Tube direction mismatch
If tube tails face different directions in the magazine, orienting and mandrel insertion become unstable. FPM checks the real tube stack before designing the feed rail.
Container & Closure Adaptation
Squeeze Tube
Composite or plastic tomato ketchup squeeze tubes.
Format Adaptation Details
Format Adaptation Details
Container Format / Closure Spec
Container Format
Composite or plastic tomato ketchup tubes requiring tube magazine feeding, mark alignment, bottom filling, heat sealing, tail trimming, and discharge.
Closure Spec
Squeeze Tube
Adaptation Area
Tube magazine, tube orienting, mandrel holders, tail sealer, tail cutter
Critical Sample
Empty tube sample with tail opening, registration mark, cap side and wall stiffness
Sample Check
What to check for this bottle or cap
Suitable Sauces
Ketchup, tomato sauce, chili tomato sauce, and paste-like sauces that need squeeze-tube retail packs.
Impact on Filler
Filling starts from the open tube tail. Nozzle stroke, suck-back and gas displacement must match the tube wall stiffness.
Impact on Sealer
Heat sealing replaces capping as the critical closure step. Tail material, wall thickness and embossing depth decide seal quality.
Impact on Mark Reading
The tube artwork and black mark must be read before filling so the finished seal and front panel stay aligned.
Required Samples
At least 200 empty tubes, cap-side photos, tail opening photos, black-mark position, and 5L of real ketchup or sauce sample.
Packaging Line Risks
Packaging Line Risks
Registration mark drift
Tube artwork must stop at a repeatable angle before filling and sealing. Photoelectric mark reading and rotary holder indexing are checked together.
Tail seal and trim quality
Heat, pressure, dwell time and trimming position decide whether the tube leaks or looks rough after packing.
Engineering Response
Adaptation Route
01
Tube Magazine Loading
Empty tubes are stacked with tail openings facing one direction before single-row feeding.
02
Bottom Tube Feeding
The lower feeding track separates tubes into a controlled single row.
03
Tube Orienting into Mandrels
The tube is turned upright and inserted into the rotary table holder.
04
Mark Alignment
A sensor reads the tube mark while the holder rotates the tube into the sealing reference angle.
05
Inert Gas Preparation
After alignment, inert gas can be introduced through the tube opening before dosing.
06
Filling and Tail Heating
Ketchup is filled from the open tail end, then the inner tail surface is heated for sealing.
07
Tail Sealing
The heated tail is pressed shut; date or batch embossing can be added when required.
08
Tail Trimming
The sealed tube tail is trimmed to remove burrs and keep a clean retail edge.
09
Finished Tube Discharge
The holder releases the finished tube and transfers it to the discharge slide.
Upload Bottle, Cap and Site Photos
Send clear photos or samples of the bottle mouth, cap liner, filled product and current line. FPM will first confirm whether the sample can run steadily.
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