This article will introduce comparison of the advantages of aluminum tube and plastic tube
What is the aluminum tube
Aluminum tube is a very common packaging material, the raw material is more than 99.5% pure aluminum, widely used for filling cosmetics, toothpaste, pigments, grease, hair dye and a variety of adhesives and other paste products. Its biggest feature is that the tube body will collapse after squeezing so that air can not flow into the inside of the tube, so it is not easy to oxidation or contamination of the contents of the problem, which can extend the shelf life of the product.
What is the Plastic tube?
Plastic tube is also a packaging material, the raw material is plastic polyethylene, PE, PET, HDPE, commonly used in cosmetics and ointment, cream industry. Such as facial cleansing products (facial cream, etc.) skincare products, personal care products (a variety of eye creams, moisturizers, sunscreen, etc.) and hair care products (shampoo, conditioner) and other cosmetic packaging. With characteristics of light quality, easy to carry, easy to squeeze.
The advantages of aluminum tube
1. Aluminum material does not rust, its oxides are non-toxic, have good shading, excellent moisture and gas barrier.
2. Good processing performance, no rebound, thermal conductivity, good ductility, sealing, and full protection of the contents.
3. The manufacturing process of aluminum tubes are simple and not easy to break.
4. With easy to use storage, transportation, environmental protection, durable, beautiful, easy to identify and other functions.
5. With the internal spraying of aluminum tube, not easy to react with the contents, does not change the performance of the packaging items.
Therefore, aluminum is the most commonly used metal in packaging materials, for processing into a tube is very practical and popular.
The advantages of plastic tube
1. Plastic is a synthetic polymer, with lightweight, collision resistance, not easy to break the characteristics.
2. Plastic tube is relatively soft, has excellent resistance to extrusion, easy to squeeze.
3. Plastic tubes used cheaper materials, enterprises spend less cost, better economy.
But the plastic components contain some additives, such as stabilizers, plasticizers, antioxidants, etc. These additives may migrate into the contents, and the contents may also be adsorbed by the plastic, thus affecting the stability and effectiveness of the contents, so plastic tubes should not be used for a long time, especially for chemically unstable items, more should not be used.
Aluminum tubes vs plastic tubes
1. Aluminum tubes compared with plastic tubes, have the outstanding feature of being more stable.
The squeezed aluminum tube does not suck back the phenomenon, which can avoid sucking back the air caused by the contents and air contact deterioration, thus affecting the quality of the packaged goods. Aluminum hose barrier performance and shading performance is also significantly better than the plastic hose, and has the internal spraying of aluminum hose and plastic hose compared to the stability of the contents and effectiveness of the impact is smaller.
2. Aluminum tube also has a very big advantage, is easy to be recycled.
Human society to survive, must change the massive consumption, waste of natural resources, while damaging the environment of the traditional production methods. With the call for green environmental protection, the recycling of packaging materials is becoming increasingly important. Improving the environment and protecting it, and promoting sustainable economic development. It is the pace of mankind that has been moving forward.
There is another packaging material: Aluminum laminate tubes, it is multi layer by plastic & aluminum, it is round shape as well.
Summarize.
Collapsible Aluminium tubes and flexible plastic tubes are common packaging materials, each packaging material has different advantages, depending mainly on the properties of the filling contents, costs, using the appropriate suitable packaging materials.
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