Tube Bags
The mesh arrives on a roll and the machine cuts, fills and closes it without anyone feeding bags one by one. This is what you use when the problem is getting the shift out: fewer stoppages, fewer people on the line. It runs on clipping and automatic sealing equipment.
A tube bag is not a bag when it arrives: it is mesh on a roll. The machine cuts it, fills it and closes it without an operator feeding bags one at a time. This is the format you move to when the constraint is throughput rather than shelf presentation — fewer stoppages, fewer hands on the line, and a pack that still breathes.
Typical use cases
- High-volume onion, potato and citrus packers
- Consolidation centers
Specifications
| Weight range | 1 lb to 7 lb |
| Material | Non-woven mesh, CLAF® technology (JX Nippon ANCI) |
| Colors | 9 standard colors |
| Film label printed one or both sides | |
| Best for | Soft-skin produce |
What packers use tube bags for
Clipping equipment and automatic sealing lines. The roll replaces pre-made bags entirely, so the bottleneck moves off the operator and onto the machine.
Onion
High-volume onion lines are where tube bags earn their place. The roll keeps the clipper fed through the shift, and the non-woven mesh gives the neck of the onion the air it needs to keep from sweating in the bag.
Potato
Potato packers running by weight rather than by count get the most out of a continuous roll: the machine sets the length, so the pack size changes without changing bags.
Citrus
For oranges and mandarins moving in volume through a consolidation centre, the tube runs at line speed and the printed film label carries the brand without needing a separate header.
Soft-skin produce
The mesh is non-woven, made with CLAF® technology from JX Nippon ANCI, which is why it suits product whose skin marks easily under a coarser extruded net.
Pick the colour that makes your product read
Colour is not decoration on a produce pack. The right shade makes the fruit look brighter on the shelf; the wrong one makes good product look dull next to a competitor.
The catalogue lists nine standard colours for this line without naming them. These six are measured from our extruded mesh photography. Swatches are measured from photographs of the material we actually run. Screens vary, and pigment lots vary: ask your rep for a physical sample before you approve artwork.
Questions buyers ask about tube bags
What weights can I run?
From 1 lb to 7 lb. Because the mesh comes on a roll, the machine sets the length and the pack size changes without a bag changeover.
Can the tube be printed?
The film label is printed on one or both sides. That is where the brand, the weight and the barcode go.
What colours are available?
Nine standard colours, so the mesh can be matched to make the fruit read the way you want it on the shelf.
Is this better than pre-made bags?
It depends on the problem. If you are losing the shift to bag feeding and stoppages, yes. If you need a large printed header for retail display, a header bag or combo bag is the better fit.
Often specified alongside
Worth reading first
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Your onion bag didn't fail. Your onions sweated.
Rot almost never starts where the bag broke. It starts at the neck, days earlier, and by the time anyone opens the pallet the bag gets the blame.