Dosing units

Optimized dosing minimizes waste and losses

The ingredients in the ready-to-eat food industry can be expensive. That’s why it’s important to minimize waste in food processing and ensure the flexibility and adaptability of the machinery. Finntray food depositors minimize losses.

Automatic dosing systems that grow with your production

Start with the basic line and introduce new dosing units as your production grows. We can integrate different technology into the line, including manual workstations for manual dosing.

Flexible dosing lines easily adapted to product changes

The food processing industry changes seasons and products fast. The Finntray dosing line is flexible and it can be adjusted to accommodate new products even on a tight schedule.

Quick pay-back time

The pay-back time for a single food depositor should be less than two years. One factor to take into account in the calculation is how much automation can free up human resources for other, more demanding tasks. The Finntray automatic dosing system pays back the investment quickly.

Meets the strict hygiene standards of the food industry

All our food dosing systems meet the strictest quality and hygiene requirements of the food industry. To maintain good hygiene, all our dosing lines and machines are easy to clean.

Extensive maintenance for all our dosing lines

We offer extensive maintenance services to all our dosing lines. With proper maintenance, we can minimize stops and pauses in your production. We also keep critical spare parts in stock. We react fast to service calls; our maintenance arrives the next day, at the latest, at your facility. 

Ready meals

• Meals with meat or plant-based protein
• Pasta-based meals
• Rice-based meals
• Layered meals, like lasagna
• Soups
• Porridges
• Sauces and garnishes

Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood

• Meat and meat products, like sausages, meatballs, or cutlets
• Poultry and poultry products, like nuggets
• Fish, shellfish, and other seafood products, like fish fingers

Fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts

• Berries and fruit – fresh, dried, or powdered
• Vegetables – raw, cooked, sliced, or cubed
• Nuts and trail mixes
• Seeds and grain
• Spices and powders

How the Finntray automatic dosing system work

Our food dosing systems are designed for dosing ready-to-eat foods and meals. The dosing lines are suitable for different packing materials: the line doses and packs food in aluminum, cardboard, and plastic boxes and trays.

The automatic dosing systems include food depositors designed to dispense and dose both liquid and solid foods, as well as mixtures of both. After dosing, liquid components, such as sauce or cream, can be added to create the final ready-to-eat meal. The Finntray dosing line is also suitable for preparing soups. 

Food dosing systems customized for your needs

We can integrate several parts and units into the Finntray automatic dosing systems. Get your production automation started with the basic dosing line – as your production grows, we’ll add more units to your line.

The Finntray food dosing systems include:

• tray dispensers
• weight-based and volume-based food dispensers
• solid food depositors (based on unit calculation)
• liquid food depositors
• conveyors 
• tray sealing devices provided by our partner Tecnovac

Case Atria: Finland’s leading ready meal manufacturer and Spiran’s component dispenser

Atria is one of Finland’s leading food manufacturers and a long-time customer and partner of Kometos. Over the years, the collaboration has resulted in many joint projects and equipment installed at Atria’s facilities. One of them is Spiran’s weight-based component dispenser used in Atria’s ready meal production line in Nurmo, Finland. 

Spiran’s component dispenser is a flexible solution: it can store up to 99 recipes and dose multiple different ingredients with extreme precision.

– Ingredients like cooked rice and vegetables can be particularly challenging to dispense. Due to their large particle size, vegetables don’t always pass through a volume-based dispenser’s cylinder when dispensing small portions. The Spiran unit installed at our facility has been tailored precisely to our needs, Atria’s Product Manager Vesa Mahlamäki explains.

Mahlamäki has over 25 years of experience working with Kometos and collaborative development projects. Regardless of the acquired equipment, the goal has always remained the same: cost-efficient, consistent, and high-quality results.

– The partnership between Atria and Kometos is straightforward and seamless. Things get done efficiently, Mahlamäki praises.