Capping Accuracy of Highspeed Lightweight Bottling Lines

Niagara Bottling, LLC Engineering/Mathematics, 2016-17

Liaison(s): Clemente Sanchez, Tony Peterson, Miles Moyers, Jim Brady, Damon Choate, Danny Weckstein, Jim Utley, Alan Bunteman
Advisor(s): Kash Gokli, Talithia Williams
Students(s): Jonathan Lum (TL -S), Alexa Le (TL -F), Lakshay Akula, Zachary Friedlander, Michaela Yaman (F)

Niagara Bottling, LLC is the largest family owned bottled water company in the United States, and is the largest producer of bottled water by volume. The Niagara Bottling: Capping clinic project is to understand the causes of bottle cap misapplication and reduce the misapplication frequency through conducting a Design of Experiments.