Precise dosing valve for pasty products
Achieve precise, gram-accurate dosing for a wide array of pasty and semi-viscous products, enhancing product consistency and reducing waste in high-speed, automated food production lines.

Accurately Doses and Portions Diverse Food Products
The 85-3 dosing valve from Handtmann provides precise and efficient dosing for a wide range of food processing applications. Designed for seamless integration with Handtmann VF 800 vacuum fillers, it excels in delivering exact portions of liquid, semi-viscous, and solid slurries, maintaining product integrity and quality. With a dosing capacity of up to 2,000 kg/h or 50 portions per minute, this system adapts ergonomic design and hygienic standards, making it ideal for continuous, high-speed production of products like goulash, farmer’s salad, and liver sausage. Its gentle processing and adjustable output ensure consistent weight accuracy and prevent product squeezing. Constructed from FDA-compliant materials, the 85-3 dosing valve also allows customization in piston configuration to enhance versatility and meet specific operational needs.
Benefits
- Ensures production efficiency by providing dosing accurate to the gram, reducing material waste and cost.
- Maintains high product quality with gentle handling that prevents ingredient damage.
- Enhances operational flexibility by accommodating a wide variety of container types and filling products.
- Simplifies integration into existing lines with compatibility to Handtmann VF 800 vacuum fillers.
- Promotes hygienic operations with FDA-compliant materials and ergonomic design adjustments.
- Applications
- Sausage and meat products, Baked goods, Soups, Sauces, Combined products, Vegan and meat substitute, Salads, Pet food, Confectionery, Vegetarian, Stews, Fish and seafood, Dairy products
- End products
- Potato salad, Liver sausage in a jar, Cream cheese, Goulash, Farmer’s salad
- Steps before
- Grinding, Mixing and massaging, Filling
- Steps after
- Packing, Product handling and automation
- Input ingredients
- semi-viscous products, pasty products, very fluid products, inhomogeneous products, chunky products, fibrous products, products with large inserts, products with high liquid content
- Output ingredients
- goulash, farmer's salad, potato salad, liver sausage in a jar, cream cheese, pet food
- 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.
- Capacity
- 2, 000 kg/h
- Dosing speed
- Up to 50 portions/min
- Filling accuracy
- Accurate to the gram
- Automation
- Manual / Auto
- Height adjustability
- Individually adaptable
- Material compliance
- FDA-compliant
- Working mechanism
- Dosing valve with piston version
- Integrated steps
- Dosing, portioning
- Batch vs. inline flow
- Inline Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- CIP/SIP
- Not explicitly mentioned, assumed manual or external CIP
- Cleaning method
- Hygienic design for easy cleaning
- Changeover time
- Not specified
- Energy efficiency
- Not specified
- Air incorporation control
- Gentle dosing to maintain product quality
- Biological compatibility
- FDA-compliant materials
- Cleanability
- Hygienic design
- Viscosity
- Very fluid to chunky, fibrous
- Container Size and Shape
- Tubs, buckets, trays
- Product Diversity
- Inhomogeneous, large inserts
- Consistency
- Semi-viscous to pasty
- Heat Sensitivity
- Not specified
- Working Height
- Adjustable to operator or production line
- Design
- Ergonomic with hygienic design
- Integration with systems
- Handtmann VF 800 vacuum filler
- Working height adjustment
- Individually adaptable
- Piston type
- Three different dosing piston versions
- Control panel type
- Ergonomic design