This tube filler has interchangeable parts
The FP10 Tube Filler (photo) has an innovative hot-air tube heating system and a mechanical design that allows excellent accessibility from all sides. Maximum process reliability is assured via servo technology, and changeovers can be performed quickly. For manufacturers running other models of tube-filling equipment from this company, the FP10’s format and product contact parts are interchangeable throughout the entire FP Series. Capable of filling and closing up to 70 tubes per minute, the FP10 can handle metal, plastic or laminated tubes. The FP10 Tube Filler is operated via a touch panel with an intuitive, ergonomic user interface. Remote servicing is available via WiFi. The FP10 will be paired with two of this company’s cartoning machines: either the VI 5 vertical cartoner, a unit suitable for a wide array of primary packages including bottles, vials, blister packs, jars, pouches and other similar components, and can produce up to 75 cartons per minute; or the CH 4 horizontal cartoner. This innovative machine platform can be offered in either intermittent or continuous motion, and has the flexibility to handle carton opening from either direction. — IWK Packaging Systems Inc., Parsippany, N.J.