PAPER TUBING
PAPER TUBING
New Spiral Wound Tubing Facility
As a prize winning business, Western Container continues to improve and innovate to produce our high-quality products and provide exceptional customer service. In accordance with our success, we are expanding our operation to better meet customer demands with a state of the art $8 million 74,375 square foot manufacturing facility southeast of the city of Janesville, Wisconsin, that will produce our industry standard spiral wound tubing.The new location will specialize in high strength film core spiral wound tubing using two cutting edge manufacturing lines from TCM Solutions. The two lines will be augmented with automated palletization to increase efficiency and productivity. Additionally, to improve the speed of distribution, the facility will have eight shipping docks for enhanced material flow and fast shipment of the finished spiral wound tubing.
Increasing Efficiency at Western Container
In our continuing efforts to increase efficiency, Western Container has invested in palletizers for end of line automatic stacking of products. One of the newest developments in material handling, palletizers automatically stack, arrange, sort, and prioritize products for smooth and economical movement of finished products in preparation for shipping or further processing. Palletizers lessen the need for handling of products and combine the operations of weighing, counting, sorting, labeling, and wrapping into one unified automated function.As a producer of the highest quality spiral wound tubing in the industry, Western Container has taken another leap forward in its goal to produce the best products on the market. The technologically advanced Janesville facility is one more step in our continuing desire to meet and exceed the needs of our customers.
Advantages of Spiral Wound Tubing
In the many years that Western Container has been manufacturing spiral wound tubing, we have been recognized for our dedication to detail and for being the most progressive manufacturer of spiral wound tubing in the industry. The quality of our products can be seen in the creative and innovative ways our customers use our spiral wound tubing by applying it to unusual applications that test and stress its strength.As a highly durable and sturdy product, Western Container spiral wound tubing has been used to protect products and materials due to its high impact resistance. Using the expertise and knowledge of our engineering staff, and the visions and concepts of our customers, we have been able to produce spiral wound tubing products that perfectly match customer expectations.
Formation of Spiral Wound Tubing
Spiral wound tubing production by Western Container uses a tube winding machine coupled with in-line multi-knife cutters. Paper rolls are cut into narrow width ribbons that are rewound into rolls on a rewinding stand. The large ribbon rolls are loaded into a tube manufacturing machine and coated with an adhesive. They are then wound at a helical angle of less than 90° over a mandrel, a cylinder used for shaping the tubing. The carefully selected adhesives have been engineered by Western Container engineers to be compatible with the winding materials to ensure a tight, secure, and lasting bond. The thickness of the tubing is dependent on the thickness of the paper ribbons, the thickness of the adhesive, and the number of turns of the ribbons.The helical twisting of the paper ribbons forms a bond with each layer as the plies are lain upon each other. Pressure, to ensure tight adhesion, is applied by a flexible belt that wraps around the layers of paper ribbons. The process ensures the creation of a secure, tight, and solid bond between the different ribbons to produce a strong, sturdy, and durable tubing.
