Filler 'up ramp'

These bottling lines sometimes have a hard time starting. Part of the problem is that the 'up ramp' feeding the bottles into the filler is at too steep an angle.


This is a photo of the 'up ramp' marked for cutting.




Here is the ramp with the piece that had been cut with a narrow cut off wheel in an angle grinder and smoothed with a sanding disk:

The new 'up ramp' angle:

Once this ramp had been cut the vacuum actuator need to be moved:


Note that the left bracket is now on top of the ring mount. This required that the bracket be narrowed and mounted with (2) 10mm x 75mm bolts.