The aluminum slugs for toothpaste tube is aluminum alloy in small slugs shape, because the aluminum alloy has good sealing ability and very soft, it is a good material for making toothpaste tube. The aluminum grades are 1060, 1070, 3003, 6063, 6061 and so on. With beautiful appearance and strong product, aluminum slugs are almost used for making cold extruded aluminum containers such as toothpaste tubes, glue tubes, cosmetic tubes, marker tubes, capacitor tubes, aerosol cans, cigar tubes, paint tubes, etc.
The original raw material was aluminum slugs, the process technology is extrusion. The volume of aluminum slugs is small, and the volume of toothpaste tube is much bigger, therefore the producing process should be strict and precision. Each small aluminum slug will be squeezed into a toothpaste tube, there is the machine and molding for extrusion. Then the toothpaste tube is smeared with background color and spray pattern on the surface. After these steps, we can see the toothpaste tube we use, aluminum is a kind of metal can be recycled, many countries prefer to use aluminum in cosmetic packing, the toothpaste included. In the aluminum slugs orders from our customers, many of them are used for process future packing products.
Reprinted from: https://www.aluminumslugs.com/2018/03/28/aluminum-slugs-for-toothpaste-tube/
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