Tube filling

Machine Product Brief
| May 31, 2001

Tube filler

The Nordenmatic 500 tube filler from Norden (Branchburg, NJ) fills collapsible, 1- to 300-mL tubes measuring 50 to 150 mm in length and 10 to 50 mm in dia.
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Machine Product Brief
| April 30, 2001

Tube filler/closer

The Puma 60 tube filler from Modular Packaging (Pine Brook, NJ) fills and closes metal, plastic, or laminated tubes. The automatic machine operates at speeds to 3길 tubes/hr.
Package Case Study
| February 28, 2001

Two chambers prove better than one

For Schering-Plough HealthCare Products’ new Coppertone® Endless Summer® Sunless Tanning Lotion, new tanning technology required new packaging technology as well.
On board the 14-station rotary filler/sealer (above), the upgraded sensor reads the registration mark (left) to orient the tube
Machine Case Study
| February 28, 2001

'Enlightened' registration slashes tube scrap

A move to an upgraded vision sensor for tube registration helps filling at Access Business Group stay out of the dark. Literally.
Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2000

Tube filler

The Comadis C Series fillers from Key (Englishtown, NJ) fill tubes with liquid, gel, cream or ointment using diving- or fixed-nozzle fill heads.
Turning the crank on the E-Z Squeeze device permits nearly 100% usage of the tube's contents and also increases shelf life.
Feature Article
| March 31, 2000

Red Devil cranks up convenience

Home repair is made easy with caulk and sealants in squeeze tubes. A patented device fitted on the tube’s end allows consumers to roll up the empty end of the tube, thereby ensuring that virtually all of the product can be used. Red Devil uses the tubes for eight SKUs, including kitchen and bath caulk, wallpaper seam repair, tile adhesive and tile grout.
Materials Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Tube filler

Norden’s (North Branch, NJ) Nordenmatic 850 fills 1 to 350 mL (0.03381 to 11.83 oz) of product into collapsible tubes at speeds to 85 tubes/min. The machine uses hot air to seal tubes, which can be 50 to 250 mm (1.97” to 9.85”) L and 10 to 50 mm (0.394” to 1.97”) in dia.
Machine Product Brief
| February 29, 2000

Ease of operation

New generation of IWK (Fairfield, NJ) PC-controlled tube fillers and cartoners are built with a human-machine interface (HMI) that provides an on-line troubleshooting guide with complete documention.
Materials Product Brief
| December 31, 1999

Tube filler

IWK’s (Fairfield, NJ) easy-clean™ TFS20 tube filler is designed for super-critical cleaning in less than 20 min. The tube filler performs the clean-in-place operation at a temperature of 95?F.
Feature Article
| September 30, 1999

Packaging marketplaces take center stage

This year will be recorded as the year of the Internet "packaging auction gold rush." Auction--and classifieds--Web sites are popping up faster than you can say "network protocol" in the great race to establish Internet-based marketplaces for selling packaging equipment and materials.

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