Patent ID: 8375759

Claim:
A multi-stage can necking system comprising: a first fixed base comprising at least two can necking stages and a first starwheel; a second fixed base comprising at least one can necking stage and a second starwheel; and a bridge turret transfer assembly including a base plate that is coupled to a top surface of a base of at least one of the first fixed base and the second fixed base, the bridge turret transfer assembly is configured to transfer a can body from the first fixed base to the second fixed base such that an end diameter of the can body is reduced as the can body is transferred by the bridge turret transfer assembly, wherein a distance measured between the first starwheel of the first fixed base and the second starwheel of the second fixed base is no more than 27.25 in, and a distance measured from an edge of a base of the first fixed base to an edge of a base of the second fixed base is no more than 27 in after the bridge turret transfer assembly has been coupled to the first fixed base and to the second fixed base.