
A parallel paper tube making machine is an industrial system that automatically produces straight, cylindrical tubes and cores from rolls of paper or paperboard. The term "parallel" refers to the tube's consistent diameter from end to end and the fact that the paper is wound with its fibers predominantly parallel to the tube's length (as opposed to a spiral wind, which has a distinct helical seam).
These tubes are essential industrial components used as:
Cores: For winding materials like plastic film, foil, textiles, labels, and paper.
Packaging: For protecting products like posters, carpets, and documents.
Functional Products: Such as concrete column forms (sonotubes), containers, and more.
Large rolls of paper (parent rolls) are loaded onto the unwind stand. Advanced machines have a splicing table to join a new roll to the end of an expiring one without stopping production.
The paper web is fed through tension control and guiding systems to ensure it runs perfectly straight and aligned. It may pass through pre-heating rollers to dry the paper or activate adhesive.
A precise gluing unit applies a controlled bead of adhesive along the edge of the paper. Hot melt adhesive is common for its instant bond, while PVA (white glue) is used for high-strength requirements.
The paper is wrapped around a stationary, polished steel mandrel whose diameter defines the tube's inner diameter. A continuous forming belt presses against the paper on the mandrel, creating the friction that pulls the paper through while tightly winding the plies to form a solid, multi-layered tube wall.
Once the tube is formed and the adhesive has set enough, a cutting unit slices the continuous tube to the required length.
A high-speed blade that cuts without stopping the tube's forward motion.
A reciprocating or circular saw used for thicker-walled or large-diameter tubes.
The cut tubes are conveyed away on a belt. This conveyor provides sufficient time for the adhesive to fully cure before the tubes are collected, stacked, or packaged.
Q1: What types of paper tubes can an automatic paper tube making machine produce?
A1: This automatic equipment manufactures spiralwound paper cores and paper tubes for multiple industries. Output includes packaging paper cores, tape core tubes, textile winding tubes, film and foil cores, as well as kraft cardboard industrial paper tubes. It supports production for both thinwall lightduty tubes and heavy-duty highstrength paper cores according to production settings.
A2: It works with kraft paper, corrugated laminated paper, composite paper strips and recycled paper. Operators can use different paper grammages to adjust final tube strength. Multiplelayer paper feeding design allows stacking different paper stocks to reinforce tube wall for heavyload application scenarios.
A3: Driven by servo motor and precise cutting unit, inner diameter, wall thickness and cutting length are controllable. Length tolerance stays within ±0.5 mm. The finished tubes keep good roundness without deformation. All dimension parameters can be quickly modified on the PLC touchscreen for fast order switching.
A4: Fully-automatic models greatly cut manual work. Only 1-2 operators per shift are needed for material feeding and finishedtube collection. Standard unit requires around 80120 m² workshop area. Customers can select singlehead or multi-head configurations based on target daily output volume.
A5: Every automatic paper tube making machine includes factory warranty, English operation manuals and maintenance video tutorials. Lifelong remote technical support and online troubleshooting are provided. On-site installation and staff training are available as optional services. Submit your project requirements via nrcmachinery.com to get customized specifications and formal quotation.
Model | NRC16-76 |
input power | AC380±10% 50Hz |
Trolley servo motor | 220V 3KW 2000R/Min |
Pipe winding servo motor | 220V 3KW 2000R/Min |
Paper feeding motor | 1.5KW 4 polar. |
Paper edge grinding motor | 1.5KW 2 polar. |
Dust removal fan motor | 1.5KW |
Paper lifting motor x 2 | 1.1KW |
Total power | 13.5KW |
Input air pressure | >0.65MP |
gas flow rate | 2³m/h |
Processing length | 1700mm |