Line interfaces: Upstream
Record filler type, discharge height, bottle spacing and whether an accumulator is present. An inline capping machine that must create its own pitch from random bottles is a different machine from one that receives timed pockets. Cap, liner and neck-finish combinations that need different contact tools should be listed as rows, not as “similar bottles.”
Control boundary
Bottle restraint without cosmetic damage is a quoted method: belts, grippers, or pucks. Ask how filled mass and hot-fill softness are handled. Duty cycle includes washdown around the filler. A comparison table of single-machine SAT versus integrated-line SAT belongs here: who owns a bottle that arrives uncapped, and who owns a jam that starts at the filler star.