How to Choose the Right Dosing Machine for Your Production Line

Choosing a dosing machine rarely starts with the machine's name. It starts with the product, the packaging, and the volume the production line needs to handle. At Dosetec, that's the logic behind our machine guide: visitors answer a few questions and are shown compatible machines. The final configuration always involves our engineering team.

Here are the five questions that guide this choice.

1 What is the product, and how does it work?

The industry sector says a lot about the machine. We serve a wide range of industries, from food—including cereals, grains, cookies, and bread—to meat processing, animal feed, chemical and pharmaceutical products, and mining, among others. A granular product, a powder, a single piece, or a frozen item each require solutions different dosing methods. Before any technical discussion, it’s important to know exactly what will be going into the machine.

2. Will the dosage be based on weight or volume?

This is the first major distinction. Scale-based dosing measures the weight of each portion. Volumetric dosing measures the space the product occupies. Each method has its own use, and the choice depends on the product and the requirements of your production line.

Among the products Dosetec manufactures are:

• Multihead Weigher, with 10, 14, or 20 weighing buckets, in 1,5, 2,5, and 5-liter buckets. The control panel is a touchscreen, controlled by a PLC, and the material can be carbon steel or AISI 304 stainless steel.
• Scale dispensers, for gravimetric dosing.
• Volumetric, drawer-type, or cup-type dispensers.
• Screw feeders, available in vertical or horizontal configurations.

3. What kind of packaging will the product come in?

The packaging format determines the packaging machine. Dosetec works with the leading formats on the market, including:

• Standard pad, pad with Eurolock, pad with hole, and pad with side weld (S.V.L.)
• Accordion-style
• Flat bottom, in the simple versions, with 6 welds or with 7 welds
• Stand-up pouch
• Pouch with 3 seams
• In strips
• Rigid items, such as jars, boxes, and high-capacity bags

If your format isn't on this list, that's important, too. Let us know.

4 What is the rhythm of the line?

The expected speed affects the equipment configuration. Continuous-flow lines require a different type of dosing unit than lines with frequent stops. Please provide the volume you need to process per shift and the operating pace. With this information, the engineering team can recommend the appropriate configuration without promising a figure that your product has not yet proven capable of achieving.

5 In what environment will the machine operate?

Material, ease of cleaning, and operating conditions influence the choice. For multi-head scales, for example, the choice between carbon steel and AISI stainless steel 304 is usually determined by the environment and the product. Bring this information up during the discussion.

When the line doesn't fit in the catalog

Not every project fits into an off-the-shelf model. For these cases, Dosetec develops special Projects: custom production line layouts tailored to the factory’s physical constraints and the product’s characteristics.

Next step

You can answer the questions on our machine guide or request a quote directly. When we receive your request with the answers already filled in, our team begins the analysis based on the context of your product line, rather than starting from scratch.

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