Who bottles & foils their own? How fast? What is the bottle neck?

We had been having some issues with our foiler which seemed to be worse on Burgs than on BDX. Worse if the bottles are wet. It was slowing down our whole line. Then, the person who ran that machine retired after almost 30 years.

I think part of the issue is that these are 60mm, so the slope of the bottle comes into play on the Burgs. These are polylam.

What is a normal bottles per minute on your foilers?

Which machine do you use?

Ours is a horizontal table top machine and at full speed, we used to go 12 bottles per min. The whole line has a hard time keeping up with that, but that was the top.

Also, does anyone have experience with different grades of polylam?

have you readjusted your spinners or tried a 55mm?

I have adjusted the spinner, which has helped.

It seems much better on BDX than on Burg.

I have not tried a 55. I bought a lot of 60’s that are printed.