Cosmetic Tube Classification

Cosmetic tubes are hygienic and convenient to use. Their appearance is colorful, bright, beautiful, economical, convenient, and easy to carry. Even if they are squeezed with high intensity, they can still return to their original shape and maintain a good appearance. Therefore, they have been widely used in cream cosmetics. Packaging, such as the packaging of facial cleanser, conditioner, hair dye, toothpaste and other products in the cosmetics industry, as well as the packaging of creams, ointments and other topical drugs in the pharmaceutical industry.

 

1. tube includes and raw material classification

Cosmetic tubes generally include: tube + outer cover. The tube is often made of PE plastic. There are also aluminum-plastic tubes, all-aluminum tubes, and environmentally friendly paper-plastic tubes.

 

All-plastic tube: The entire pipe is made of PE raw material. Pull out the tube first and then cut it for offset printing, silk screen printing, and hot stamping. According to the tube head, it can be divided into round tube, flat tube and oval tube. Tail sealing can be divided into straight grain tail sealing, diagonal grain tail sealing, heterosexual tail sealing, etc.

 

Aluminum-plastic tube: There are two layers inside and outside. The inside is made of PE material, and the outside is made of aluminum packaging. It is cut and then rolled. According to the tube head, it can be divided into round tube, flat tube and oval tube. Tail sealing can be divided into straight grain tail sealing, diagonal grain tail sealing, heterosexual tail sealing, etc.

 

Pure aluminum tube: pure aluminum raw material, recyclable and environmentally friendly. The disadvantage is that it is easy to deform. Just think of the toothpaste tubes used in childhood (post-80s). But it is more unique and simply depicts the memory point. The most typical one is the aluminum tube packaging material of Aesop Skin Care.

 

2. Classification by product thickness

According to the thickness of the guard tube, it can be divided into single-layer tube, double-layer tube and five-layer tube, which are different in terms of pressure prevention, anti-penetration and feel. Single-layer pipes will be thinner; double-layer pipes are more commonly used. Five-layer pipes are high-end products, consisting of an outer layer, an inner layer, two adhesive layers, and an insulation layer. Features: It has excellent gas isolation function, which can effectively prevent the penetration of oxygen and odor gases while preventing the fragrance and useful ingredients of the content from leaking out.

 

3. Classification by tube shape

According to the tube shape, it can be divided into: round tube, oval tube, flat tube, super flat tube, etc.

 

4. The diameter and height of the tube

The tube diameter is 13#-60#. When a tube of a certain diameter is selected, different lengths are used to indicate different capacity characteristics. The capacity can be adjusted from 3ml to 360ml. For beauty and harmony, 35 is commonly used below 60ml. For calibers below 100ml and 150ml usually use 35#-45# caliber, and for volumes above 150ml, caliber 45# or above is required.

 

5. Tube cover

Tube caps come in various shapes, generally divided into flat caps, round caps, high caps, flip caps, super flat caps, double-layer caps, spherical caps, lipstick caps, and plastic caps can also be processed in a variety of processes, including hot stamping edges, Silver edge, colored cap, transparent, oil spray, electroplating, etc. The tip cap and lipstick cap are usually equipped with an inner plug. The tube cover is an injection molded product and the tube is a drawn tube. Most tube manufacturers do not produce tube covers themselves.

 

6. Production process

Bottle body: The tube can be made into colored tube, transparent tube, colored or transparent frosted tube, pearlescent tube, and can be divided into matte and glossy. Matte looks elegant but is easy to get dirty. The color of the tube body can be directly added to the production of plastic products, and some can be printed on a large area. The difference between colored tubes and large-area printing on the tube body can be distinguished from the incision at the tail. The tube with a white incision is a large-area printed tube. The ink requirements are high, otherwise, it will easily fall off and will crack and reveal white marks after being folded.

 

Bottle printing: silk screen printing (using spot colors, small and few color blocks, the same as plastic bottle printing, requiring color registration, commonly used in professional line products) and offset printing (similar to paper printing, large color blocks, and many colors), commonly used in daily chemical line products.), as well as hot stamping and hot silver.

 

7. Tube production cycle and minimum order quantity

Generally, the cycle time is 15 to 20 days (from the time of confirming the sample tube). The order quantity of a single product is 5,000 to 10,000. Large-scale manufacturers usually set a minimum order quantity of 10,000. Very few small manufacturers have a large number of varieties. The minimum order quantity of 3,000 per product is also acceptable. Very few customers open molds by themselves. Most of them are public molds (a few special lids are private molds). The contract order quantity and the actual supply quantity are ±10 in this industry.

 

8. Price and printing fee

There is a big difference in price between tube quality and manufacturer. The plate making fee is usually 200 yuan to 300 yuan. The tube body can be printed with multi-color printing and silk screen. Some manufacturers have thermal transfer printing equipment and technology. Hot stamping and silver hot stamping are calculated based on the unit price of the area. Silk screen printing is better, more expensive and there are fewer manufacturers. Different manufacturers should be selected according to different levels of needs.