Automatic loader for sliced portions and burgers
Streamline your production line with a flexible loader that efficiently handles everything from delicate sliced cheeses to robust frozen patties, ensuring precise stacking and overlapping for seamless packaging.

Loads and Stacks Sliced and Frozen Foods
The GEA FlexLoader and RetractLoader systems are engineered by GEA to optimize the loading and stacking processes in food and beverage production lines. Designed for automatic precision, these systems seamlessly handle various operations including loading, stacking, and overlapping of products such as sliced cheese, pre-sliced meats, and frozen patties. Utilizing retract belts, these loaders support continuous high-speed operations essential for efficiency in meat processing and dairy industries.
The FlexLoader is ideal for integration with thermoformers and traysealers, offering versatile loading solutions to accommodate changing formats with simple program adjustments. Equipped with intelligent distance measurement and servo-driven belt-speed calibration, it ensures precise product positioning. Multiple reject belt widths and an open design facilitate quick and easy cleaning, minimizing downtime.
Supporting large-scale production, these loaders contribute to energy efficiency with optimized motor control. Constructed from robust materials, they are designed to withstand demanding operational conditions. With customization options available and comprehensive engineering support, the GEA FlexLoader and RetractLoader are suitable for enhancing productivity and maintaining the quality standards required in today’s competitive food processing sector.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with high-speed, continuous loading and stacking.
- Lowers labor costs through fully automated operation and easy program adjustments.
- Minimizes maintenance downtime with quick, tool-free belt removal and cleaning.
- Ensures precise product placement for optimal packaging with intelligent distance measurement.
- Customizable footprint and conveyor options accommodate diverse production line requirements.
- Applications
- Food,Beverage,Meat,Cheese,Burgers,Patties,Frozen foods,Dairy
- End products
- 0,Pre-sliced ham,Sliced salami,Sliced cheese portions,Veggie burger patties,Turkey slices,Frozen hamburger patties,Pre-packaged sliced meats
- Steps before
- Slicing,Portioning,Forming
- Steps after
- Packaging,Thermoforming,Tray sealing
- Input ingredients
- sliced portions,pieces,fresh formed burgers,frozen burgers,patties
- Output ingredients
- overlapping portions,stacked portions,complete portions
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Automation
- Fully automatic
- Loading System
- Automatic loading with retract belts
- Product Handling
- Sliced portions,burgers,patties
- Stacking Capability
- Overlapping or stacking of portions
- Belt-speed Calculation
- Intelligent system with servo drives
- Format Configuration
- Changeable via machine program
- Footprint Customization
- Yes
- Reject Belt
- Available in 4 different widths
- Belt Removal
- Easy and quick,no tools required
- Automation level
- Fully automatic
- Loading flexibility
- High
- Accommodates sliced portions,pieces,burgers,patties
- Overlapping or stacking capability
- Possible
- Changeover process
- Program selection
- Positioning accuracy
- High
- Uses intelligent distance measurement and belt-speed calculation
- Cleaning method
- Fast preparation,easy removal without tools
- Machine footprint
- Customized
- Loading method
- Automatic with retract belts
- Stacking capability
- Overlapping or stacking of portions
- Stand-alone or combination setup
- Single or dual RetractLoaders
- Reject belt width
- Available in 4 different widths
- Belt removal
- Easy and quick without tools
- Footprint customization
- Customizable
- Control panel type
- User-Friendly Interface
- Integration capability
- Thermoformer/traysealer integration