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10L
Horus
Subheadline: Stop wrestling with fixed, hard-to-clean tubes. Our detachable, nut-on design gives you a safer, faster way to switch between sausage calibers — all while keeping your line audit-ready.
Fixed stuffing tubes are a bottleneck you feel every day, and a food safety risk you don’t see until it’s too late.
Pain point 1: Deep-seated contamination.
A one-piece tube welded or permanently mounted onto the machine traps meat residue in dead corners. Even aggressive Clean-In-Place (CIP) cycles can leave biofilm behind because the spray ball can’t reach inside a long, narrow tube.
Why this matters: You’re one failed environmental swab away from a major customer rejection or a third-party audit finding.
Pain point 2: Time-wasting caliber changeovers.
Switching from 16 mm collagen casings for snack sticks to 24 mm for breakfast sausages means stopping the whole line, loosening clamps, and manhandling a heavy assembly. Often it’s a 20-minute job that burns labor and kills OEE.
Why this matters: On a high-mix production day, those 20-minute blocks stack up into hours of lost throughput. Your machine isn’t the bottleneck — the tube changeover is.
Pain point 3: One-size-forces-compromise.
If your machine came with a single stuffing tube, you run everything through the same diameter. To fill smaller casings you slow down and risk back-pressure smearing; for chubbs you push too fast and create voids or tailing.
Why this matters: Inconsistent fill quality directly hits your pack weight accuracy and shelf appearance — both things retail buyers penalize you for.
This isn’t about having a spare part; it’s about building a production line that can flex without friction.
Rapid product changeover → higher daily throughput.
Unscrew one tube, screw on the next. Total swap time: under 2 minutes with no tools. Translation for the production manager: your morning schedule can now realistically run four SKUs instead of two.
Match the tube diameter to the casing → better fill quality.
A smaller tube for thin collagen casings reduces back-pressure and prevents fat smearing. A larger tube for fibrous chubbs fills faster without tearing. Translation: uniform portions, fewer casing bursts, less rework.
One machine, multiple revenue streams.
The included 4 sizes let you produce cocktail franks, standard links, ring sausages, and large salami chubbs on the same filler — without buying a separate dedicated machine. Translation: higher asset utilization, faster payback.
Hygienic validation becomes repeatable.
Because the tube comes completely off, your sanitation crew can visually inspect, brush, and swab every internal surface. Translation: you are no longer praying that the CIP cycle “probably” got it clean. You can prove it.
Every material and design choice is made to satisfy a third-party auditor and a maintenance technician equally.
304 stainless steel, full-length.
Technical term: AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel with <0.08% carbon.
In plain language: This is real food-grade stainless — the same family used in dairy and pharmaceutical equipment. It won’t rust, it won’t react with acidic sausage batters (think fermented salami), and it won’t leach any metallic taste into your product.
Nut-secured detachable connection.
Instead of a friction-fit or a welded joint, the tube is held onto the filler’s outlet by a heavy-gauge 304 nut with food-grade PTFE sealing washer.
Why this is superior: A nut provides positive mechanical engagement — you can feel and see when it’s fully tightened. No partial engagement that vibrates loose mid-batch. The sealing washer prevents meat paste from sneaking into the threads, the #1 hiding spot for bacteria.
Seamless internal bore, polished to 0.8 µm Ra.
Technical term: Internal surface finish ≤ 0.8 µm Ra, achieved via mechanical honing and electropolishing.
What that actually means for you: The inside of the tube is smoother than a mirror to the touch. Meat paste slips through without sticking, and more importantly, bacteria have no microscopic crevices to anchor in. A 10-second rinse removes 99.9% of visible soil.
Material color & finish: bright annealed, satin sheen.
You’ll receive the tubes in a uniform, matte-silver surface — the natural look of passivated 304 stainless. No paint, no coating that could chip into product. The satin finish also resists scratches from daily handling and alkaline foaming cleaners. Why it matters: consistent visual surface means any pitting or corrosion is instantly visible during pre-op inspection, triggering a proactive replacement instead of a contamination event.
We don’t ask you to trust datasheets. Here’s how these tubes are tested.
Salt spray corrosion resistance (ASTM B117):
Samples endured 200+ hours of neutral salt spray with zero red rust. Why it’s relevant: Your sanitation crew uses chlorinated alkaline foams and quaternary ammonium sanitizers — highly corrosive to low-grade stainless. These tubes won’t pit or develop micro-cracks that harbor pathogens.
