Value Line® suction cups saves can maker $15,000 Background The customer was experiencing short-life on their incumbent suction cups (vacuum cups). They were seeing cracks on the lip plus splits down the neck of the cup after about 700,000 cycles. The suction cups were inexpensive at about $3.00 and were made of a vinyl material. The plant was operating 24x7. The customer’s core need was a longer lasting suction cup at a reasonable price. The customer is handling cans, after being labelled, from a high speed rotary wheel, transferred to another station with the suction cups, before being put into an oven for curing the label. Four machines utilize 30 suction cups and the other two machines use 16 cups. Solution Piab’s Value Line® suction cups (suction pads) are an ideal solution for this c

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