Industrial Manipulators for the Food Industry

The food industry demands strict compliance with hygiene standards while handling a wide variety of products such as cheeses, hams, pasta packages, bottles, cartons, containers, tanks, and bags. Manual lifting in these environments not only slows production but also increases the risk of product damage, contamination, and operator strain.

Dalmec industrial manipulators provide ergonomic, hygienic, and precise solutions tailored to food processing and packaging. Constructed from stainless steel and designed for easy cleaning, our manipulators ensure safe and contamination-free handling while optimising workflows and improving operator wellbeing across food production lines.

The food sector presents unique challenges, as operators must handle a wide variety of loads ranging from fragile bottles and cartons to heavy containers, tanks, and bulk bags. Each product requires careful movement to prevent damage, contamination, or spillage, all while complying with strict food safety and hygiene regulations.

Manual handling in food production environments can expose workers to ergonomic strain, repetitive lifting injuries, and hygiene risks, while inefficiencies can slow down packaging, storage, and distribution processes. To meet these demands, manufacturers need specialised manipulators designed with stainless steel construction, smooth surfaces for easy cleaning, and precise gripping systems that safeguard both the product and the operator.

Dalmec offers a wide range of lift-assist manipulators engineered for the food industry that provide hygienic, ergonomic, and safe handling of cheeses, frozen meat, barrels, yogurts, boxes, bags, water jugs, and other varied food products—minimising manual strain, protecting product integrity, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.

• Cardboard Packages Balancer: The Partner Equo balancer with jaws gripping system safely picks up and overturns large cardboard packaging with capacities up to ~30 kg.

• Handling of Cheeses: Pneumatic manipulators with pinch-jaw tooling enable fast, precise, and ergonomic handling of cheeses with or without packaging.

• Plastic Container Handling: Partner Equo manipulators with pinch jaws grip one to three food containers from roller conveyors and position them accurately on pallets.

• Wooden Barrels Lifting: Partner Equo manipulators with pinch-jaw tooling ensure safe and efficient lifting and movement of heavy wooden barrels.

• Frozen Meat Handling: Stainless-steel manipulators fitted with hooks provide hygienic and safe handling of frozen meat blocks or cuts.

• Bag Handling (Tomato Concentrate): Partner type manipulators pick up heavy bags of tomato concentrate from crates and place them on conveyors with minimal operator effort.

• Zero Balancer for Boxes: Zero-gravity balancers allow effortless and precise lifting of boxes filled with bottles or packaged food items.

• Yoghurt Packs Handling: Partner Equo manipulators with retractable fork tooling make lifting and stacking yoghurt packs safe, quick, and ergonomic.

• Water Jugs Handling: Manipulators with vacuum gripping systems handle multiple water jugs at once, streamlining packaging and palletising.

• Metal Drum Handling: Pinch-jaw equipped manipulators provide safe and efficient lifting of heavy metal drums in food production facilities.

In the food industry, material handling must guarantee both operator safety and product hygiene. Dalmec manipulators are designed in stainless steel with smooth, easy-to-clean surfaces, reducing contamination risks while ensuring compliance with strict food safety regulations. By replacing strenuous manual lifting of heavy loads such as cheeses, barrels, cartons, and bags, they protect workers from strain injuries, increase productivity on packaging and processing lines, and safeguard delicate food products from damage during handling.

Dalmec industrial manipulators are fully bespoke, tailored to your workflow and environmental conditions. From initial design to final installation, testing, and training, Dalmec engineers are involved at every stage. Our UK service teams provide rapid maintenance and spare parts support, ensuring minimal downtime for your operations.