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Plastic tube packaging is used almost all over the world now for packaging water to stuff like chocolates, medicines, cosmetic items, games and electronics. Basically plastic tube packaging is done to protect the materials from extremes of climatic change or to resist rough handling.

Materials Used in Plastic Tube Packaging:

Like plastics are made from a wide variety of materials, plastic tube packaging is done from a huge variety of materials starting from bubble wraps, polypropylene rolls, straps and sachets, refuse black plastic stack material, corrugated palettes and most importantly shrink wrap plastics. These materials are as of course molded and given the particular shape by machines. Plastic tube packaging can be done by several plastics like thermosetting plastics, corrugated plastics, and customs plastics, convoluted, corrugated and conductive plastics. The plastic that is being used for the packaging acts as a major material of use.

Machineries and Technologies Employed:

Tube packaging machinery is available in many forms for specific type of packaging. The buyer of the machinery has to be thus careful to select what he buys is apt for the type of packaging that he does and that the machinery fits the budget in his pocket. The various types of machineries for plastic tube packaging are:

Portable Induction Cap Sealing Machine: These machines come with cap locators and are the best suited for laboratories of research and development. They are also useful to firms undertaking small productions. It can be easily operated and helps in portable carriage of the seal. A soft touch panel and a digital display make it friendlier to the users. It also provides options for several sizes of cap diameters and can be run for the whole day without hassle.

Online Induction Cap Sealing System: With regards to the fast moving industry, this machine was built and can go till a line to seal 60 feet in a minute. The cap size can be easily varied from 20mm to 120mm. Mounted on a wheelbase with a water-cooling unit, it can be easily moved. With several features like counting number of bottles sealed, bottle jamming and no bottle detector, overloading alarms and automated start and stop, this machine offers great packaging experience.

Sealing Ends of Lami-tubes: With a power of 3000 watts and 230 volts, this machine helps in sealing of lami-tubes, drying, blending and activating. It needs a varied range of temperature and an air supply of 50- 1500-l/ minute.