Automatic meatball forming machine
Achieve uniform and precise meatball shaping with our high-speed forming machine, designed to enhance your production efficiency while maintaining product quality. Ideal for streamlining operations in food processing, this equipment minimizes manual handling and ensures consistent product output every time.

Shapes and Portions Meat into Consistent Meatballs
The Automatic Meatball Forming Machine C/E MBF from Minerva Omega Group excels in transforming cylindrical meat portions into perfectly spherical meatballs, seamlessly integrating into production lines alongside hamburger forming machines. This equipment caters to ready meal producers and food processing centers, efficiently handling meat shaping and portioning in high-speed, continuous operations. Capable of producing up to 4,000 meatballs per hour, it accommodates various meatball sizes and formats, ensuring versatile application across prepared foods, ready meals, and catering services.
Constructed from stainless steel for durability and hygiene, the C/E MBF features an adjustable outfeed conveyor belt and removable roller units for easy cleaning and size changes without tools. Optional add-ons, such as a speed variator and vaporizer for specific meat mixtures, enhance its functionality. Compliant with CE standards, the machine ensures high hygiene and safety, supporting compliance with current food processing regulations. Whether producing meatballs for pre-cooked meals or ready-to-eat kits, this machine provides reliable performance tailored to your specific needs.
Benefits
- Increases production efficiency by forming up to 4,000 meatballs per hour.
- Enhances operational flexibility with customizable meatball sizes and optional features like a speed variator.
- Simplifies maintenance with tool-free disassembly for cleaning and size adjustments.
- Ensures compliance with hygiene and safety standards through CE-certified construction.
- Supports sustainable practices by maintaining meat quality and extending product shelf life.
- Applications
- Food processing,Meat products,Ready meals,Processed foods
- End products
- Meatball ready meal kits,Minced meat dishes,Meatballs,Pre-cooked meatball meals
- Steps before
- Grinding,Mixing,Hamburger forming
- Steps after
- Packaging,Refrigeration,Sanitation
- Input ingredients
- cylindrically-shaped portions,minced meat,hamburger patty mixtures,mixtures for meatballs
- Output ingredients
- meatballs,spherical meat portions,various meatball sizes
- Market info
- Minerva Omega Group Italy is known for producing high-quality food processing equipment, including meat grinders, slicers, and mixers, tailored for industrial applications, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and customer customization.
- Power supply
- V./Hz 230/1/50-60
- Power input
- 0.18 kW (0.24 HP)
- Max. output
- ~ 4000 meatballs/h
- Net weight
- 59 kg
- Meatball size
- Ø mm 28-45
- Automation
- Automatic
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Automation level
- PLC
- Changeover time
- Tool-less changeover
- CIP/SIP
- Tool-less removable parts for cleaning
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Energy efficiency
- Low energy consumption
- Speed variator
- On request
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine Footprint
- Not specified
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Discharge Method
- Outfeed Conveyor Belt
- Weight
- 59 kg
- Adjustable Components
- Conveyor Belt Height
- Cleaning Method
- Removable Components
- Removal Method
- Tool-less Removal of Roller Units
- Power Supply
- 230 V,1 Phase,50-60 Hz
- Power Input
- 0.18 kW (0.24 HP)
- Speed Variator
- Available on request
- Vaporizer for white meat
- Available on request
- Custom Size Changeover
- Tools-free size changeover
- Connection to Other Brands
- System available upon approval