Machines for welding plastics and blister packaging
We represent several European manufacturers. We are not the agent of one particular brand, so we never have to offer you a machine just because we have no other. For every enquiry we pick the machine that suits your part best and runs at the lowest cost. That is where the 20% comes from.
Stand-alone machines start at EUR 40,000. If you need to weld plastics in smaller volumes, a separate page points you where to look.
We have been supplying machines for welding plastics and lines for blister packaging to Czech and Slovak plants since 2005. A fair amount gets learned in that time, and it is exactly what you get from us before you get a quote. Among our customers:
Your boss has promised a customer a part, and by Friday you have to say what welding it will cost.
The company is bidding for the job and two plastics have to be joined on that part. Except you do not have the technology, you have never done it, and there is nobody to ask.
What you need is a figure for the calculation, and you need it now. It does not have to be exact to the euro, but it has to hold up once five years of production are built on it. Aim too high and you lose the job. Aim too low and you win it at a loss.
That is exactly what we are here for. We do not want drawings or a tender pack. A photo of the part, the material if you know it, and a rough idea of how many pieces a year.
What comes back within 48 hours:
Free and with no strings. You sign nothing.
A plant that starts welding its own mouldings usually ends up packing the finished product as well.
Plastics welding
Ultrasonic, vibration, hot plate, infrared, laser, spin and high frequency welding, plus heat staking. We are tied to none of them, which is why we can tell you which one is wrong for your part.
Blister packaging
The clear pack with a card and a euro hook that hangs on a shop rail. Either you buy the trays ready-made and only seal them, or you form them yourself from film and save on every piece.
A machine builder offers you what they make. We offer you what you actually need.
Ask a manufacturer and you get their machine, because they have no other. We represent several European manufacturers, so we are not tied to any brand and choose the technology by your part. And if the more expensive machine is the right one, we say so too.
One customer wanted exactly the same machine their competitor had. We supplied it. Only later did it turn out the competitor used it ninety percent of the time for quite different work, and our customer would never need that capacity. They are now buying a second one, smaller and a good deal cheaper, and again from us. Ever since, we ask what will actually run on the machine before we ask what it should be able to do.
The control system, the electrics and the pneumatics are much the same across European manufacturers, and spare parts come from local wholesalers. The difference in price is usually not where the buyer looks for it, and we will show you where it actually is.
Find the part closest to yours. Each one also says why another technology does not suit it.
Automotive
The clear lens is laser welded to the housing. The weld cannot be seen from outside and the lens stays perfectly clear. Ultrasonics would leave a milky mark on it.
Parts like these are joined with the technologies we supplyMedical technology
The two halves are ultrasonically welded with the membrane clamped between them. The weld has to stay tight and must not release a single particle into the fluid.
Parts like these are joined with the technologies we supplyTechnical textiles
Strips of coated fabric are high frequency welded. The seam holds better than a stitched one and does not let water through.
Parts like these are joined with the technologies we supplyBy hand you will not manage it. It will not look like a pack off the shelf and you will not hit the rate your customer asks for. And when you buy the pack ready-made, it adds cost to every piece you produce. A blister line of your own settles both in one pass.
The web of film coming off the roll is heated, section by section, to forming temperature.
The film is drawn into the mould and becomes a tray. For a clamshell, the top half is formed as well.
By hand, semi-automatically or fully automatically, depending on how many pieces a month you need.
The top half, a card or a lidding film is sealed onto the tray and the pack is cut out at the same time. What comes out is a finished pack.
One customer started at a thousand pieces a month. When the product took off, they bought the same pair of machines a second time.
When the product changes, the tool does not change as a whole. The outer dimension of the pack stays the same and only the inner shape of the tray changes. One machine therefore covers a whole range of product sizes, and a second mould costs a fraction of the first.
