i make skin care products at home. does anyone know how to fill an
open ended plastic tube with lotion and close it? can this be done at
home? does it require a specific machine?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 30 Nov 2003 08:42 PST

Hi Mollyo!


Please take a look at the following product. It fills and seals plastic tubes.

Manual Tube Filling and Closing to 15 Tubes per Minute

?The MTS has been designed and built for short run, low production
requirements. A perfect blend between quality components and low cost
the MTS can be set up with low or high viscosity fill station, plastic
heat seal or metal crimping stations. Simple and portable the MTS
meets the need of Lab, R&D or Promotional production runs.?

Specifications:  Speeds: 10 to 15 tubes per minute
1200 per hour  
Utilities:
Size: 120v, 1ph, 10amp, 15cfm @ 80 psi
33? x 37? x 90? 
http://www.prosysfill.com/Squeeze_Tubes/index.htm

Plastic Closure
Multiple Plastic Tubes Closed in Single Cycle 
Basic Controls 
Closures Available for . . . Metal, Plastic and Laminate Tubes  
http://www.prosysfill.com/Squeeze_Tubes/mts.htm

MTS specs
http://www.prosysfill.com/Squeeze_Tubes/mts_specs.htm

Is this the product you had in mind?

Thanks,
Bobbie7