Three Top Reasons Customers Prefer AnC Precision Parts Over Norden Parts – Price, Delivery, Quality

When you need to replace Change Parts, Format Parts, or Wear Parts, or just need Spare Parts for your Norden Machinery AB tube sealing machinery, you can count on AnC Precision to deliver the highest quality OEM-compatible parts which exceed the original. (Note: Norden uses a variety of terms to describe their products. For example when discussing dispensing products or tooling in hot air sealing machines that are used in the packaging industry they often use the terms filling pumps, pump cylinders, and filling nozzles. In a similar manner when discussing tube types Norden frequently uses plastic, plastic-laminate, aluminum laminate tubes.)

When selecting a successful supply chain partner, our customers tell us the top three reasons they prefer AnC Precision parts over Norden parts are: Price, Delivery, and Quality.

Price

Fast and Economical Shipping from AnC Precision creates opportunities for lower costs compared to Norden’s equivalent parts. Large items are usually shipped from overseas by a slow ocean freighter. Once they arrive on the U.S. East Coast they must then be transferred to another carrier and trucked to your location, creating delays and opportunities for misdirected shipments.

With AnC Precision you don’t have to worry about customs charges, multiple shippers, language barriers, long-distance phone calls, huge time zone differences, and all the extra expense those entail. Your order is shipped direct from our manufacturing facility to you, and most parts are quickly shipped by air. AnC Precision’s focus is to provide a reliable supply of quality parts that are available in the US and not subject to shipping delays and lengthy holidays as often experienced with European OEM manufacturers.

Delivery

The European Union mandates that all member countries must grant employees
a minimum of 20 days of paid vacation; and Sweden, where Norden is headquartered, has 25 days of annual leave. In addition, Sweden has about 17 national public holidays per year. Most of our customers say there is a 6 – 8 week lead time for change parts, and suspect that Norden has to do a custom production run because they often don’t stock the needed part. How will you reach Norden’s customer service when employees take off the entire month of August for “holidays” and no change parts or spare parts are available? What if a critical part breaks in the middle of your production run? Will you be able to quickly order and take delivery of replacement parts?

In contrast, AnC Precision is an American company, providing responsive customer service and technical assistance telephone (775.392.3111), email, and our website. We can maintain an in-house inventory of the high usage parts you need, and strive to have one day turn around on all OEM tooling parts.

Quality

Design Improvements by AnC Precision translate to higher quality parts. When it comes to tube sealing there are many machine types in the packaging industry, including Hot Air Sealing, Ultrasonic Sealing, Impulse Sealing, and Hot-Jaw Sealing. They all seal tubes, but use different methods. AnC Precision focuses on the best method, Hot Air Sealing, which is used on all large commercial production lines for plastic, plastic-laminate, aluminum laminate tubes. Read on to discover how AnC Precision has improved on the design of Norden’s parts.

Pre-Fold Jaws help align the tube as it moves into the Sealing Station. Also known as Pre-Crimp Jaws, these are critically important as they improve the appearance of the tube seal.

Norden’s standard fixed (non-adjustable) Pre-Fold Jaw can only accommodate a limited range of tube sizes. If you want to use a different tube size or a different angle you have to buy another Pre-Fold Jaw, resulting in the accumulation of multiple sets that the operator must change in and out of the machine to find the right combination.

 

 

AnC Precision improved on this design and made it adjustable. The adjustable Pre-Crimp never needs to be removed from the machine to accommodate different size tubes.

 

Fill Tubes and Filler Nozzles inject the product into the tube. Norden’s filling nozzles are one large part, and if it is damaged (e.g., by dropping on the floor) then the entire part must be replaced.

AnC Precision’s improved design features replaceable tip sets which reduce the cost. Different styles (Cut Off style, Blow Off style, and Cut-Off Blow-Off style) are available to suit different methods of dispensing. These are different designs that improve the dispensing of the product for your unique needs. AnC Precision offers multi-tip sets consisting of all three styles with every nozzle purchased. Tip sets also available individually.

Cooling RingTubes are sealed with Hot Air Nozzles, which may be also known as Designer Seals, Hot Air Sets, or Laminate Style Hot Air Sets. After the tube has been sealed it then needs to be cooled. Norden uses a Cooling Ring filled with cold water, which can add thousands of dollars to the total cost for a water Chiller.

AnC Precision designed its tube sealing machines with a unique patented cooling process that does not require the traditional Cooling Ring. Therefore, AnC doesn’t use cold water and doesn’t need an expensive Chiller.

All styles of hot air nozzle sets are available from AnC Precision. See our chart to select your style of cooling ring: one fin, two fins, or no fins.

Cooling Rings manufactured by AnC Precision.

At some point Norden changed the design which prevents the older machine’s tooling from working with newer machines. AnC makes adapters so that old tooling can work with newer Norden machines. AnC Precision also manufactures OEM-equivalent Cooling Rings for those customers which require them; including Cooling Rings that fit into the water jacket with no fins, one fin, or two fins.

 

 

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Quick Change Tube Holder Sets
AnC Precision is ready to fulfill your requests for Tube Holder Bases, Tube Holder Inserts, Pucks, and Buckets. Exclusive in the industry, AnC’s Quick Change Tube Holder Sets reduce upfront costs and maintain the highest quality. A Set consists of:

• A Base which is purchased with the first Set and remains with the machine. The Base is one size and acts as an adapter for various sizes of Inserts.
• An Insert which is sized to hold the tube.

Additional Inserts can be purchased after the first set; there’s no need to purchase additional Bases. Thus, you can start small and purchase different size Inserts only as you need them. You can easily swap Inserts as your production needs change.

Any hinge or tube (including oval and custom tubes) will fit our Inserts.
Dispensing System
The Dispensing System for filling tubes consists of filling pumps, pistons, piston cylinders, dosing stations, dosing valves, and dosing valve sleeves. AnC Precision manufactures these parts which can handle tubes 10mm to 70 mm in diameter. All cylinders are thick, hard, and chrome-plated for wear protection. Dosing Valves and Sleeves are also thick and chrome-plated. Valves are made from stainless steel, Delrin or ceramic materials.

Summary

Compared to the OEMs, AnC Precision gives you more of what you want: A lower price, quick delivery, and quality parts.