Decorative Defect Re-Basecoating System for Cans and other Cylindrical Containers

A decoration defect re-basecoating system for cans which are already necked and decorated, comprising:

• an infeed conveyor carrying such cans;
• a plasma spray dimensioned and configured to remove lubricant from such neck of such cans as the infeed conveyor carries such cans;
• an infeed starwheel dimensioned and configured to remove such cans from the infeed conveyor;
• a main starwheel, dimensioned and configured to rotate and to move such cans from the infeed starwheel to the main starwheel and to secure them in place on a plurality of vacuum chucks and then to rotate such cans under a plurality of hold down chucks, each hold down chuck having thereon a can cover, the can covers operative to cover the end of a respective first one of such cans whereby a coating may not enter such cans;
• the main starwheel further operative to rotate each of such cans to a body coating application device and a neck coating application device, then to an induction tunnel having at least one induction coil and then to an outfeed device;
• the body coating application device operative to apply the coating to such can body, the neck coating application device operative to apply the coating to such can neck;
• the outfeed device operative to remove such cans from the main starwheel and place them on an exit conveyor.