01Overview
What’s for sale, and what isn’t
The catalogue covers the machines that turn raw materials into a packed food product: preparing meat and brine, injecting and tumbling, filling, portioning and forming, slicing and dicing, smoking, cooking and drying, checking weight and foreign bodies, and packing. It comes from the manufacturers we represent, and each machine has its own page with the manufacturer’s description and, where the manufacturer publishes it, technical data.
Prices aren’t listed. What a machine costs depends on the model, the options and attachments chosen for your product and what it has to connect to on your floor, so we quote each enquiry rather than publish a list price.
Some equipment is outside the range. There is no slaughter, carcass breaking or boning equipment, no chiller or freezer rooms, no coating or frying equipment, and no bulk handling of dry ingredients such as silos or bulk-bag dischargers.
For background on each manufacturer and how the main machine categories fit together, read our food processing equipment guide. To go straight to the machines, with filters for type, brand and industry, open the equipment catalogue.
02Machine types
Machinery for sale by the job it does
The catalogue is split into machine types, and each type has its own page listing every machine in it. Below, the types are grouped roughly in the order a product meets them, with the number of machines of each type and the manufacturers that make them.
Preparing meat and brine
Reducing fresh and frozen meat and fat to the particle size a recipe calls for, chopping and emulsifying batters, and making up and holding the brine that goes into whole muscle.
- Grinders & mincers9 machines
Seydelmann
- Bowl cutters & emulsifiers5 machines
Seydelmann
- Brine mixers & tanks7 machines
Fomaco
Injecting, tumbling and tenderising
Putting brine or marinade into whole cuts through a head of needles, working it through the muscle in a tumbler, and opening up cuts mechanically with rollers or blades.
- Brine injectors8 machines
Fomaco
- Tumblers & massagers3 machines
Fomaco, Menozzi
- Tenderisers & flatteners3 machines
Fomaco, Ross
Filling, portioning and forming
Metering a mass at a set weight into casings, containers or shapes. Vacuum fillers sit at the centre of this group, and many of the linkers, formers, depositors, dough dividers and attachments beside them work from the flow a filler meters out.
- Vacuum fillers11 machines
VEMAG
- 22 machines
- 15 machines
- Depositors6 machines
VEMAG
- 6 machines
- Attachments & accessories7 machines
VEMAG, Fomaco
Slicing and dicing
Dicers, slicers and strip cutters that take meat, cheese, fish and vegetables down to cubes, strips and slices of a set size.
- Slicers & dicers9 machines
Holac
Smoking, cooking and drying
Chambers for drying and smoking meat products, climatic installations for maturing and cold-smoking, and a radio-frequency dryer.
- 2 machines
- 1 machine
Checking weight and foreign bodies
Metal detectors, X-ray systems and weighing equipment that measure product on the line and reject a failed item or send a correction back to the machine upstream.
- Inspection & weight control11 machines
VEMAG, Fomaco, Aicon X-Ray, Pulsotronic
Packing and moving product
Thermoformers, tray sealers and vacuum packaging machines that seal the finished product, with shrink tanks, cooling and drying equipment and robotic loading, plus the conveyors and line equipment that carry product from one machine to the next.
- Thermoformers & packaging14 machines
Variovac, Supervac, JLS
- Tray sealers4 machines
Variovac, Ross
- 7 machines
03Manufacturers
Machinery for sale by manufacturer
Each manufacturer below has a brand page listing its machines in our catalogue. The line under each name is how the machines reach you through Vemag Australia: most are covered by an official distributorship, and that line names the countries it covers. Fomaco’s distributorship is for Australia only.
VEMAG
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Vacuum fillers, dough portioners and attachments for filling, portioning, forming and loading food and pet food.
65 machines in the catalogue
Variovac
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Thermoforming packaging machines, tray sealers and packaging line equipment.
7 machines in the catalogue
Holac
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Dicers, slicing machines, strip cutters and cheese cutters for meat, cheese, fish and vegetables.
8 machines in the catalogue
Fomaco
Official distributor for Australia
Injector machines for curing and marinating meat, poultry and fish, with the brine, tumbling and weighing equipment around them.
22 machines in the catalogue
Ross
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Meat and food processing equipment and tray sealers, from tenderisers and slicers to chillers and the INPack tray sealers.
4 machines in the catalogue
Seydelmann
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Cutters, grinders, mixers, emulsifiers and production lines for meat and food processing.
12 machines in the catalogue
Supervac
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Vacuum packaging machines with shrinking, cooling and drying equipment.
8 machines in the catalogue
Vetec
Official distributor for Australia & New Zealand
Installations for the thermal treatment of food: smoking, cooking, cooling and drying.
