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How to Confirm Pump, Heating, and Agitation Requirements Before Tomato Paste Filling
Before selecting a pump or adding hopper heating and agitation, the food factory should confirm the tomato product state, pouch format, fill volume, and required process conditions. This article defines the SPfill configuration checks without turning options into standard claims.
The decision this page helps you make
Start with the material and pouch data, then confirm the pump, hopper heating or holding, and agitation requirements with the equipment team. Treat piston and rotary pump references, hopper options, head count, and auxiliary modules as items for order-specific review.
Buyer questions answered here
What should be confirmed before choosing the pump? Confirm whether the product is liquid or paste, its viscosity and particle or fiber condition, the fill volume, and the pouch mouth format. The brief identifies piston and rotary pump references, but the actual pump arrangement must be confirmed for the tomato product.
When should hopper heating or holding be discussed? Discuss it when the tomato product and process require a controlled hopper condition. SPfill materials list hopper heating or heat holding as configuration-related options; they do not define them as a universal standard.
Is agitation automatically included for tomato paste? No standard inclusion should be assumed. The conical hopper can be configured with agitation, but whether it belongs in the order must be confirmed against the product and process.
Which data should a factory send for a configuration review? Provide the product state, viscosity, particle or fiber condition, pouch type and mouth format, fill volume, planned output or shift requirement, head count, power, and line-connection conditions. The available fill range is 30–2000 ml, while speed and accuracy depend on product viscosity, fill volume, and acceptance conditions.
1. Confirm the tomato product before discussing the pump
Pump selection starts with the product, not with a catalogue label. SPfill is described for liquid and paste products, with tomato sauce, tomato paste, and tomato sauce base as the priority application line. Before discussing a pump, record the product state, viscosity, particle or fiber condition, target fill volume, and pouch mouth format.
2. Treat piston and rotary pumps as items for review
The available materials mention a piston pump or a rotary pump as possible filling approaches. This is a configuration reference, not a default selection. The equipment team must match the actual pump arrangement to the tomato product, fill volume, pouch format, and process requirements. Do not turn the two pump names into a universal recommendation or claim a result that the source does not provide.
3. Confirm heating and agitation separately
The conical hopper may be configured with agitation and with heating or heat holding. For tomato paste, the question is whether the material and process require these functions under the planned operating conditions. Ask whether the order needs hopper heating, heat holding, agitation, or none of them; then record the answer as an order-specific configuration. The available materials do not establish a universal temperature, heating duty, or agitation setting.
4. Check the pouch and the complete process chain
Pump and hopper decisions are only part of the pre-check. SPfill is a premade spouted stand-up pouch filling and capping system: automatic pouch feeding and positioning are followed by filling, optional nozzle cleaning, cap handling, cap placement, screw capping, and finished-pouch discharge. The pouch format and the mouth must therefore be confirmed together with the product data, rather than reviewed as a separate packaging detail.
5. Use a configuration sheet instead of a standard-package assumption
A useful inquiry should state the product, pouch, and line conditions in one place: liquid or paste state, viscosity, particle or fiber condition, pouch width and height, mouth format, fill volume, required output, head count, power, and connection conditions. SPfill lists a 30–2000 ml fill range and 220 V, 50 Hz, 3 kW electrical data in the product brief. The listed head options are 2, 4, 8, 10, and 12; a six-head example also appears in video material and must be confirmed rather than presented as a standard option. Published speed is 30–60 pouches per minute and accuracy is up to ±1%, both subject to product, volume, and acceptance conditions.
Need to confirm the tomato paste filling configuration?
Send the product state, pouch format, fill volume, required output, and utility conditions so the pump, heating, agitation, and related modules can be reviewed against the actual process.