by one, filled with the product to the brim.

Move faster… you damn son of a bottle… Shouts the floor supervisor, whiplashing the scourge.

And the door to the capping machine opens.

In the bottle queue, stands a young bottle, waiting for its turn to enter the capping machine.

Those old, snide bottles behind it, have been watching it for some time, mocking its inexperience about the whole process.

Just as the young bottle proceeds towards the capping machine, it is pushed and it falls over the filling line… rolling over and deep into the wilds of the factory floor.

The young bottle is lost. Half empty and uncapped!

Realizing it must make his way to the capping machine before the factory owner calls it a day, the young bottle decides to set out in search of its closure…

For Dispensing Closures, Please Proceed This Way!

After walking a few bottle-steps, the young bottle arrives at a large factory board, reading: For dispensing closures, please proceed this way!

The young bottle follows.

Here it finds tall-standing capping machines, all labelled differently.

There is a capping machine for disc top caps

These caps have a designated “pressure to be applied” area. Press it and it reveals an orifice.

The machine appears to be filled with cosmetic containers.

There is a capping machine for fine mist spraying caps

These caps produce a fine mist of the liquid content stored inside the containers.

The machine seems crowded with perfume bottles.

There is a capping machine for glass droppers

These caps have been designed with a plastic bulb and a pipette that extends into the container. Pressing the bulb sucks the liquid into the pipette, and the user will then be able to apply the liquid as needed.

Essential oil bottles stand in the queue, waiting for their turn.

There is a capping machine for pumping caps

These caps have been equipped with a pumping mechanism; the user will pump the cap and dispense the product.

One by one, the lotion bottles walk into the capping machine.

There is a capping machine for roll-on ball caps

This last machine appears to be serving deodrant bottles, fitting roll-on ball caps onto each. By rolling the ball, the user will be able to dispense the stored product.

Unsure to what cap would suit him best, the young bottle decides to explore the other area of the factory floor before making a final decision.

For Non-Dispensing Closures, Please Proceed This Way!

This other area of the factory floor has capping machines that deal in non-dispensing closures.

There is a capping machine for continuous thread caps

These caps have been designed with a continuous thread neck finish.

Mayonnaise and peanut butter bottles stand here.

There is a capping machine for lug caps

Then there is a machine for lug caps where glass jars and containers wait for their turn. These caps have non-continuous threading on them.

There is capping machine for dome caps

Having a top rounded surface, these caps look sleek and fine.

The machine appears to be serving the round bottom jars.

There is a capping machine for ribbed caps

These caps have vertical grooves on their outside edge to provide users with a firm grip.

The machine seems crowded with dropper bottles and glass vials.

There is a capping machine for polycone caps

These caps have been made from low density polyethylene, providing a strong seal for bottles storing chemicals and other highly reactive products.

The young bottle stands in the middle, glad it finally found the right closure for itself.