Pressure-hold integrity:
Each tube assembly is hydrostatically tested at 2× the maximum rated stuffing pressure of the filler (typically 30 bar / 435 psi). Zero leaks at the nut connection. Plain meaning: Even with a thick, near-frozen batter that creates high back-pressure, the tube won’t blow off or seep meat into the threads.
Cleanability validation (ATP bioluminescence swab test):
After a standard manual wash/rinse/sanitize cycle, internal surface swab readings consistently ≤ 10 RLU — well below the typical 30 RLU pass/fail threshold for food contact surfaces. Translation: A semi-skilled operator with a basic tube brush can achieve a “sanitary clean” that an ATP meter will confirm. No specialized CIP programming needed.
Dimensional interchangeability:
All tubes within a size lot are machined to a ±0.05 mm tolerance on the connecting thread and spigot diameter. Real-world result: Any 16 mm tube from our batch fits any machine of the matching model without shimming, grinding, or forcing — true plug-and-play.
The machine ships with a set of four standard stuffing tubes covering the most common sausage calibers:
| Tube Outer Diameter | Typical Application | Matching Casing Type |
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| 12 mm | Snack sticks, slim jims | 14–16 mm collagen |
| 16 mm | Breakfast links, cocktail franks | 18–20 mm collagen / sheep |
| 22 mm | Standard hot dogs, ring sausage | 23–26 mm collagen / natural |
| 30 mm | Salami chubbs, large bologna | 32+ mm fibrous / plastic |
Need a non-standard diameter?
This is where “customizable” becomes a real business advantage. Because the tube is detachable via a standard nut interface, we can manufacture tubes in 10 mm, 38 mm, or any other diameter your product requires — without modifying the machine.
Why this matters for B2B buyers: You can take on a retail partner that demands a unique diameter without buying a new filler. You’re only investing in a precision-machined tube, not capital equipment.
How the custom tube process works:
You provide the target casing diameter and batter characteristics (emulsion vs. coarse ground).
Our engineering team recommends the optimal tube OD/wall thickness to balance flow rate and casing fill quality.
We produce a first-article sample and ship it to you for in-line testing.
Upon your sign-off, production quantities (even a single unit) are manufactured to the approved spec.
Lead time: typically 5–7 business days for standard custom sizes.
Technical note: The nut interface is backward compatible with our older models, so existing customers can upgrade their tube fleet without retrofitting the filler body.
Q: Will meat get stuck inside the threaded area where the nut attaches?
A: The design prevents this. A PTFE sealing washer sits between the tube flange and the machine outlet. When the nut is hand-tightened, the washer compresses and creates a flush, crevice-free seal. Meat paste never reaches the threads. During disassembly, you wipe the smooth flange face — no digging paste out of threads. Audit point: This meets 3-A Sanitary Standards for mechanically sealed joints.
Q: How long does it really take to swap a tube mid-shift?
A: On average, 90 seconds. The operator unscrews the knurled nut by hand (no wrench needed), slides off the tube, slides on the next size, and retightens. Because the machine’s outlet is stationary and self-centering, realignment is automatic. No post-swap weight re-calibration is required.
Q: Are these tubes dishwasher-safe or COP-friendly?
A: Yes. The entire tube can be placed in a standard industrial parts washer or COP (Clean-Out-of-Place) tank. The 304 stainless and PTFE washer are rated for continuous exposure to 80°C washing solution and common enzymatic cleaners. Recommendation: Keep one set washing while another set runs production to eliminate sanitation downtime entirely.
Q: What if we drop a tube and dent the outlet tip?
A: A dented tip will affect casing alignment. That’s the beauty of a detachable design: you replace only that single tube, not a whole welded assembly. We stock all four sizes as spare SKUs and can ship a replacement within 48 hours. Keeping one backup tube per size is a cheap insurance policy against line stoppage.
Q: Does the tube diameter affect the declared net weight accuracy?
A: The tube itself does not control portion weight — that’s the filler’s metering system — but it does influence fill consistency. A tube too large for the casing can cause non-uniform filling, which leads to weight variation. Using the correct diameter from our provided selection chart helps the filler maintain its accuracy spec of ≤±1% portion weight.
Upgrade your stuffing station with the quick-change hygiene and flexibility you’ve been missing.
For existing machine owners: Order the 4-tube upgrade kit — includes all standard sizes plus spare PTFE washers.
For new line planners: Request a filler bundle that includes the multi-size tube set and an extra set for CIP rotation.
Need a non-standard diameter? Ask for a free tube sizing consultation. Tell us your casing specs and our engineers will recommend the optimal tube geometry.
