Recently, a domestic equipment manufacturer launched a new generation of semi-automatic atomizer filling machines. With the design of "manual assistance + automated core processes", it accurately meets the "small-batch, multi-variety" production needs of small and medium-sized e-cigarette manufacturers. It received more than 50 orders in the first month of launch, attracting industry attention.
According to reports, this semi-automatic filling machine adopts a "manual loading + automatic filling" mode: the operator only needs to place the atomizer pod into the positioning fixture, and the equipment will automatically complete the quantitative injection of e-liquid (filling volume adjustable from 0.5 to 5ml, accuracy ±0.03ml). After filling, the operator can take it down manually. Compared with fully automatic equipment, its core advantage lies in "flexible adaptation" - no complicated mold replacement is required, switching between 2ml, 3ml, 5ml and other specifications of pods only takes 30 seconds. Moreover, the equipment covers an area of only 0.3㎡ and supports 220V civil power access, greatly reducing the site and power thresholds for small and medium-sized manufacturers.
"Previously, with manual filling, each person could only do 80-100 pieces per hour, and problems such as liquid leakage and uneven oil volume often occurred," said the person in charge of a Guangdong-based e-cigarette manufacturer. After introducing this semi-automatic equipment, the efficiency of a single operator has increased to 300 pieces per hour, and the defect rate has dropped from 8% to 1.2%. "The unit price of the equipment is less than 100,000 yuan, and the cost can be recovered in 3 months. For small factories like us with a monthly capacity of 50,000-100,000 pieces, it is more cost-effective than buying a million-level fully automatic line."
The equipment developer also revealed that for high-viscosity e-liquid (such as nicotine salt content above 50mg/ml), the equipment has added a 30-50℃ constant temperature heating module, which can reduce the viscosity of e-liquid by 40% and avoid filling blockage. An upgraded version with simple visual inspection will be launched later to further improve the product qualification rate of small and medium-sized manufacturers.
