Aerosol Spray Actuator Assembly, Step by Step
How an aerosol spray actuator — the spray cap on top of the can — is assembled from its separate parts on a rotary machine, station by station.
What is an aerosol spray actuator? An aerosol spray actuator is the spray cap that sits on top of an aerosol can. It is a small part made of several pieces: the actuator in our Pakistan case has five, and a rotary machine assembles all five on one rotary table.
Key takeaways
- An aerosol actuator is the spray cap on top of the can; the aerosol valve is a separate part with its own machine.
- A rotary machine assembles the five-part actuator in five steps: bowl feed, fixture, gripper placement, station-by-station assembly, discharge.
- The machine we supplied in Pakistan is rated at 4,200 finished actuators per hour.
- Each actuator stands upright in its own fixture while pneumatic grippers above the table set each piece in place.
- The AM-TY-05 runs on single-phase 220 V, 50 Hz and 0.4–0.6 MPa air, and is operated from a touch screen with push buttons beside it; output is set by your actuator and its part count.
The aerosol spray actuator assembly machine in Pakistan. What you will see: the vibratory bowl, the grippers placing each piece, and the white actuators standing in their fixtures as they move round the table.
The five steps of actuator assembly
1. Feed the parts. A vibratory bowl feeds the parts into the machine. The small white parts travel along feed tracks to the rotary table. See how a vibratory bowl feeder works.
2. Fixture. Each actuator stands upright in its own fixture on the rotary table. The fixture keeps the part in place while the next piece is added.
3. Place. Pneumatic grippers above the table pick up the next piece and set it in place. The grippers work as the table indexes round, so each piece is placed at its own station.
4. Complete. The five pieces come together one station at a time. Each actuator is built up station by station as the table turns, one piece added at each station.
5. Discharge. The finished actuators leave the machine.
Actuator or valve: which machine?
| You need | Machine |
|---|---|
| The actuator (spray cap) on top of the can | Aerosol Spray Assembly Machine AM-TY-05 |
| The aerosol valve | Aerosol Valve Assembly Machine, set up for your own valve parts |
| A fine mist sprayer or spray pump | Fine mist sprayer and spray pump assembly machines |
| A trigger sprayer | Trigger sprayer assembly machines |