Plastic hose is an internationally advanced packaging container, non-toxic and tasteless products, the use of health convenience, the surface bright colors, beautiful, low prices. Widely used in cosmetics, medicine, food, detergent and other daily necessities packaging, can highlight the value of the product. Hose packaging is economical and easy to carry, suitable for holding emulsions and gums. In recent years, with the rapid development of modern packaging industry and the continuous optimization of plastic tube packaging, the development of flexible tube packaging has been strong.
Hose packaging the main application areas
Because of its easy to use, economical and hygienic, plastic composite hose has become one of the main packaging varieties of cosmetics, medicine and food. Since the 90s of the last century, China has introduced a large number of advanced composite hose production equipment from Europe, the United States, Japan and Taiwan Province, and the momentum of development is very fierce. According to the report, strong growth in skincare and bath products will drive hose packaging to grow at an above-average rate, especially for upright hoses.
Hoses have other materials incomparable advantages, therefore, since the beginning of the world, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging emerge. At present, cosmetics and drugs have become an indispensable form of packaging. Plastic composite hose in the cosmetics industry is mainly used for cleaning cream, cleanser (milk), shower gel, shampoo, shampoo, conditioner, hair dye, hair removal cream, toothpaste and other products packaging. At present, cosmetics is the largest customer base of hoses, accounting for about 60% to 70% of the total business of hoses. Hoses in the pharmaceutical industry is mainly used for creams, ointment topical packaging. Drugs in the tube packaging occupies 15% to 20% of the ratio.
Plastic composite hose classification
Plastic hose according to the material classification can be divided into single-layer hose and multi-layer hose.
Single-layer hoses include metal hoses and plastic extrusion hoses; multi-layer hoses include aluminum-plastic composite hoses, plastic composite hoses and plastic coextruded hoses. According to the processing technology classification, the hose can be divided into seamless pipe and seam pipe. Seamless tubes include cold stamping, roll forming, and extrusion; slit tubes include high frequency welding, ultrasonic welding, thermal welding, and other molding methods. One extrusion processing of multi-layer or single-layer plastic hose.
The development trend of composite hose sheet
Foil thinner
Composite hose sheet usually white polyethylene, acid copolymer, aluminum foil, transparent polyethylene and other components. Traditional sheets are very thick, with aluminum foil typically 40μ or 30μ. With the continuous improvement of technology, the aluminum foil is getting thinner and thinner, and its content in the sheet is getting smaller and smaller, from 29.44% in 1980 to 12.21% at present. Now the thinnest aluminum foil is only 12μ, so that the barrier closer to the contents.
Transparent sheet
More and more color paste and gel ointment are the favorite of consumers. When these products are packed in transparent composite hose, its attractive color and good texture make people put it down, transparent tube packaging undoubtedly played a icing on the cake. However, when using a transparent tube, the contents of the tube are easily degraded by UV radiation. At present, the company has developed a "UV blocking" product formulations, can effectively protect the filled products from UV damage.
Environmental protection is taken seriously
Maximize the use of economical, recyclable sheets to reduce raw materials is the most practical and rational way of producing environmentally friendly hoses. When the thickness of the aluminum foil barrier in the hose is reduced from the traditional 40μ to 12μ, a lot of resources can be saved; when the aluminum foil barrier is completely eliminated and replaced with EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer), the composite pipe can be completely recycled use.
Whether it is cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or food, the packaging must first consider the health performance, followed by the barrier properties, printing adaptability and chemical resistance. Of course, you must also consider the economy and ease of use.
Basic, Streamlined, Simple - These words used to depict cosmetic packaging, especially hoses, are just a few years ago. Ever-changing, the trend has shifted to another direction.
"You're seeing the industry move away from the basic styling of packaging," said the industry's hose wrapper. This shift is definitely a shift from simple white packaging to more color hoses. Some stores and stores, such as Wal-Mart, have a significant impact on this trend as their shelves feature a large number of colored hoses; and experts emphasize that this is a need for shelves.
Consumers nowadays care about packaging their products, and many are more willing to buy something uniquely packaged. Indeed, if you want to jump out of hundreds of products in supermarkets, it will not work to attract customers' attention all of a sudden. Packaging that looks new, easy to use, safe and looks tech-savvy is bound to grab more attention. The store and store deeply rooted in this trend, the shelf also features a large number of colored hose, mainly due to the following reasons:
Strong product decoration effect
It is understood that many large cosmetics companies have already used the well-designed hose. However, the market demand for hose packaging is higher and higher, they require hose packaging with more beautiful patterns, softer touch, and pictures can be placed on the composite hose. Recently, the trend of metal appearance is still very popular for hose packaging. Interest in pearl and rainbow colors continues, all of which are achieved by adding pigments to the hose material.
