Forming system for multi-lane production of shaped foods
Streamline your production of uniform shaped foods with a multi-lane forming system designed for high-speed, continuous operations, ensuring precise weight accuracy and versatility across a range of food products.
Forms and Portions Diverse Food Products
The FS 521 from Handtmann is a highly versatile forming and portioning system designed to meet the demanding needs of food processing companies. This equipment excels in creating a wide array of products, from sausages to dairy and vegetarian items, utilizing a rotating hole plate system for precision forming. It supports multi-lane, continuous production, allowing high-speed throughput of up to 250 cycles per minute. The system integrates seamlessly with water or oil bath systems, laminating systems, and subsequent conveyor belts, ensuring flexible production solutions across various applications.
With a focus on accuracy, the FS 521 employs a driven flow divider to ensure precise weight distribution, minimizing raw material usage and optimizing economic efficiency. The system is supportive of both solid and liquid processing, proving essential for a broad scope of food industry applications, including meat, dairy, convenience foods, and confectionery. Its user-friendly design facilitates easy cleaning and maintenance, further enhanced by Handtmann’s comprehensive engineering support and customization options.
Benefits
- Increases production efficiency with high-speed multi-lane operation up to 250 cycles per minute.
- Enhances product quality and consistency using a precision forming mechanism with accurate weight control.
- Reduces raw material costs through precise portioning and minimal waste.
- Facilitates flexible production across diverse food applications, accommodating various systems and layouts.
- Simplifies maintenance and cleaning, minimizing downtime and ensuring continuous operation.
- Applications
- Sausage and meat products,Baked goods,Soups,Sauces,Combined products,Vegan and meat substitute,Salads,Pet food,Confectionery,Convenience foods,Vegetarian,Stews,Fish and seafood,Dairy products
- End products
- Dry sausage balls,Fish balls,Vegetable sticks,Dough dumplings,Gnocchi,Schupfnudeln,Cevapcici
- Steps before
- Mixing,Massaging,Emulsification,Grinding
- Steps after
- Cooking,Cooling,Packaging,Conveyor Transport
- Input ingredients
- meat,dairy,fish,vegetables,vegan ingredients,raw dough
- Output ingredients
- formed products,balls,sticks,burgers,dumplings,dry sausage balls,vegetable sticks,gnocchi,fish balls,cevapcici,dough dumplings,schupfnudeln
- Market info
- Handtmann is known for its engineering expertise in providing high-quality, tailor-made processing solutions, particularly in the food industry, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and technical support in portioning and filling equipment.
- Production Lanes
- 2 to 8 lanes
- Cycle Rate
- up to 250 cycles/min
- Forming System
- Rotating hole plate system
- Weight Accuracy
- Precise weight accuracy per lane and product
- Production Method
- Water/oil bath systems,laminating systems,or conveyor belts
- Changeover Time
- Fast conversion with replacement of few mold components
- Automation Level
- Driven flow divider for weight accuracy
- Maintenance
- Easy cleaning and maintenance-friendly system
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Changeover time
- Fast conversion with minimal component replacement
- CIP/SIP
- Easy cleaning and maintenance-friendly system
- Cycle capacity
- Up to 250 cycles/min
- Production flexibility
- Water/oil bath,laminating systems,conveyor belts
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Shape Flexibility
- Shapes like balls,sticks,burgers
- Product Diversity
- Meat,dairy,fish,vegetable products
- System flexibility
- Water or oil bath systems,laminating systems
- Control panel type
- HMI / Touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- PLC / SCADA Systems
- Lanes
- 2 to 8
- Production system types
- Water bath / Oil bath / Laminating / Conveyor belts
- Shape variety
- Ball,Stick,Burger,Dumpling
- Mould components
- Interchangeable