FM160 Soft Tube Filling and Sealing Machine

FM160 soft tube filling and sealing machine is a type of new packaging machinery which is independently developed and designed and manufactured by our company. The FM160 soft tube filling and sealing machine provides secure and stable production at high speeds via frequency converter to modulate the velocity, so making filling more precise. The filling machine may be used independently, or united with fully automatic carton package machine, fully automatic shrink film packaging machinery to become a linkage production line.

Features of FM160 Soft Tube Filling and Sealing Machine:
1. Mechanical cam is a forged steel part which assures durability;
2. Cylinder severed as spring of cam roller assures constant elasticity.
3. Adopting advanced imported synchronous belt delivering tube cup, encoder and PLC communication programming and touch screen operator panel, etc.

Structures of FM160 Soft Tube Filling and Sealing Machine:
1. Filling mechanism:
Filling form: Valve body cylinder structure.
Filling head: Combination blow-off and cut-off (Prevent leakage and outflow)
Filling range: 1.5～300g
Filling precision: ±0.5%
No tube-no filling function: Two sets of separate no tube-no filling devices to provide double assurance.
2. Sealing mechanism:
Mechanism form: Cam connecting rod
Metal tube: Metal folding on side or saddle shaped folding on both sides.
Plastic tube and laminated tube: Adopting the heat wind sealing.(equipped with water cool circuit).
3.Main electric system:
Adopting complete set of SIEMENS electric system to guarantee the whole system stability；The pneumatic products are purchased from Festo cylinder; Sensors are purchased from Banner in America and Turck in Germany; Protection switches are purchased from Schmersal.

Working principles of FM160 Soft Tube Filling and Sealing Machine:
1. Soft tube working:
In order to solve the problem of easily producing air bubble and splash at filling, soft tube should be lifted to make the pour heads enter the proper position at bottom of soft tube, soft tubes are filled as decline until filling finishes, then soft tubes pause for some time, in the meanwhile the pour nozzles are blown –off and cut-off to make the pour head very clean, finally soft tubes drop and enter next process. The pour head and nozzle are combined with a quick changeover joint to guarantee no ointment residual and easily to disassemble and clean.
2. Device for detecting and cleaning of soft tubes:
Before filling the machine, it will make detection to the shape of soft tube, if meeting the fault tube the machine will make alarm or stop operation, and make a cleaning of qualified tube inner wall.

3. Automatic adjustable device for load capacity:
Different batch ointment density is slightly different, so having a effect on pour capacity. This device is used to slightly adjust to pour capacity, operation is finished on touch screen, so it is very convenient.
4. Fault tubes automatic exclusion device:
Used to detect the fault tubes and automatic exclusion and collect.

Technical parameters of FM160 Soft tube Filling and Sealing Machine:

No.	Items	Features and data
1	Tube diameter(mm)	13～50
2	Tube print orientation(mm)	±1.5
3	Pour capacity (g)	1.5～300
4	Pour precision(%)	±0.5%
5	Closure manner	Type A: Metal tube	Metal folding on side or saddle shaped folding on both sides.
		Type B: Plastic tube ,laminated tube	needle hole type heat wind sealing.
6	Design speed (tube/minute)	160
	Production speed (tube/minute)	120～140
7	Tube material	Metal tube, plastic tube, laminated tube
8	Available ointment	Water ointment, oil ointment
9	Power(Kw)	Type A: Metal tube		3
		Type B: Plastic tube,laminated tube		10
10	Power supply	380V 50Hz
11	Air pressure	0.6Mpa
12	Air consumption (m3/h)	Type A: Metal tube		20
		Type B: Plastic tube, laminated tube		60
13	Water consumption(l/min)	Type B: Plastic tube, laminated tube		6
14	Transmission chain type	Steel rib synchronous belt type imported from Italy
15	Drive mechanism	Double shafts type multi cams type mechanism
16	Worktable closure	Full closure Plexiglas  doors
17	Machine profile dimension	See following drawings
18	Total weight(Kg)	2700

Dimension Chart of FM160 Soft tube Filling and Sealing Machine:

Notes: Parts in contact with the filling products are made in stainless steelSUS316L; Doors and covers below the worktable are made in stainless steelSUS304.
Profile dimension (Unit: mm)
Date of delivery: 70 days(normal)
As a packaging machinery, the standard that the FM160 soft tube filling and sealing machine implements is self –stipulated by the enterprise and examined and approved by Shanghai Technology Supervisory Administration Bureau, the serial number is Q/IMAO 1-2000, and pass the detection by Tianjun Pharmaceutical Machine Detection Center of National Economy and Trade Committee, the serial number is No.2001-ZJ-06, completely corresponding to the GMP demands.
The enterprise has passed ISO9001-2000 certification.

FM160 Filling and Sealing and Packaging Union Production Line
Production Capacity of FM160 Filling and Sealing and Packaging Union Production Line The production speed of the whole line is the same as FM160 soft tube filling and sealing machine which is 120to 140 tube/carton per minute.
Joining Manner of FM160 Filling and Sealing and Packaging Union Production Line
In union production line, the machine adopts the conveyer belt purchased from Kangbai company ( produced by Holland) and two layers four stepping servo system due to every machine having power. Because performance is stable and reliable, it has been applied by many pharmaceutical factories.

Working principles of FM160 Filling and Sealing and Packaging Union Production Line:
The soft tubes from 2 ways filled and sealed in filling machine enter the moving conveyer belt through slide road, if the swing cabinet has tubes, controlling system will play a role, that is to blow the soft tubes out of the conveyer belt (equipped with collecting box), otherwise will enter the upper layer of swing cabinet, the tubes are put into lower layer by stepping motor taking Plexi glass barrier turn via photoswitch detection, delivering two plates as swinging by servo for a cycle in swing cabinet, then soft tubes drop into corresponding operation plates from open lower layer swinging cabinet in proper position and enter next process of the carton machine. See next page for the join arrangement drawing.

Consumption list for FM160 Ointment Filling and Sealing and Packaging Union Production Line:

Equipment model		Power consumption	Air consumption(0.6Mpa)	Water consumption
FM160 filling and sealing machine	A type	3kW	20m3/h
	B type	10kW	60m3/h	6L/min
CM180 package machine		4.5 kW	2.4 m3/h
SW400 shrink film machine		10 kW	22 m3/h
Joining parts		1 kW	0.5 m3/h
Total of production line		18.5kW or 25.5 kW	44.9 m3/h or 84.9 m3/h	6L/min

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