| A tube-filling machine, more often than not, | | | | manufacturer in calculating expected capacity of |
| doesnot get the importance given to upstream | | | | the tube filler more accurately. Any variationin the |
| process line machineries. The user considers it a | | | | tube quality, its size and filler characteristics affect |
| mere packaging machine instead of anintegrated | | | | output. |
| process line machine. While preparing a project | | | | 3) What is the standard of 'after-sales-service' of |
| report, requirement of tube filler is added-on as | | | | the manufacturer? Check this up from actual |
| an afterthought. A ladle isas important as the | | | | users. People get pickier whilebuying their six-door |
| soup. Many a heartburn can be avoided if selection | | | | sedan than their machinery (tube-filler in present |
| of tube filling machinery is given due importance. | | | | context). It should be understood, the former |
| Steps: | | | | eats-up ourmoney while the latter earns. |
| 1) Appoint / hire an experienced operator and a | | | | 4) Now where to buy from? There was a time, |
| maintenance engineer. Quality of these two will | | | | say about 30 years back, when anybody wishing |
| ensure optimum utilization ofinstalled tube filling | | | | to buy the latest model ofmachine had to look |
| machine. Will anyone trust his 2006 model six-door | | | | westward. East was only for supplying raw |
| sedan to a hackney coach driver? | | | | material. Those days are gone and the East has |
| 2) Does the filler material require any special | | | | developedtremendously. Consider this - engines |
| considerations before and after filling? Convey its | | | | for most advanced aircrafts are made in Asia, |
| bulk density, viscosity and otherpeculiarities to the | | | | Ford tests it latest designs at Suzuki, |
| tube filler manufacturer. Collect sealed sample | | | | Microsoft/IBM and the rest depend on their very |
| tubes from the non-metallic tube supplier along | | | | sustenance on Asia. Cheaper labour cost, higher |
| with certificatestating the temperature and | | | | intelligence combined with itsfamous |
| minimum time required for tube sealing. Make sure | | | | industriousness, Asia (more particularly India) has |
| the tube has been subjected to proper tests for | | | | really shaken the western world out of its |
| sealstrength. This information will help the | | | | complacency. |