A Tube testing machine, do you need one? The plastic tube packaging you use for your products is under a lot of pressure to perform. Not only does your choice of tube packaging help to promote your product and brand, but it also acts to protect your product and deliver it into the hands of your customers.
The tubing material you use needs to be robust enough to stand up to a lot of harsh handling. Firstly, it needs to protect your tube contents from damage to their end destination during transportation.
You don’t want your plastic tubing to burst and spill its content when encountering slight knocks, vibrations or shocks during a bumpy ride to the store. Plus, you don’t want the seal to burst the first time your end customer squeezes one of your tube-filled products.
To ensure maximum safety, you need to confirm your plastic tube packaging is fit for purpose by using a tube testing machine.
Tube burst testing machine
MSD Ltd. can provide you with an effective tube burst testing machine to help you test the strength of your chosen tube packaging material and tube sealing methods.
British product manufacturers use all types of plastic tubing to pack their products. From large clear plastic tubes to small opaque plastic tubes and everything in between. But no matter what kind of tubing you use, you can test the strength and integrity of your tubes with no expensive tooling costs.
With a tube testing machine, you can test the seal integrity of both filled and empty tubes. Consistent tube testing can help identify faulty tube batches and alert you to any problems developing with your tube sealing processes.
You can conveniently place one of our tube testing machines on the factory floor next to your tube filling and sealing product line to make it easy for your quality control team to perform regular tests.
Benefits of choosing us
The MSD tube tester applies a definable and repeatable test to a filled and sealed tube. This will enable you to deliver consistent tube quality with minimal downtime or the expense of having to recall faulty tube-filled product batches.
Our tube testing machine uses a different approach to conventional models that simply pinch or compress tubes to look for issues. Our process tests the tube seal internally and looks for any flaws in the tubing material or weaknesses in the seal.
Testing can be done across various tube types, including large, small, full or empty tubes, even when filled with aerated products.
Testing the integrity of your chosen tube material
Product manufacturers can choose from thick, thin or medium-wall plastic tubing packaging for their product. However, while it may be more cost-effective to package your product in the thinnest tubes available, it can be far more costly and damaging to your company if the tube packaging lets you down and provides little product protection.
But even choosing the most rugged and thick plastic tube material doesn’t always guarantee your product will be safe from performance issues. Yes, thicker tube material can withstand more rough handling during transport and use, but you will still run into problems if the tube seal is too weak.
The last thing you want is for your tube of tomato puree to split at the seams while being used in a busy restaurant kitchen, or your nourishing skin cream tube bursting, spraying the contents all over your customer’s new carpet!
As a leading supplier of tube filling and sealing machines in the UK, our tube testing machine is an invaluable tool for you to include on your production line.
Contact our team as MSD Ltd. for more information about our range of products, including our tube testing machine.
