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3-week lead time. 1-week rush.
Standard delivery in three weeks. Rush in one — when the line is down or the format change can't wait. OEM aftermarket typically quotes 8 to 16 weeks. That's not a typo.
Precision change parts · Made-to-fit
Timing screws,
delivered in 3 weeks.
Rush in 1.
Drop-in feed screws for KRONES, SIDEL, KHS, SACMI, TETRA PAK, SIPA, SMI and GEA lines — from 600 BPM pharma fillers to 60,000 BPM high-speed PET. PET, glass, HDPE, aluminum — every container we've engineered for.
Compatible with
KRONES SIDEL KHS SACMI TETRA PAK SIPA SMI GEA
The difference
3 weeks. Not 16.
OEM aftermarket and Faber-class suppliers run quote-driven, catalogue-driven and slow. We replaced that loop with a real engineer, local manufacturing and a digital specs file — and a much smaller invoice at the end of it.
Spec
OEM aftermarket
AddPack
Lead time
8–16 weeks
3 weeks std · 1 wk rush
Engineering interface
Portal · PDF · auto-quote
A real engineer, per quote
Design approach
OEM-spec replacement
Re-optimised pitch profile
Minimum order
Catalogue-driven
One set
Cost vs OEM aftermarket
Baseline
A fraction of it
Reorder turnaround
Re-quote, re-engineer
Specs on file — ships fast
Based on published OEM aftermarket SLAs and customer quote comparisons.
By the numbers
Faster. Cheaper.
Any quantity.
3 wks
Standard delivery
From CAD review to your loading dock. OEM aftermarket typically quotes 8–16 weeks for the same scope.
1 wk
Rush delivery available
When the line is down or the format change can't wait. Engineered, manufactured and shipped — in seven days.
1 → 1,000+
Screws per order
One-off prototype, a full filler change-out, or a thousand-screw site refit. We engineer a fitting solution for any quantity.
The component
What is a timing screw?
Also known as: infeed worm · feed screw · scroll feed
A precision-machined rotating shaft that meters, spaces, divides and presents containers as they move through the line. You'll find them at filler infeeds, capper indexing stations, labeller turrets, rinser entries and palletiser combiners — anywhere bottles need to be timed exactly.
Get the pitch profile wrong and the line jams at 24,000 BPM. Get it right and you stop noticing it's there — which is the whole point.
Pitch profiles
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Constant pitch
Single or double-flight. Steady metering at filler infeeds, cappers and labellers.
02
Variable pitch
Accelerates or decelerates the container stream between machines — no slugging, no back-pressure.
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Combining / dividing
Merges multi-lane flow into single file, or splits a single stream into multi-head filler infeeds.
Capability range
Slow pharma fillers to
high-speed PET. Every
container in between.
The timing principles are the same; the polymer, pitch and profile change with the container. We've engineered for every speed band and every container family on the market.
Line speed 600 → 60,000 BPM
Pharma
600–3,000 BPM
Cosmetics
1,500–6,000 BPM
Dairy
6,000–18,000 BPM
Water / juice
12,000–36,000 BPM
High-speed PET
40,000–60,000 BPM
Slow
Ultra-high
Container materials
PET Glass HDPE PP Aluminum can Tinplate Pouch Carton Pharma vial
Each container has its own grip behaviour and friction profile. We match the polymer — UHMW-PE, Acetal-C, Nylatron — to the application.
Industries served
Beverage Water CSD Dairy Pharma Cosmetics Personal care Food
Same precision whether it's a 0.1L pharma vial under cleanroom conditions or a 5L water jug at 36,000 BPM.
Selected work
From CAD file to filling line.
Shown here: high-speed PET water-bottle lines. The same engineering approach applies across glass, HDPE, aluminum cans, dairy cartons and pharma vials — only the polymer, pitch and profile change.
Why AddPack
Four reasons your
line manager keeps calling.
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Engineered to outperform, not just copy
We re-optimise the pitch profile, polymer and wear surfaces — same drop-in fit, longer service life on the line.
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A fraction of OEM aftermarket cost
Same documented service life, local production, no OEM markup. We pass on what we save — line by line, screw by screw.
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Fits any OEM, any line, any machine
KRONES, SIDEL, KHS, SACMI, Tetra Pak, SIPA, SMI, GEA — or a 20-year-old line whose maker no longer answers the phone. We engineer to your machine, not the other way around.
Material science
Up to 80% less
CO₂ per screw —
engineered in.
AddPack UltraGlide — our proprietary polymer formulation — paired with additive-led manufacturing that uses only the material the geometry actually needs. Together they cut per-screw CO₂ by up to 80% versus conventionally machined OEM-equivalent timing screws.
For a large screw set, that's around 578 kg of CO₂ saved per reorder — and that's only material and manufacturing. It doesn't count the container ships skipped by producing locally, or the second set you don't have to buy because UltraGlide outlasts conventional polymers on the line.
Methodology and per-line factor sheet available on request.
Example customer order for the FMCG industry, saving 578 kg CO₂.
Process
Three steps,
no procurement labyrinth.
Step 01
Submit
A CAD file, a worn sample, a clear photo, or the OEM machine + format. Whatever you have on hand.
Step 02
Engineering review
Our engineers measure, model and re-optimise the pitch profile. Quote in your inbox inside 48 hours.
Step 03
Delivered in 3 weeks
Manufactured locally, drop-in fit. Rush available in one week when you need it. Installed during your next short stop — not a full format change.
Final word
Cut your downtime.
Talk to an engineer.
Reply within one business day. No portals, no chatbots — a real engineer reads it.
Or email support@add-pack.com directly.