Abstract: A machine for filling and closing containers comprises: a conveyor, step-activated in an advancement direction, laterally provided with a plurality of gripping devices which grip containers at an active branch of the conveyor. A filling station has a plurality of nozzles for filling the containers, and weighing devices for detecting a correct filling of the containers. A closing station has capping devices for closing the filled containers with caps, and sensors to detect correct closure. A release station, located downstream of the closing station has manipulators which are either de-activated to allow transit of incorrectly filled and/or closed containers, which are released onto a reject conveyor downstream and in line with the active branch; or activated transversally to the advancement direction to collect correctly filled and closed containers and release them onto an outlet conveyor, adjacent and parallel to the reject conveyor.

Abstract: The invention aims at obtaining a simplified and compact construction of a gravimetric metering device (1) for bulk products, comprising a large discharge section per activation zone (A) and transfer zone (F) for supplying the bulk product into a rotor (2) rotated in a horizontal plane, with transfer tools (3) extending mainly in the radial direction, an emptying station (E) offset relative to the transfer zone (F), and a weighing platform (W) arranged therebetween in the peripheral direction, provided with a force measuring device (20) for determining the weight of the bulk product transported. The invention is characterized in that the transfer tools (3) are mounted so as to be uncoupled from one another in at least one degree of freedom.