Handtmann AL systems enhance sausage production with versatile, high-volume automation. They handle natural, artificial, and collagen casings with precision, offering models from semi-automatic to fully-automatic systems that include cutting, hanging, and rapid casing changes and modular configurations, ensuring optimal productivity and flexibility. These solutions deliver consistently high-quality sausages, minimal downtime, and enhanced cost-effectiveness. This makes AL systems ideal for producers seeking to adapt quickly to market demands with a diverse product portfolio.
LINKING & HANGING
CUTTING
PLS 115
The PLS 115 linking and cutting line is the entry-level model to the automated production of fresh products in natural and collagen casing. Manual casing change, accurate-to-the-gram weights, equal lengths and products precisely separated into individual portions or strings of any length.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
from 40 - 600mm
13-34 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
PVLS 125 plus
The PVLS 125 plus introduces automation to the production of fresh products in natural or collagen casing. Fast casing change thanks to 2-nozzle revolver, gentle linking using voider technology, as well as clean and precise separating of the products into individual portions or strings of any length.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,500 portions/min.
from 40 mm
13-40 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
PVLS 143
For the industrial-scale high-performance production of separated sausages in all types of casing. Including fully automatic casing change for collagen and artificial casing with shortest changeover times thanks to the 3-nozzle revolver. Precise linking and separating of the products into individual portions or strings of any length.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,500 portions/min.
from 40 mm
13-40 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
HANGING
PLH 216
The PLH 216 linking and hanging line is the ideal entry-level solution to automated sausage production: manual casing spooling, automatic linking via the integrated holding device, including transfer to the handing unit. Ensuring a wide range of products from a variety of sausage meats in all types of casing.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
25 - 600 mm
13 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
PVLH 226
With its portioning function via a flexible voider system and the automated casing spooling function via a linking nozzle, the PVLH 226 is perfectly suited for an efficient production of sausages in natural casing. The outcome are well-filled, visually appealing products with extraordinary weight and length accuracy.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 2,000 portions/min.
25 - 700 mm
13 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen-casing
PVLH 228
The PVLH 228 plus is characterized by a high production output thanks to short casing change times, especially when processing natural casing. Casing spooling using 2-nozzle revolver technology and voider function ensure first-class linked and hung sausages in natural, collagen and peel-off casing.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 2,000 portions/min.
from 25 mm
13 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
PVLH 246
The AL system for the reliable, industrial-scale high-performance production of sausages in all types of casing. Fully automatic casing change of collagen and artificial casing using a casing magazine, or manual casing change of natural casing. Shortest casing change times and the latest hanging technology for maximum productivity.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 2,500 portions/min.
from 25 mm
13 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
PVLH 251 (L)
The industrial-level, high-performance AL system for the portioning, linking and hanging of cooked and dry sausages, as well as meat substitute products in peel-off or shirred collagen and plant-based casing. In the PVLH 251 L variant for extra-long shirred casings perfectly suited for mono-productions such as hot dogs.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 3,750 portions/min
20 - 400 mm
13 - 34 mm
Collagen-, artificial-casing
PVLH 252 L
The PVLH 252 L model is the mirrored version of the PVLH 251 L. With its production direction from left to right, it is the perfect solution for the corresponding production environments. In combination with the latest hanging technology, optimally suited, above all, for classic hot dog production.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 3,750 portions/min
20 - 400 mm
13 - 34 mm
Collagen-, artificial-casing
AHE 228-16/-17
Straight (AHE 228-16) or pivoting version (AHE 228-17 with different working heights in front/rear) of the hanging unit. Linked sausages are reliably placed as straight or curved portions onto the hooks of the hanging unit. Optionally available with AHE scales to reduce give-away.
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
25 mm
3 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen,artificial-casing
CUTTING & HANGING
PLSH 217
Thanks to its modular design, the PLSH 217 is particularly well suited for extensive mixed production in natural, collagen and peel-off casing. Manual casing spooling and linking, as well as cutting or hanging. Either cooked or dry sausage products are hung or fresh products cut automatically.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
from 25 mm
13 - 50 mm
Natural-,collagen-casing
PVLSH 229 plus
Linking, hanging/cutting line for mixed production. Variable and reliable hanging of linked sausages using the hanging unit, or precise separating of linked sausages into individual portions or groups of your choice. Semi-automatic casing spooling with 2-nozzle revolver for natural, collagen and peel-off casing.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 2,000 portions/min.
25 mm
13 - 40 mm
Natural-,collagen-casing
KVLSH 162
Separating or hanging of linked products in alginate casing: Individual portions, perfectly linked using ConProLink technology, with closed, well-formed ends, are either cut and processed further in horizontal position or transferred in loops to the hanging unit.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 300 ortions/min.
from 80 mm
10 - 28 mm
Alginate casing
KLSH 153 Compact
The compact model with alginate feed unit to enter the world of producing cut or formed products in alginate casing. Classic production in natural, collagen or peel-off casing is also possible using the optional holding device.
Output
Product length
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 3,000 portions/min.
from 40 mm
8 - 32 mm
Alginate casing
KLSH 153
Multiple process options for sausage-shaped products in alginate casing: cutting with forming of the product ends for further processing in horizontal position or subsequent direct hanging of the products on a hanging unit. Turns into a high-performance line for cocktail products in combination with the multi-forming and separating unit.
Output
Product length
Casing types
up to 3,000 portions/min.
from 40 mm
Alginate casing
MANUAL
HV 412
In combination with a vacuum filler with linking gearbox, the HV 412 holding device is particularly suited for artisan small-scale producers. It is characterized, above all, by extremely fast yet gentle linking of products in natural casing.
Output
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 450 portions/min.
13-58 mm
Natural-,overlapped casing
HV 414
The HV 414 holding device with reduced nozzle length also provides automatic linking of products in natural, collagen and artificial casing. The finely tuned and flexible casing brake ensures fast yet gentle linking and reduces casing bursts to a minimum.
Output
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
13-58 mm
Natural-,collagen casing
HV 416
The HV 416 holding device provides automatic linking of sausage products in natural, collagen and artificial casing. With an extended nozzle length, fast casing change and easy, one-handed operation, it ensures continuous production with high linking capacity.
Output
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
13 - 58 mm
Natural-,collagen casing
AG 410
The AG 410 linking gearbox is an auxiliary device directly mounted on the vacuum filler, and effectively supports the manual linking of natural casing. In combination with a holding device, it enables the automatic linking of natural, collagen and artificial casing.
Output
Casing caliber
Casing types
up to 1,000 portions/min.
13 - 58 mm
Natrual casing
OUR TOP ADVANTAGES
Wide variety of linking solutions, from manual to fully automatic, for sausage and sausage-shaped products in all types of casing or plant-based alginate casing
Highest productivity and economic efficiency through precise and safe linking at maximum speed
Perfect linking processes implemented in modular line solutions, including a variety of upstream and downstream process steps
