Filler for ready meals and prepared salads

The MPFMP-060 semi-automatic pocket filler dispenses clean, accurate portions of a wide range of difficult-to-fill products, such as cooked rice or pastas, cut vegetables and fruit, prepared salads, cereal, seafood and shredded meats into a variety of containers including trays, cups, plates, jars and pouches.

Suitable for low speed lines, contract packaging and pilot plant type operations, this semi-automatic machine requires one operator and can dispense product at speeds of up to 50-60 items/min, resulting in a significant labour savings compared with traditional hand-filling methods.

The machine is a mobile unit, which can be quickly cleaned for a product changeover or moved to a different production line in minutes, ready to fill a different product into a different container with no or few change parts. It can be positioned over many different conveying systems, as well as horizontal or vertical bagging units.

Features of the unit include: adjustable volumetric pocket system for precision dosing; no container/no fill function activated by proximity sensor; vacuum system which assists product flow; and a food-grade stainless steel construction.