A facial tissue production line consists of three essential machines that work together to transform raw materials into finished tissue products.
The production line integrates three primary systems:
- folding system
- cutting system
- packaging system.
You need to understand facial tissue machinery structure because each component directly affects product quality, production efficiency, and operating costs. Knowing how these machines work helps you choose the right equipment, troubleshoot problems, and optimize your production process for maximum profitability.
The core process includes embossing, folding, slitting, and packaging – each involving complex and precise workflows. Understanding these functions ensures you invest in machinery that meets your specific production requirements and quality standards.
What Is the Function of the Facial Tissues Folding Machinery?
The facial tissues folding machine transforms jumbo tissue rolls into consumer-ready folded tissues through three critical functions: embossing, folding, and counting. The facial tissue folding machine is the front-end equipment of the production line that can cut and interfold jumbo roll paper into smaller-sized paper strips as needed.
Primary Functions:
Embossing Operation: A huge part of the quality comes from embossing patterns that make the tissue feel puffier, so it stays soft when rubbing against the skin. The machine Including edge embossing and full embossing, the patterns can be customized according to customer needs.
Steel to steel, steel to rubber, steel to wool roller, glue lamination, different types of embossing materials can be selected according to the different needs of customers
V-Fold Creation: Facial tissue folding machine use tissue jumbo rolls to process folded into “V” type paper processing equipment using vacuum adsorption principle, Origami roller rotation and Shifting Fork Fold in Origami folding. This creates the interlocking fold that allows one tissue to pull out the next.
Paper Path and Folding: The process begins as the jumbo roll, driven by a servo motor, feeds the paper through guide and arc rollers. The paper web enters the main folding unit by vacuum suction. A cutting blade roller cuts the sheet transversely, and it’s immediately interfolded between two rollers to form a precise V-shape using suction and deflation. This interlocking V-fold is what allows tissues to pop up from a box.
Counting and Stacking: An automatic counting device monitors the sheets as they are folded. When the number of sheets reaches the preset amount, the counting device triggers a lifting platform to drop the completed stack. A fork then moves the stack to a delivery platform, from which the semi-finished tissues are automatically transported to the next process for final cutting and packaging.
The folding machine operates at 1000-1500 pieces per minute per line and can produce various fold types including V-fold, N-fold configurations to meet different market demands.
What Is the Function of the Facial Tissues Cutting Machine?
The facial tissues cutting machine, also called a log saw cutting machine, precisely cuts stacked folded tissues into standard finished sizes for packaging. The log saw cutting machine is an important part of the facial tissue production line that mainly realizes the function of cutting stacked paper into standard finished tissue sizes.
Primary Functions:
Precision Cutting: The whole machine adopts servo drive technology and frequency control of motor speed to enhance the stability of paper cutting and improve the cutting precision of tissue . The cutting length tolerance is ±1mm, ensuring consistent product dimensions.
High-Speed Operation: The maximum cutting speed can reach 180-300 cuts per minute depending on the model.
Automated Size Control: The facial tissue paper length can be set via touch screen control with control precision reaching 0.1mm, and the length-adjustable cutting range is 50-300mm. This allows operators to produce different tissue sizes without manual adjustments.
Quality Assurance Features: The cut surface’s verticality tolerance is 1mm, and the cut surface’s length tolerance is also 1mm, ensuring the best cutting quality and improving the flatness and beauty of finished tissue paper.
Self-Maintenance Systems: The log saw blades have an automatic lubrication and sharpening system that can sharpen the blade automatically based on cutting time. This reduces downtime and maintains consistent cutting quality throughout production runs.
Waste Management: The cutting machine includes automatic trims removal and waste material cleaning systems that handle paper scraps generated during cutting operations.
The cutting machine transforms semi-finished folded tissue stacks into precise, consumer-ready tissue packs that meet exact dimensional specifications required for packaging and retail distribution.
What Is the Function of the Facial Tissues Packing Machine?
The facial tissues packing machine wraps cut tissues into consumer-ready packages through automated sealing, bundling, and quality control processes. The packaging system includes conveying parts, single wrapper, bundle wrapper, and big bundler components that handle multiple packaging formats.
Primary Functions:
Individual Package Wrapping: Flow wrapping facial tissue packing machines produce packets by wrapping tissues in a continuous sheet of material, then cutting and sealing to form individual packets. The machines adopt film wrapping, folding and sealing form, which is compact and beautiful.
Multi-Pack Bundling: Automatic facial tissue bundling machines can pack 3, 4, 5 or 6, 8, 10 single facial tissues in 1 bundling bag using 2 lanes. The processes of tissue arrangement, counting, diverting, insertion, bag feeding, bag opening, sealing and cut off are all controlled by servo drives.
Sealing and Heat Control: “Intelligent heat sealing system can accommodate various packaging materials while offering good sealing effect and high stability”. Adopting double temperature controlled sealing and cutting system ensures perfect sealing quality and prevents film bag breakage.
Quality Control Systems: Equipped with bag open detect function, automatic rejection of unopened bags, air source management, fault alarm and display, and servo overload protection. Photoelectric sensors automatically detect servo tracking with automatic and accurate bag feeding.
Automation Features: Using PLC and servo motors, drive rolls, belts, fetching bags, positioning, in-feed bags and sealing portions are driven by servo motors. Product transfer, feeding, pushing, bag fetching, bag opening, and trim collection are fully automatic.
Versatile Packaging Options: Machines can handle horizontal, vertical, interfolding, overwrapping, and combination packaging methods. They’re suitable for producing flat packets, packets with multiple folds, or packets with special shapes and features.
The packing machine completes the production process by transforming cut tissues into sealed, labeled packages ready for retail distribution, ensuring product hygiene and consumer convenience.
Conclusion
Understanding the facial tissue production line components helps you make informed equipment investments that optimize product quality and production efficiency. The three essential machines – folding, cutting, and packing – work together seamlessly to transform raw materials into consumer-ready tissue products.
Choosing the right combination of automation levels across all three machines balances your investment costs with long-term operational efficiency. Semi-automatic systems offer lower initial costs but require more labor, while fully automatic production lines reduce operating expenses and increase consistency.
Success in facial tissue manufacturing depends on understanding how these components integrate to meet your specific market requirements, production capacity goals, and quality standards.
