When tomato purée ends up on your back
Lutz Pumpen’s FeedX mobile emptying and dosing system enables ergonomic dosing in the food industry
Wertheim, 13 October 2026 – In many food processing plants, staff still dispense highly viscous ingredients manually. For example, they lift heavy containers to pour tomato purée into a mixer. This puts a strain on staff and makes it difficult to achieve consistent dosing. The pump manufacturer is therefore presenting the FeedX mobile emptying and Dosing system at the Cibus Tec 2026 trade fair in Italy from 27 to 30 October, which enables a more ergonomic and, at the same time, more precise transfer from drums (Hall 5, Stand I 069).
A food manufacturer produces a pasta sauce. To do this, they need to dose tomato purée into a mixing machine. An employee lifts a 20-litre bucket and tips the viscous contents into the machine. “Manual dosing is still common in many factories, particularly for smaller batches and frequent recipe changes. Yet the disadvantages are obvious,” says Andreas Rössler, Sales Manager at Lutz Pumpen. “It is difficult to feed quantities in a reproducible manner, heavy containers place a strain on staff, and open handling increases the risk of contamination. To enable food businesses to dose highly viscous media more precisely, ergonomically and hygienically, we are presenting the FeedX drum emptying system at Cibus Tec 2026.”
No heavy lifting required: FeedX dispenses up to 50 litres of high-viscosity media per minute
FeedX is a mobile emptying and Dosing system: it is based on a mobile stainless-steel frame with a vertical lifting column and a horizontal boom. The B70V SanitaryPlus drum pump is mounted at the end of this boom. Its 1,100 mm-long stainless steel pump assembly can be lowered hydraulically into a drum.
Inside the pump tube, a stainless steel rotor rotates eccentrically within a stator. This creates travelling pumping chambers which convey even highly viscous media, such as tomato purée, through a hose directly into the process. A follower plate rests on the medium and moves downwards as the liquid level drops, following the Pump tubes. This ensures flawless suction performance and thorough drum emptying.
“Food processing plants no longer need to empty heavy containers by hand and can automatically dose up to 50 litres of highly viscous media per minute into the process,” says Andreas Rössler. “Furthermore, the B70 SanitaryPlus is designed to meet the hygiene requirements of food production. It is 3A-certified. All components in contact with the medium are designed to meet hygiene standards and can be quickly dismantled for cleaning thanks to threadless quick-release couplings.”
PLC enables precise dosing of highly viscous media
The FeedX also comprises a programmable logic controller (PLC) and an indirect flow measurement system on the pump tube, which enables precise dosing. The user simply needs to specify the desired dosing quantity, for example 30 litres of tomato purée. The system delivers the corresponding quantity and then switches off automatically. A recipe management function is also integrated into the PLC. “For each Medium, the system first determines how much the Pump delivers within a specific time. The PLC saves this value as a recipe,” explains Andreas Rössler. “This facilitates reproducible dosing during frequent product changes.”
About Lutz Holding GmbH
Since 1954, Lutz Holding GmbH has been synonymous with professional fluid management. The group brings together internationally active companies specialising in pump technology as well as water treatment and disinfection, and has a global presence with 16 sales and production sites in over 80 countries. The group comprises Lutz Pumpen GmbH in Wertheim, Lutz-Jesco GmbH in Wedemark and Lutz-Jesco Suisse SA in Couvet, Switzerland. Its portfolio includes pumps, systems and accessories for dosing, conveying, draining and mixing processes involving a wide variety of media. Products from the Lutz Group have applications in numerous sectors, including the chemical industry, the food industry, automotive manufacturing, water and wastewater treatment, and the paints and coatings industry.
