In today’s cork manufacturing industry, stable product quality and high production efficiency are the core competitiveness of factory operations. Manual and semi-automated scattered equipment can no longer meet the mass, standardized and high-precision production needs of modern factories.
Suzhou Fangshiheng Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. provides a full-process turnkey automated cork production line. The system covers all procedures from raw cork feeding, inspection, laser marking, counting and packaging, to automatic boxing and robotic palletizing. All equipment is seamlessly matched to realize full unmanned production and help manufacturers reduce labor costs and stabilize product yield.
Different from single automated equipment on the market, our integrated cork production line avoids discontinuous procedures and manual docking errors. Every production module runs synchronously with stable logistics flow, low failure rate and consistent finished product quality.
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10-Stage Full Automatic Cork Production Process
Stage 1: Cork Centrifugal Feeder
The whole production starts with the automatic centrifugal feeder. The equipment delivers raw cork stoppers at adjustable uniform speed. Adopting soft centrifugal feeding design, it effectively avoids scratch and damage to cork surfaces and completely protects the integrity of raw materials.
Key Features
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Stepless adjustable feeding speed
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Soft feeding process without cork damage
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Wide compatibility, suitable for 38mm–54mm cork sizes
Stage 2: Cork Diameter Inspection Machine
After feeding, all corks will pass through the precision diameter inspection equipment. The machine uses visual detection technology to automatically screen out unqualified products. It effectively eliminates defective corks with diameter errors, oval deformation, bending flaws and surface damage, ensuring only qualified corks enter the marking process.
Stage 3: CO₂ Laser Marking Machine
Qualified corks enter the professional CO₂ laser marking system. We provide two-sided and three-sided marking configurations. The equipment achieves permanent, clear and high-precision engraving for brand logos, custom patterns, batch codes and barcodes, meeting high-standard personalized customization needs for wine cork packaging.
Stage 4: Elevator Conveyor
The matched elevator conveyor realizes automatic vertical lifting and transfer of corks. It connects the front and rear equipment stably, completely replacing manual handling and realizing fully automatic procedure docking.
Stage 5: Cork Visual Counting Machine
Equipped with industrial machine vision system, the counting equipment supports high-speed and high-precision statistics. It can accurately count 1000 corks within 24–25 seconds, with a counting accuracy rate of up to 99.95%. Compared with traditional manual and semi-automatic counting methods, the efficiency is increased by 30%–40%, effectively avoiding manual counting errors.
Stage 6: Automatic Cork Packaging Machine
After counting, corks automatically fall into the packaging equipment for bagging and sealing. The machine supports automatic bag opening, quantitative filling, vacuum sealing and finished product output. It is optional to equip SO₂ gas filling function to meet fresh-keeping packaging standards for wine corks. The standard packaging specification is 1000 corks per bag, and single-bag packaging only takes 24–25 seconds.
Key Features
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Full automatic bag opening, filling, vacuum sealing and discharging
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Optional SO₂ gas filling for cork preservation
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Compatible with multiple packaging bag sizes
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Intuitive touch screen HMI for parameter adjustment
Stage 7: Conveyor Belt Transport System
The finished packaged cork bags are transported to the boxing station through the supporting conveyor belt. The whole process is unmanned, which saves manual handling labor and avoids secondary pollution and product damage.
Stage 8: Automatic Case Erector
The automatic case erector completes automatic storage, suction, forming and bottom sealing of cartons. It provides stable and continuous carton supply for subsequent packaging procedures and matches the beat of the whole automated production line.
Stage 9: 6-Axis Robotic Palletizer
The industrial 6-axis robot accurately grabs finished cork bags and completes carton loading. The standard configuration is 5 bags per carton. With flexible robotic positioning, it ensures accurate placement and neat carton forming.
Stage 10: Automatic Case Sealer
After bag loading is completed, cartons are automatically conveyed to the case sealing station. Customized for tall cork packaging cartons, this machine is equipped with upper driving belts and bearing rollers, as well as a carbon steel frame with acrylic safety guards. Featuring door-open shutdown protection and Pilz safety relays, the side driving structure ensures stable transportation. The equipment automatically folds carton top flaps and completes adhesive tape sealing. It delivers wrinkle-free and deviation-free sealing results. Fully unmanned, the case sealer connects seamlessly with upstream and downstream production line equipment.
Key Features
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Custom Tall Structure: Specially designed upper driving belt system for tall cork cartons, ensuring stable and slip-free conveying.
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Multi-layer Safety Protection: Equipped with carbon steel & acrylic guards, door-open stop function and Pilz safety relays to meet industrial safety standards.
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Premium Sealing Performance: Gentle flap folding mechanism ensures flat, wrinkle-free and neat carton sealing.
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Flexible Operation Mode: Supports manual debugging and continuous automatic production. Size switching only takes 5 to 8 minutes.
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Strong Compatibility: Available for standalone use or full-line integration. Supports I-shaped cross sealing combination for advanced packaging demands.
Stage 11: Automatic Palletizing Machine
After carton packaging is completed, the automatic palletizing equipment stacks finished cartons on standard 1200mm × 1000mm pallets according to optimized stacking rules. The stacking structure is stable, which is convenient for subsequent factory storage and container transportation.
Advantages of Our Fully Integrated Cork Production Line
Many cork processing factories still use scattered single equipment and manual coordination. Our integrated turnkey production line solves the pain points of fragmented processes and insufficient automation, bringing multiple core benefits:
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Labor Cost Reduction: One operator can supervise the entire production line, replacing 8–10 manual workers and greatly reducing long-term labor costs.
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Stable & Consistent Quality: Each procedure is equipped with automated detection and standard operation, avoiding manual operation errors and realizing zero-difference batch production.
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Higher Production Throughput: Seamless docking of all equipment eliminates waiting time between processes and realizes continuous and efficient production.
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Space Saving Layout: The overall compact modular design optimizes factory floor space and improves plant space utilization.
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Strong Scalability: All modules are independently controllable and combinable. Customers can add functional modules according to production expansion demands.
Technical Specifications
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Value
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Cork Diameter Range
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38mm – 54mm
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Counting Speed
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1,000 corks per 24–25 seconds
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Counting Precision
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≥ 99.95%
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Packaging Speed
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24–25 seconds per bag
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Laser Marking Mode
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2-sided / 3-sided CO₂ laser marking
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Standard Pallet Size
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1200mm × 1000mm
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Box Loading Capacity
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5 bags per box
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Power Supply
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Customizable (220V/380V/415V)
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Application Scenarios
This full-automatic cork production line is widely applicable for standardized production in multiple scenarios, including professional winery cork supporting production lines, large-scale cork processing factories, automated cork packaging workshops and high-volume cork manufacturing enterprises.
Conclusion
As a professional cork automation solution provider, Suzhou Fangshiheng Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. provides one-stop turnkey services covering design, R&D, production and after-sales. Our integrated cork production line realizes full-process automation from raw material feeding to finished product palletizing, helping global cork manufacturers upgrade automated production, reduce costs and improve market competitiveness.
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