Filling systems for the cosmetics industry
In the cosmetics industry, the challenge for machine manufacturers is to design their filling systems for cosmetic products to be as flexible as possible. This is because the variations of containers are extremely diverse in this industry in particular, as the packaging accounts for a large part of the marketing. At the same time, a wide variety of products with very different properties are filled in the cosmetics industry, ranging from liquid, flammable products such as perfume to highly viscous products interspersed with glitter. The containers are as diverse as the products themselves: Tubes in all seal shapes, jars, bottles in every conceivable shape and with the most varied closures, mascara sticks, nail polish bottles, spray cans and much more.
The trend is towards small series, but an ever-increasing number of batches. Gustav Obermeyer is therefore faced with the challenge of processing a large number of products on the same system while keeping format changeover times to a minimum.
Gustav Obermeyer rose to this challenge and brought a variety of systems onto the market for precisely these purposes. And as a specialist machine manufacturer with a flat hierarchy and clear communication channels, we can fulfill (almost) any request from the marketing department of cosmetics manufacturers, no matter how unusual.
Naturally, our tube fillers are ideally suited for these tasks. The rotary indexing machines are extremely compact, the format sets are cost-effective and the changeover times to a different format are as short as possible. Some of our tube fillers produce far more than a dozen formats! If higher outputs are required, Gustav Obermeyer offers an oval filler that can be equipped with multiple positions and can process up to 220 tubes per hour. And, of course, various types of tube feeding and further processing can also be ordered from Gustav Obermeyer. And to meet the challenge of very many small batches with small batch sizes, we offer what is probably our most compact fully mechanical tube filler in the world: the TU25which can be converted from one format to another in just a few minutes.
What does quality actually mean ? Naturally, the machines are manufactured to a high standard, GMP-compliant and durable, robust and almost every part is made of stainless steel. The design of our machines – now also a requirement of the modern factory – is very appealing, the electronics offer a good connection to the company’s PDA. The parameters of 100 formats and more can be stored on our machines. A very special sign of quality, however, is our service. This is of great importance in the cosmetics industry due to the use of a wide variety of formats and the high demand for advice even after installation of the systems when new formats are added.
The machine types that Gustav Obermeyer can offer for the cosmetics industry are just as varied as the products and their containers. Of course, the various types of tube fillers as rotary transfer machines are worth mentioning – the semi-automatic TU25the larger, fully automatic TU60 and TU80 and the TU110, which is designed as an oval filler.
All tube fillers can of course process metal tubes, PEand laminate tubes in a wide variety of sealing shapes, and PP tubes if required.
We have developed different platforms for the various other container types. The rotary transfer machines are based on the AL31 FL (for vials, jars, but also mascara and nail polish) and offer all kinds of stations for capping the containers. In addition, Gustav Obermeyer offers line fillers based on the AL101 and which can be equipped with rotary pistons, flow meters AND with reciprocating pistons in different numbers of filling stations. In addition, the automatic capper GSM500 is also available. All machines can also be produced with explosion protection.
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