The same applies to the packaging technology of the tube package, which users are equally likely to appreciate, from four-color and six-color screen printing to eight-color or ten-color printing. In the interview, the cosmetics company also agreed with the trend, "Consumers are pushing hose packaging to enter a higher level of sharp patterns, so we need to complete the design they need." Avon latest innovation is the relief composite Wide labels, which create a touchable pattern on the hose surface; are actually imprinted on the wide label itself. These give the traditional composite hose a more upscale look.
Excellent anti-extrusion effect
With the continuous use of fully extruded plastic hoses in personal care products, many packaging users consider hose packaging to help reinforce brand attributes. Because hoses tend to expand as a family of branded products, product manufacturers may be prepared to look for different types of packaging from different suppliers. The way to make sure the look of the product looks the same is to use the same pressure-sensitive label on all packages.
Shape and function advantages
It is understood that one of the most popular style or shape of hose is oval. Until recently, the only shape available in the hose was circular, but with the appearance of oval shapes, hose manufacturers have created a new spot in the market.
In order to provide a better product in the form of a tube, the packaging user who interviewed suggested that the hose manufacturer should switch to a multi-layer coextrusion tube instead of a direct single-layer tube so that the packaging that can be used usually does not fit Into, or difficult to put in, or will affect the shelf life of the contents. Multi-layer composite hose preempted more market share due to better decorative capacity and capacity.
Taken together, plastic composite hose with other materials incomparable advantages, therefore, since the beginning of the world, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging emerge. At present, cosmetics and drugs have become an indispensable form of packaging.
At present, with the introduction of some new materials and new technology, the composite hose presents the following trends.
Environmental protection
Environmental protection is not just the treatment of packaging waste, it should also include the production process of environmental pollution and its consumption of resources and so on. The introduction of aluminum-plastic composite hoses and all-plastic composite hoses maximizes the use of economical, recyclable sheets, especially all-plastic composite hoses, when using other high barrier such as EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer) After the sex material, completely replace the aluminum foil, the composite tube can be completely recycled and conducive to biodegradation. Samurai has successfully developed all-plastic composite hoses on the basis of aluminum-plastic composite hoses, which are widely used mainly in toothpaste packaging. However, the plastic composite pipe compared to the aluminum-plastic composite pipe, the extrusion elasticity and barrier on a certain gap, for a long period of time this will still limit the overall plastic composite hose to replace the full process of aluminum-plastic composite pipe .
Health performance
Composite hoses are mainly suitable for the packaging of oral care products and cosmetics, therefore, to ensure the safety performance of their products, hygiene performance is always the first factor to be considered, and there is an ever-increasing phenomenon. Reflected in the raw materials, first of all on the film, particles, adhesives, inks and other physical and chemical indicators and anomalous toxicity there are certain restrictions; in the choice of process, the different composite process on the sheet and the hose solvent residue In addition, the cleanliness of the workshop, such as the number of microorganisms, the amount of suspended solids, dust, etc., and the hygiene of the production workers all have an impact on the hygiene performance of the final product. In addition, for different target markets, its requirements for the hygienic performance of the composite pipe are not the same, such as exports to Japan, the United States and other countries, the ink for residual solvents, heavy metal content, there is a high demand.
Low cost
As the use of the composite hose manufacturers under the cost of raw materials under pressure, objectively led to the composite pipe manufacturers continue to reduce the cost of composite hose production, specifically in:
1, the use of thinner aluminum foil and tighter layer structure. The use of aluminum foil in aluminum-plastic composite hose sheets has been reduced from the initial 40μ to the current 20μ to 30μ and the thinnest has been made 12μ. Currently, Sakura has been used in many aluminum-plastic composite hose sheet thickness of 12μ, received good results. Of course, the reduction of the thickness of aluminum foil, by no means a simple subtraction, to reduce the thickness of aluminum foil to ensure its good product performance, in fact, every thinning thanks to process innovation and equipment improvements and even other materials Improved.
2, reduce the loss in the production process. For the production of aluminum-plastic composite hose, try to use a larger width of the gravure printing technology and double-headed or bulls coextrusion technology and improve the process and increase production speed to maximize productivity and reduce losses.
personalise
Currently, there will be an increasing emphasis on personalization in the use of materials and design of composite hoses. Such as non-standard diameter and individualized aspect ratio, the characteristics of the tube shoulder and cap, such as the choice of oval tube body, a unique sealing tail shape, sealing film is widely used, bronzing, screen printing , Sets of standard modification process, as well as optical variable ink, laser cursor and other anti-counterfeiting technology.
