AUTOMATIC TUBE FILLING MACHINE
FILLTUBE-60 (alu+lami) is designed to fill and seal aluminium as well as laminated/plastic tubes. The machine is suitable especially for pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries. Machine can be used for filling of cream, ointment, gel, paste, balm and other similar viscous products by means of a volumetric dosing system.
The machine is designed and manufactured to suit FDA and cGMP requirements. All contact parts stainless steel 316 grade, well-polished and mirror buffed. The machine produced from tested and reliable materials for long service life.
BASIC MACHINE INCLUDES:
- Main machine frame with stainless steel covers
- Acrylic doors on all four sides above main frame
- Adjustable anti-vibration legs
- AC inverter for main drive for step-less speed variation
- Automatic tube hopper with pneumatic system of tube insertion into rotary index table
- Rotary index table for transferring tubes to filling, closing stations and other sections
- Tube orientation controlled by photocell for accurate positioning of tubes
- 50 litres capacity stainless steel hopper
- Stainless steel volumetric dozing syringe and Teflon piston seals for accurate dosage with step-less adjustment of volume
- Tube lifting at filling station – so that filling nozzle gets inserted inside tube during filling
- Tail cutting by 'suck back' method to prevent dripping of product after filling
- Hot air tool for plastic / laminated tubes (Leister make heater)
- PID temperature controller for accurate control of hot air temperature
- Air supply to air heater through independent blower
- Batch code embossing facility within sealing jaws (by using negatively etched character type font) for laminated tubes
- Trimming of plastic / lami tubes at the top end
- Double folding fixture for aluminium tubes
- Batch code embossing facility within crimping jaws (by using positively etched character type font) for aluminium tubes
- Automatic tube ejection
- Preset counter
SAFETY FEATURES:
- No−Tube−No−Fill system
- Safety interlock for machine doors
- Low air pressure switch
- Low temperature interlock
- Emergency stop
OPTIONALS:
- Jacketed hopper with electrical heater for water heating and hot water circulation pump
- Slow speed agitator
- Tube Cleaning by Air Blow or Suction
- Set of negatively etched character type founts for coding of plastic / lami tubes
- Set of positively etched character type founts for coding of aluminium tubes
- Automatic Hopper Top Up System with hopper level sensors, metering pump, electric and logic control panel and interconnecting piping
- Water chiller (1 ton)
- PLC control of machine with touchscreen HMI
- Cassette System for Quick Tube Loading on Machine with two cassettes
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION Fully enclosed
OPERATION SYSTEM Single Head, Rotary Index Table – 12 stations
OUTPUT 3600 tubes per hour max.
PRODUCT HANDLED Cream, ointment, gel, paste, balm and other similar viscous products.
TUBE DIAMETER Minimum 12 mm to maximum 40 mm
TUBE LENGTH Minimum 50 mm to maximum 180 mm
TUBE LOADING Automatic through a tube holding tray
(tray – also known as ‘ tube loading hopper ’ – to be manually loaded)
TUBE ORIENTATION Automatic, electronically controlled
TUBE CLEANING By compressed air blow
PRODUCT HOPPER 50 liters capacity. {Water jacket with electrical heating
and hot water circulation pump optional}
PRODUCT AGITATOR Slow speed agitator for stirring of product in hopper as an option
FILLING NOZZLE Fixed nozzle, with tube lifting at filling station – to lift up the tube so that nozzle gets inserted inside tube while filling.
NO−TUBE−NO−FILL System incorporated.
TAIL CUTTING By suck-back method (to prevent dripping after filling operation)
DOZING RANGE a) 5 to 30 gm
b) 30 to 50 gm
c) 50 to 100 gm
d) 100 to 150 gm
TUBE SEALING By hot air tool for plastic and lami tubes
By double fold and crimping tool for aluminium tubes
BATCH CODE EMBOSSING In sealing jaws for plastic / lami tubes and in crimping jaws for alu tubes
TRIM WASTE Collected in a container on machine
TUBE EJECTION Automatic, through a discharge chute for collection
CHANGE PARTS a) Tube Holding Cups (when tube dia changes)
b) Tube Loading Shoe & Inserter Plug (when tube dia changes)
c) Filling Nozzle (when fill volume or product viscosity changes)
d) Filling Syringe (when fill volume changes)
e) Hot Air Nozzle & Adaptor (when tube dia changes – only for plastic / lami tubes)
POWER CONSUMPTION 5.0 kw for plastic / lami tubes (with hot air tool)
(3 Phase + N + E) 2.0 kw for aluminium tubes
COMPRESSED AIR REQUIREMENT 400 Liters per minute at 6 bar pressure (clean, dry, oil free)
COLD WATER REQUIREMENT 2 liters per min at 2 bar pressure at 10º Cent
(only for plastic or lami tubes)
MACHINE DIMENSIONS 2000 mm width X 1200 mm breadth X 2250 mm height
(inclusive of tube loading tray, product hopper and agitator)
