Portioning & Forming Machines

Burger and patty formers fill a mould plate or press the mass into a disc and release it onto a belt. Ball formers use shaped nozzles and cutting plates to make meatballs, vegetable balls, croquettes and skinless sausages, and some load the finished pieces straight into trays. Minced meat portioners and cutters divide an extruded strand into blocks or tray-sized portions of ground meat, skewer formers press the mass onto skewers, and kebab lines shape and flatten portions into slices for stacking.

These machines are used by meat processors and butchers, ready-meal and convenience food producers, pet food manufacturers and makers of plant-based products. Changing the nozzle, mould or plate lets one line run several shapes and sizes, and paper interleavers, loading lines and checkweighers can be added after the former to automate the rest of the line.