Types and advantages of plastic tubes for cosmetics

Plastic cosmetic tubes are hygienic and convenient, with bright and beautiful colors. They are widely used in the packaging of facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair dyes, toothpaste and other products in the cosmetics industry, as well as in the packaging of external medicines such as creams and pastes in the pharmaceutical industry. So, let's learn about the types and advantages of plastic tubes for cosmetics.

What are the types of plastic tubes commonly used in cosmetic packaging?

At present, cosmetic plastic tubes mainly include aluminum-plastic tubes, full mold tubes, and co extruded tubes, which can meet various needs of cosmetic packaging, such as hygiene, barrier properties, etc.

Cosmetic plastic hoses are made of plastic and are divided into two types: full mold barrier free composite tubes and full mold barrier composite tubes. Full mold barrier free composite tubes are generally used for packaging cosmetics that are quickly consumed by low-speed gears; Fully molded barrier tubes are commonly used for packaging mid to low grade cosmetics due to the presence of edge lips in the tubing. The barrier layer can also be a type of plastic tube containing cosmetics and its advantages and disadvantages

Aluminum plastic composite tubes have the following advantages in use:

Aluminum plastic composite tube is a thin sheet made of aluminum foil and plastic film through co extrusion composite technology, and processed into a tubular packaging container through professional pipeline processing. Its typical structure is PE/PE EAA/AL/PE EAA/PE. Aluminum plastic composite tubes are mainly used for packaging cosmetics that are require high hygiene and barrier properties. The barrier layer is generally aluminum foil, and its barrier properties depend on the needle hole degree of the aluminum foil. With the improvement of technology, the thickness of the aluminum foil barrier layer in aluminum-plastic composite tubes has been reduced from 40m to 12m, or even 9m, greatly saving resources.

1. High barrier properties. Aluminum foil has barrier properties such as light shielding, oxygen barrier, and moisture barrier. On the other hand, it can prevent external substances from entering into cosmetics, prevent cosmetics from oxidation and deterioration, and prevent moisture, essence and other ingredients in cosmetics from spreading to the outside through the tube, so as to ensure the quality of cosmetics.

2. Low cost. In order to achieve the same barrier performance, aluminum-plastic composite tubes use fewer materials, lower costs, and are more economical than aluminum-plastic composite tubes and plastic co extruded hoses.

Disadvantages of aluminum-plastic composite tubes:

Aluminum plastic composite tubes have many drawbacks due to the use of aluminum foil, such as inability to see the contents, poor environmental friendliness, poor resilience, lower composite strength than full mold tubes, and easy peeling.

Advantages of full mold composite tube:

1. Environmental friendliness. Compared with aluminum-plastic composite tubes, all plastic tubes use economical and easily recyclable all plastic sheets, which can reduce the pollution of packaging waste to the environment. The recycled all plastic tubes can be further processed to produce lower grade products.

2. Diversified colors. According to the characteristics of cosmetics and consumer demand, all plastic composite tubes can be made into different colors such as colorless transparent, colored transparent, and colored opaque, providing consumers with a strong visual enjoyment. Especially for transparent full mold composite tubes, the color and state of the contents are clearly visible, creating a strong visual impact and greatly promoting consumers' purchasing desire.

3. Compared with aluminum-plastic composite tubes, full mold tubes have good resilience. After squeezing cosmetics, plastic tubes for cosmetics can quickly return to their original shape, always maintaining a beautiful and regular appearance. This is important for the packaging of cosmetics.

The above introduces the types and advantages of plastic tubes for cosmetics. If you need to learn more, feel free to contact us anytime! Our company has many years of experience and we look forward to your joining at any time.