2 machines in the catalogue
JLS
Available in Australia & New Zealand through Vemag Australia
Hygienic, vision-guided robotic packaging systems for food: product loading, cartoning and case packing.
1 machine in the catalogue
Aicon X-Ray
Available in Australia & New Zealand through Vemag Australia
X-ray inspection systems for food and other packaged products.
2 machines in the catalogue
Pulsotronic
Available in Australia & New Zealand through Vemag Australia
Metal detection and inspection systems for food and other production lines.
3 machines in the catalogue
Menozzi
Available in Australia & New Zealand through Vemag Australia
Vacuum tumblers and other machinery for meat processing and handling.
1 machine in the catalogue
04Industries
Machinery for sale by industry and product
If you would rather start from what you make, each industry page lists the machines used in it. The applications pages go a level further, to single products such as bacon, pizza, cheese blocks or wet pet food.
- Meat115 machines
- Sausages75 machines
- Alternative Protein62 machines
- Bakery42 machines
- Dairy & Cheese48 machines
- Pet Food53 machines
- Prepared Food39 machines
- Produce41 machines
Our buyer’s guides go deeper on particular machines and products: sausage fillers, meat mixer grinders, bowl cutters and emulsifiers, poultry processing equipment, seafood processing equipment, vegetable packaging machines, produce packing machines and meat processing systems.
05Ways to buy
One machine, an add-on, or a whole line
Most purchases fall into one of three shapes. Knowing which one yours is helps us start in the right place.
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A single machine
Replacing a machine or adding one, such as a grinder, a dicer or a vacuum chamber machine. Find it in the catalogue and use Request a quote on its page, which names the machine in the enquiry for you.
02
An add-on for a machine you run
A vacuum filler with a standard attachment connection can take grinding heads, bone and sinew separators, forming and portioning devices, linking devices and container filling heads. Whether one suits yours depends on its model, so tell us what you run.
03
Several stages or a full line
Our sales team quotes on complete production lines as well as single machines. The production lines page sets out illustrative layouts to start the conversation from.
06Quotations
What to include when you ask for a quotation
A quotation is only as useful as the information behind it. The more of the points below you can cover in your first enquiry, the fewer rounds of questions before you have a figure to work with.
Before you buy
Information that speeds up a quotation
- The products you make or plan to make, with a recipe or product specification if you can share it.
- The raw material as it arrives: fresh, chilled or frozen; whole muscle, trim or a prepared mass.
- The portion weights, sizes or slice thickness you need, and the tolerance you work to.
- The output you are aiming for per hour or per shift, and how many product changes you make in a day.
- The casings, trays, film or containers you use now, or want to move to.
- The machines already on your floor that the new one has to feed or be fed by.
- Floor space, access for delivery, and the power, water and compressed air available on site.
- Who will run, clean and maintain the machine, and how often it will be washed down.
You don’t need every answer to get started. Send what you have through our contact form or call either office, and our sales team will work through the rest with you.
07Before and after
Trying a machine first, and support once it’s running
A purchase is easier to justify once you have seen the machine work with your own product, and easier to live with when service and parts come from a local team.
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Trial at the Customer Centre
Bring your own raw materials and recipes, run them on our machines under real production conditions and weigh up quality and costs with our specialists before you decide.
02
Installation and training
Our service technicians install new machines, train operators and maintenance staff, and carry out maintenance, repairs, fault finding and relocations.
03
Spare parts
Genuine components kept in stock, help working out which part you need, and a blade sharpening service.
08FAQs
Questions about buying food processing machinery
Why aren’t prices shown on the machine pages?
Because the figure moves with the model, the options and attachments chosen for your product, and what the machine has to connect to. So instead of a list price, our sales team prepares a quotation for each enquiry.
Can I buy a single machine, or do I need a whole line?
A single machine is fine. Our sales team quotes on single stand-alone machines as well as complete production lines, and on attachments for machines you already run.
Can I see a machine run my product before I commit?
Yes. At our Customer Centre you can test machines with your own raw materials and recipes under real production conditions, with our specialists alongside.
Will you install the machine and train our staff?
Yes. Our service technicians install new machines and train operators and maintenance staff. They also handle maintenance, repairs and machine relocations after that.
How do I get a brochure for a machine?
Where we hold the manufacturer’s brochure, it is linked on the machine page. On many other machine pages, Request brochure opens the enquiry form with the machine already named.
Do you sell food processing machinery in New Zealand?
Yes, through our office in Rosedale, Auckland, as well as our Redland Bay office in Queensland. Check the line under each manufacturer on this page: most distributorships cover both countries, but Fomaco’s is for Australia only.
Who supplies spare parts once the machine is running?
Our spare parts department keeps genuine components in stock and helps identify the right part for your machine.
