AUTOMATIC TUBE FILLING & SEALING MACHINE FILLTUBE−60 (alu) FILLTUBE-60 (alu) is designed to fill and seal aluminium tubes. The machine is suitable especially for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and foodstuff industry. 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, well-polished and mirror buffed. All pneumatics are of FESTO/equivalent brand, and gearbox of Bonfiglioli/equivalent make. The machine produced from tested and reliable materials for long service life. To get accurate dozing, it would be preferable to use different syringes for different volumes as mentioned below: 3 to 30 gms syringe (a) 30 to 100 gms syringe (b) 100 to 180 gms syringe (c) 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 printed matter on tubes - Tube cleaning by blow of compressed air inside tube - 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 - Double folding and crimping for sealing of aluminium tubes - Batch code embossing facility within Crimping jaws for aluminium tubes (by using positively etched character type fount) - Automatic tube ejection - Preset counter SAFETY FEATURES: - No−Tube−No−Fill system - Safety interlock for acrylic doors - Low air pressure switch - Emergency stop OPTIONALS: - Jacketed hopper with electrical heater for water heating and hot water circulation pump - Slow speed agitator - Tube Cleaning by Suction or Air Blowing - Diving type filling station for filling of product from bottom up - Set of positively etched character type founts for coding of aluminium tubes - Air compressor (5 kw) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CONSTRUCTION Fully enclosed OPERATION SYSTEM Single Head, Rotary Index Table – 12 stations OUTPUT 60 tubes per minute 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 air blow or suction (Optional) 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. {Diving nozzle optional}. NO−TUBE−NO−FILL system incorporated. TAIL CUTTING By suck-back method (to prevent dripping after filling operation) DOZING RANGE a) 3 to 30 ml b) 30 to 100 ml c) 100 to 150 ml TUBE SEALING By double fold and crimping tool for aluminium tubes (third fold optional) BATCH CODE EMBOSSING In crimping jaws for alu tubes 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) POWER CONSUMPTION 1.5 kw (3 Phase + N + E) COMPRESSED AIR REQUIREMENT 250 Litres per minute at 6 bar pressure (clean, dry, oil free) MACHINE DIMENSIONS 1800 mm width X 1100 mm breadth X 2250 mm height (inclusive of tube loading tray, product hopper and agitator) MACHINE WEIGHT 750 kg