Rotary-type capping machine for containers with screw caps, comprising - a central fixedly mounted support element (12,16,18), around which at least one rotary carrier having a plurality of capping arrangements can be driven in rotation by means of a first motor, said capping arrangements comprising capping tools that can be lifted and lowered and can be rotated by means of a second motor, and which have on their underside a capping head for receiving screw caps, - at least one control element which is mounted such as to rotate about the machine axis and can be rotated by means of a second motor, which interacts with the capping tools in order to transfer a rotational movement, - a head plate (12,16, 18) connected to the support element, and - a control link which is mounted in a non-rotatable manner at the support element (12, 16, 18) and/or at the head plate for raising and lowering the capping heads as the capping arrangements rotate about the support element (12, 16, 18), wherein the two motors (24, 28) can be controlled independently of one another, and each comprise a drive gear (40, 48), wherein the axis of rotation of the drive gear of the first motor is aligned parallel to the machine axis and meshes with a crown gear formed at the rotary carrier, and wherein the drive gear of the second motor is aligned parallel to the machine axis and meshes with a crown gear formed at the control element, characterised in that - the support element (12, 16, 18) comprises a lower support element which is connected at its upper end to a middle support element, which forms a bearing section and comprises at least one first rotary bearing for the rotary carrier, - the middle support element is releasably connected to an upper support element, which in turn is releasably connected to the head plate, and - that the upper support element encloses an interior space, within which the drive gear of the first motor is arranged at least for the most part. - a central fixedly mounted support element (12,16,18), around which at least one rotary carrier having a plurality of capping arrangements can be driven in rotation by means of a first motor, said capping arrangements comprising capping tools that can be lifted and lowered and can be rotated by means of a second motor, and which have on their underside a capping head for receiving screw caps, - at least one control element which is mounted such as to rotate about the machine axis and can be rotated by means of a second motor, which interacts with the capping tools in order to transfer a rotational movement, - a head plate (12,16, 18) connected to the support element, and - a control link which is mounted in a non-rotatable manner at the support element (12, 16, 18) and/or at the head plate for raising and lowering the capping heads as the capping arrangements rotate about the support element (12, 16, 18), wherein the two motors (24, 28) can be controlled independently of one another, and each comprise a drive gear (40, 48), wherein the axis of rotation of the drive gear of the first motor is aligned parallel to the machine axis and meshes with a crown gear formed at the rotary carrier, and wherein the drive gear of the second motor is aligned parallel to the machine axis and meshes with a crown gear formed at the control element, characterised in that - the support element (12, 16, 18) comprises a lower support element which is connected at its upper end to a middle support element, which forms a bearing section and comprises at least one first rotary bearing for the rotary carrier, - the middle support element is releasably connected to an upper support element, which in turn is releasably connected to the head plate, and - that the upper support element encloses an interior space, within which the drive gear of the first motor is arranged at least for the most part.