(Plastics Today) -- A newly introduced extrusion line for thin-walled polyethylene tubes, such as the squeeze tubes used to package cosmetics, gives processors the flexibility to extrude a wide range of tube sizes, configurations (1-5 layers) and compounds, and even to quickly change from one tube specification to another.
Manufactured and marketed by extrusion systems supplier Boston Matthews (Worcestershire, England and Norwood, NJ), the new range of medium speed "Squeeze Tube" extrusion lines is part of the range of extrusion lines designed by the company specifically for the production of thin walled PE tubes. Machines are available sized to extrude tube sized from 15-60 mm.
Boston Matthews developed the new lines with some of its customers, squeeze tube manufacturers from around the world who already use the company's high-speed Squeeze Tube lines, which it introduced some six year ago. The new lines were developed to help processors of these plastic tubes meet the demands to manufacture a more diverse range of tube sizes, specifications, blends and colors.