Sampling control station for bottles or containers filling plant

Sampling control station (20) for a container or bottle filling plant having a filling and closing station said sampling control station comprising at least one grasping and transporting group (22) for picking up containers or bottles (16) from conveying means (18) and transporting said containers or bottles to at least one measuring module (21′, 21″, 21′″) said container or bottle (16) being provided with a body tapered into a neck and ending with a mouth, said neck having an annular ribbing (19), characterised in that said grasping and transporting group (22) comprises gripping means (23) connected to a mobile support structure (30) said mobile support structure (30) having a centre of rotation arranged at said conveying means (18), said at least one measuring module (21′, 21″, 21′″) being arranged along a circumference described by the rotational movement of said gripping means (23) through said rotary support structure (30), said mobile rotary structure being adapted to pick up said container or bottle (16) from said conveying means (18) with said grasping and transporting group (22), and to transport said container or bottle (16) to said at least one measuring module (21′, 21″, 21′″) to then take said container or bottle (16) back again to a release point of said conveying means (18) once measurement has been carried out and no anomaly has been detected or to then position said container or bottle (16) at a discarding container in the case in which anomalies are found, said gripping means (23) comprising a pincer adapted to be opened and closed through a lever mechanism (27), said gripping means (23) being mobile between a gripping position, in which they are engaged with said neck of said container (16) at and below said annular ribbing (19), and a release position in which they are not engaged with said container (16), gripping means (23) being connected to and supported by mobile support structure (30) in order to perform a gripping from above the neck of container (16), wherein said mobile support structure (30) is vertically translatable in order to adjust the suspension height of said gripping means (23) and wherein said sampling control station also includes a removal or reclosing module (40) for simultaneously measuring a removal torque and a reclosing angle of a cap (28) of said container (16) connected to said grasping and transporting group (22) so as to be positioned above said gripping means (23) wherein said sampling control station (20) for a container or bottle also includes a module for measuring fill level of said container, a module for measuring weight;

• a module for measuring capping height;
• a module for measuring colour;
• and a module for measuring gas content and/or pressure of said container (16).