A capping plant and a method for capping and conveying containers made of thermoplastic material

A capping plant (10) for capping containers (100) made of thermoplastic material, comprising:

• a capping unit (11) of a rotating carousel type comprising a plurality of capping stations (111) for applying concave closures (200) to the containers (100) and first guide means (14) arranged so as to contact a part of a tubular body (100a) of said containers (100) which part is exposed towards an outside of the rotating carousel of the capping unit (11);
• a star-wheel (12) located downstream of the capping unit (11) for receiving the capped containers, i.e. containers to which the concave closures (200) have been applied;
• an outfeed conveyor (13) located downstream of the star-wheel (12);
• characterised in that it comprises:
• a connection cross-member (17) between said first guide means (14) and the outfeed conveyor (13), said outfeed conveyor (13) being integrally constrained to a first portion (17a) of the connection cross-member (17) and said first guide means (14) being integrally constrained to a second portion (17b) of the connection cross-member (17);
• an actuating device (18) configured to adjust the height of said connection cross-member (17).