1. Laminated Tube Making Machine for 90 tubes/min
TMM8005 (KOMBIS)
Laminated Tube Making Machine for 90 tubes/min

2. Mechatronica Plant

3. TMM8005 for laminated tubes
Technical data :
Tube diameter: 16 – 50 mm
Tube length: 80 – 200 mm
Tube material: ABL / PBL
Production speed:
ABL up to 90 tubes/min
PBL up to 80 tubes/min
For cylindrical or elliptical tubes

4. TMM8005: Operations overview
0. Side seaming (body welding) / cutting
1. Shoulder (head) loading
2. Free
3. Sleeve loading
4. Final sleeve loading (positioning)
5. Shoulder welding (hot air)
6. Shoulder welding (high-frequency)
7. Free
8. Membrane sealing
9. Screw-on cap or press-on cap
10. Cap tightening
11. Unloading
12. Idle 12 11 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6

5. TMM8005 Laminate in-feed Foil/Roll data: Roll diameter max.: 600 mm
Foil width max.: 160 mm
Foil width min.: 50 mm
Roll core diameter: 75 mm (3”) or 150mm (6”)
Foil types* : ABL (Aluminum Barrier Laminate)
PBL (Plastic Barrier Laminate)
Foil thickness:
ABL > 0.2 – 0.35 mm (Al barrier mm)
PBL > 0.2 – 0.5 mm
* PE based foil

6. TMM8005 Laminate change Roll exchange time
With manual splicing : 3 – 4 min.

7. Position 0: Side seaming
Technology for PBL-foil :
Hot air welding
Linear welding speed: 20 m/min

8. Position 0: Side seaming
Technology for ABL-foil :
High-frequency welding (Induction)
Or Kombiseam: Hot air + high-frequency welding
Linear welding speed: 20 m/min

9. Position 0: Sleeve cutting
Rotary knife cutting device
Flying rotary cutter for up to 100 tubes/min

10. Position 1: Shoulder (head) loading
Shoulder loading on mandrels with positioning (+/- 2.5 °)
Shoulders are held by vacuum

11. Position 3+4: Sleeve loading &
Position 3: The oriented sleeves (body) are pushed over the shoulder on the mandrels
Position 4: The sleeves are accurately positioned relative to the shoulder

12. Position 5: Shoulder welding hot air
1. Heating of the welding area by hot air
2. Welding of the sleeve to the shoulder and immediate cooling
Welding technology for PBL, everything in one process step

13. Position 6: Shoulder welding high-frequency
1. Press on of the sleeve to the shoulder
2. Welding of the area by high frequency
3. Cooling
Welding technology for ABL, a combination hot air / high-frequency

14. Position 8: Membrane sealing
Membrane punching and sealing of the aluminum based foil in one step with high- frequency

15. Position 9: Screw-on cap or press-on cap
Cap screw-on station
exchangeable with a
Cap press-on station for oriented caps (accuracy +/- 2.5°)

16. Position 10: Tightening station
The cap tightening station applies the proper torque

17. Position 11: Tube unloading
Tube unloading through conveyor belt
Direct connection to a packaging machine is possible

18. Change-over Easy change-over of the complete machine in 60-90 minutes
Easy exchange of the mandrels
Easy exchange of the welding device
Easy exchange of the capping section
Quick change of the shoulder & cap feeding devices

19. TMM-8005 is the right choice !
Excellent value, unique price/performance ratio
Low-cost size parts
Simple concept -> easy to understand and to handle
Allows for cylindrical and elliptical tubes
Over 50 years experience in machine manufacturing
Installed base of 140+ machines worldwide
Current customers include: Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, etc.

20. Questions ?