So you know straight away whether we are talking about tens or hundreds of thousands of euros.
| What you are buying | Scope of supply | Rough range |
|---|---|---|
| Plastics welding: unit for your own line | the technology alone, without a frame | EUR 10,000 - 20,000 |
| Plastics welding: simplest machine | one weld, manual loading | EUR 40,000 - 60,000 |
| Plastics welding: usual machine | two to four weld points | EUR 60,000 - 120,000 |
| Plastics welding: more demanding part | eight or more weld points | EUR 120,000 - 180,000 |
| Blister packaging: sealing machine | you buy the trays ready-made | EUR 40,000 - 80,000 |
| Blister packaging: forming and sealing | you form the trays yourself | EUR 90,000 - 180,000 |
| Complete purpose-built line | assembly, welding, marking and part testing, or a full blister line | EUR 150,000 - 400,000 |
| Replacement tool for a machine you already have | another shape of the same product | a few thousand to tens of thousands of EUR |
The table covers both halves of what we supply: machines for welding plastics and lines for blister packaging. Prices are for a machine including one tool. Nobody can give you an exact figure before they know the brief. For a first calculation this is enough. What moves the price of your machine most
Building the machine itself takes five to eight months from signing, and that is only part of the road. If you need to be producing in January, you should send the enquiry a year and a quarter before that. Here is the whole schedule, so that you can work out when to start.
| When | What happens | Why it takes that long |
|---|---|---|
| 15 months ahead | Enquiry and first figures | You are finding out whether it can be done at all and what order of magnitude we are in. |
| 14 months ahead | Quote on the table | With our figure you can already build your own calculation for your customer. |
| 12 months ahead | Reference visit and decision | You go and see the machine where it is already producing. This is where the decision falls. |
| 12 months ahead | Purchase contract signed | From signing, the machine goes into production and that takes five to eight months. |
| 5 months ahead | Delivery and installation | The machine arrives, is set up in your plant, connected, and your operators are trained. |
| 2 months ahead | Running in and sampling | Time for the machine to be making good pieces before you start delivering them. |
| Day one | Series production | You are supplying your customer and the machine runs at full output. |
That is exactly why it is worth getting in touch while you are still negotiating the contract, rather than once you have signed it. A first estimate from us comes within 48 hours and costs you nothing.
That is what a whole delivery looks like, from the first email to the day the machine is making good pieces.
Answers you do not usually find on a supplier's site.
The simplest stand-alone machine runs EUR 40,000 to 60,000. A usual machine with two to four welding points, EUR 60,000 to 120,000. A whole special purpose line with assembly, marking and inspection can reach EUR 400,000.
What moves the price most is the number of welding points, the cycle time you need and the size of the part. In that order.
Because we pick the technology to suit your part, not to suit a brand. If one name stood on the site, it would look as though we sell one brand and one technology.
We go through the particular manufacturer with you in person, once it is clear what your part needs.
Five to eight months from order. If you need to be producing in January, the order has to be signed roughly a year ahead and you need the quote on the table earlier still.
That is why it is worth getting in touch while you are still negotiating the contract, not once you have signed it.
You call us first and in most cases the fault is settled over the phone. Newer machines can be diagnosed remotely.
Most spare parts you buy from an ordinary local wholesaler, because they are standard relays, contactors and switches. When an engineer is needed, they come from the manufacturer and already know which part to bring.
Sometimes it does not and we will tell you so straight away. At a few thousand pieces a year a machine at EUR 40,000 will not pay for itself.
In that case we point you to where to look for simpler equipment or who to subcontract the part to. There is no sense selling you something that will stand idle in your plant.
Yes, and most customers want to. Either at a company that runs the same machine, or at the manufacturer while your own machine is on the floor before shipping.
When the dates do not line up, we do a video call from a machine that is running at that moment.
The machine usually stays and only the tooling changes. On products of a similar shape often only the inside of the tool changes, because the outer dimension stays the same.
A second and third tool therefore cost a fraction of the machine. We allow for that when choosing, so that the machine still serves what you will be making in five years.
A photo from your phone, the material and a rough annual volume are enough. We come back within 48 hours, free and with no strings.
Better still, call. Five minutes on the phone will tell you more than the whole site. Petr Bernard answers it.
+420 777 981 981 info@tp-t.cz