In short, with the further development of composite hose, its application in the field of daily chemical products will be more and more widely.
While new and exciting new products are in abundance, keeping the balance in line with demand remains a challenge for hose packaging. Because for hoses, basically every order is made to order, including size, number of degrees, patterns; so hoses have long lead times. The ever-increasing demand for hoses has led to a longer lead-time for hoses, which is unwilling to be seen by both the manufacturer and the customer, and the timing of the introduction of new products for packaging customers in particular is becoming More compact. As a result, many care companies are seeking suppliers with shorter lead times. In addition, the application of this form of hose packaging is not yet broad enough, the daily chemical and pharmaceutical industries are still the largest users of composite hoses in food is currently mainly used for some condiment packaging, the application of other areas to be further expanded . Plastic hose is an internationally advanced packaging container, non-toxic and tasteless products, the use of health convenience, the surface bright colors, beautiful, low prices. Widely used in cosmetics, medicine, food, detergent and other daily necessities packaging, can highlight the value of the product. Hose packaging is economical and easy to carry, suitable for holding emulsions and gums. In recent years, with the rapid development of modern packaging industry and the continuous optimization of plastic tube packaging, the development of flexible tube packaging has been strong.
Hose packaging the main application areas
Because of its easy to use, economical and hygienic, plastic composite hose has become one of the main packaging varieties of cosmetics, medicine and food. Since the 90s of the last century, China has introduced a large number of advanced composite hose production equipment from Europe, the United States, Japan and Taiwan Province, and the momentum of development is very fierce. According to the report, strong growth in skincare and bath products will drive hose packaging to grow at an above-average rate, especially for upright hoses.
Hoses have other materials incomparable advantages, therefore, since the beginning of the world, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging emerge. At present, cosmetics and drugs have become an indispensable form of packaging. Plastic composite hose in the cosmetics industry is mainly used for cleaning cream, cleanser (milk), shower gel, shampoo, shampoo, conditioner, hair dye, hair removal cream, toothpaste and other products packaging. At present, cosmetics is the largest customer base of hoses, accounting for about 60% to 70% of the total business of hoses. Hoses in the pharmaceutical industry is mainly used for creams, ointment topical packaging. Drugs in the tube packaging occupies 15% to 20% of the ratio.
Plastic composite hose classification
Plastic hose according to the material classification can be divided into single-layer hose and multi-layer hose.
Single-layer hoses include metal hoses and plastic extrusion hoses; multi-layer hoses include aluminum-plastic composite hoses, plastic composite hoses and plastic coextruded hoses. According to the processing technology classification, the hose can be divided into seamless pipe and seam pipe. Seamless tubes include cold stamping, roll forming, and extrusion; slit tubes include high frequency welding, ultrasonic welding, thermal welding, and other molding methods. One extrusion processing of multi-layer or single-layer plastic hose.
The development trend of composite hose sheet
Foil thinner
Composite hose sheet usually white polyethylene, acid copolymer, aluminum foil, transparent polyethylene and other components. Traditional sheets are very thick, with aluminum foil typically 40μ or 30μ. With the continuous improvement of technology, the aluminum foil is getting thinner and thinner, and its content in the sheet is getting smaller and smaller, from 29.44% in 1980 to 12.21% at present. Now the thinnest aluminum foil is only 12μ, so that the barrier closer to the contents.
Transparent sheet
More and more color paste and gel ointment are the favorite of consumers. When these products are packed in transparent composite hose, its attractive color and good texture make people put it down, transparent tube packaging undoubtedly played a icing on the cake. However, when using a transparent tube, the contents of the tube are easily degraded by UV radiation. At present, the company has developed a "UV blocking" product formulations, which can effectively protect the filled products from UV damage.
Environmental protection is taken seriously
Maximize the use of economical, recyclable sheets to reduce raw materials is the most practical and rational way of producing environmentally friendly hoses. When the thickness of the aluminum foil barrier in the hose is reduced from the traditional 40μ to 12μ, a lot of resources can be saved; when the aluminum foil barrier is completely eliminated and replaced with EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer), the composite pipe can be completely recycled use.
Whether it is cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or food, the packaging must first consider the health performance, followed by the barrier properties, printing adaptability and chemical resistance. Of course, you must also consider the economy and ease of use.
Basic, streamlined, simple - these used to depict cosmetic packaging, especially. Medical Hoses
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