
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)
Keywords
kw
By
FDA
gel
balm
hour
Tail
paste
means
12 mm
40 mm
coding
minute
OUTPUT
180 mm
breadth
5 to 30
top end
No−Tube
Adaptor
Suction
1200 mm
10º Cent
2 liters
ointment
dripping
Trimming
stirring
FILLTUBE
photocell
container
alu tubes
collection
Air supply
main frame
air heater
four sides
TRIM WASTE
lami tubes
main drive
3600 tubes
400 Liters
AC inverter
12 stations
TUBE LENGTH
PLC control
fill volume
30 to 50 gm
Hot air tool
DOZING RANGE
Tube lifting
50 to 100 gm
Water jacket
CONSTRUCTION
TUBE SEALING
−Fill system
sealing jaws
CHANGE PARTS
100 to 150 gm
Acrylic doors
BASIC MACHINE
two cassettes
crimping jaws
machine doors
TUBE DIAMETER
Inserter Plug
Tube Cleaning
crimping tool
Water chiller
water heating
metering pump
Preset counter
2250 mm height
2 bar pressure
tube insertion
Hot Air Nozzle
6 bar pressure
other sections
filling nozzle
accurate dosage
SAFETY FEATURES
touchscreen HMI
Filling Syringe
Cassette System
food industries
laminated tubes
filling station
discharge chute
aluminium tubes
closing stations
suck-back method
Safety interlock
PRODUCT AGITATOR
Tube orientation
pneumatic system
accurate control
2000 mm width X
Tube Loading Shoe
electrical heater
tube holding tray
POWER CONSUMPTION
Tube Holding Cups
cGMP requirements
long service life
filling operation
tube loading tray
MACHINE DIMENSIONS
independent blower
Main machine frame
electrical heating
Quick Tube Loading
reliable materials
rotary index table
Slow speed agitator
Leister make heater
compressed air blow
character type font
Teflon piston seals
hot air temperature
tube loading hopper
logic control panel
hopper level sensors
accurate positioning
step-less adjustment
Automatic tube hopper
character type founts
PRODUCT HANDLED Cream
Double folding fixture
stainless steel covers
COLD WATER REQUIREMENT
interconnecting piping
Automatic tube ejection
laminated/plastic tubes
Low air pressure switch
Emergency stop OPTIONALS
volumetric dosing system
pharmaceutical, cosmetics
step-less speed variation
product viscosity changes
Low temperature interlock
hot water circulation pump
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
PID temperature controller
COMPRESSED AIR REQUIREMENT
OPERATION SYSTEM Single Head
Batch code embossing facility
Adjustable anti-vibration legs
other similar viscous products
Automatic Hopper Top Up System
AUTOMATIC TUBE FILLING MACHINE
PRODUCT HOPPER 50 liters capacity
contact parts stainless steel 316 grade
Stainless steel volumetric dozing syringe
50 litres capacity stainless steel hopper