Tube filling solution for health and beauty products
Achieve rapid production with precision in tube filling for personal care items, ensuring quick changeovers and minimal downtime, perfect for high-demand environments requiring efficient and versatile packaging solutions.
Fills and Seals Personal Care and Pharma Tubes
The KX903 from Citus Kalix excels in enhancing efficiency in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical production line. It features an automatic tube loading system, controlled by a single operator, capable of producing up to 90 tubes per minute. This machine is ideal for facial moisturizers, shaving creams, liquid hand soaps, and more, providing versatility across personal care and pharma applications. Its design allows for rapid changeovers, with product changes taking just 5 minutes and size changes under 15 minutes, due to recipe settings registration. Built with a compact, stainless steel unpainted finish, the KX903 is perfect for controlled environments. It is adept at handling all tube types—plastic, metal, or laminate—and meets safety regulations 2006/42/EC, 2014/30/UE, and 2014/35/UE. Its easy dismantling without tools simplifies cleaning, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless integration into your high-speed, intermittent packaging operations.
Benefits
- Increases production efficiency with quick product and size changeovers.
- Minimizes downtime through tool-free disassembly and easy maintenance.
- Ensures high product quality by handling various tube materials with precision.
- Supports compliance with key safety regulations for seamless operation.
- Enhances operational control with single-operator management and recipe registration.
- Applications
- Personal care,Hair care,Sun care,Men's shaving,Cosmetics,Skin,Liquid soaps
- End products
- Liquid hand soaps,Facial moisturizers,Sunscreen lotion,Hair conditioners,Body creams,Shaving creams
- Steps before
- Material preparation,Tube feeding
- Steps after
- Tube sealing,Quality inspection,Packing
- Input ingredients
- plastic tubes,metal tubes,laminate tubes
- Output ingredients
- filled tubes,sealed tubes
- Market info
- Citus-Kalix, part of the Coesia Group, is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing high-performance packaging equipment, particularly for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, providing innovative, engineered-to-order solutions with a strong focus on quality and precision.
- Filling speed
- 90 tubes per minute
- Max filling volume
- 400 ml
- Min filling volume
- 1 ml
- Machine depth
- 1060 mm
- Machine height
- 1850 mm
- Machine length
- 1495 mm
- Machine weight
- 1300 kg
- Max pack diameter
- 50 mm
- Min pack diameter
- 13 mm
- Max pack length
- 230 mm
- Min pack length
- 50 mm
- Automation
- Automatic tube loading
- Packaging material
- Aluminium - Laminated - Plastic
- Packaging shape
- Cylindrical - Oval
- Operating mode
- Intermittent
- Product changeover
- 5 minutes
- Size changeover
- Less than 15 minutes
- Safety Regulations
- 2006/42/EC,2014/30/UE,2014/35/UE
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Intermittent
- Changeover time
- 5 min product,10 min size
- Cleaning method
- Tool-free dismantling
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Tool-free assembly
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Safety Regulations
- 2006/42/EC,2014/30/UE,2014/35/UE
- Machine depth
- 1060 mm
- Machine height
- 1850 mm
- Machine length
- 1495 mm
- Machine weight
- 1300 kg
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Material finish
- Unpainted stainless steel
- Control panel type
- Single operator interface
- Compact footprint
- Yes