Metering device for metering liquid or pasty products, in particular foods, and production machine having such a metering device

Abstract

A metering device for a metering of liquid or pasty products, in particular food products, includes at least one frame unit (12) and a plurality of pump units (14) for conveying the liquid or pasty products, the pump units (14) being arranged, in particular fixed, on an, in particular plate-shaped, base element (16), in particular on a format plate, of the frame unit (12). The metering device includes at least one stiffening unit (18) having at least one stiffening element (22, 24) which has at least one fluid line (20, 38) and which connects the pump units (14) to one another in an at least substantially rigid manner, the stiffening element (22, 24) being arranged at the pump units (14) on a side of the pump units (14) that faces away from the base element (16) and/or from pump discharge nozzles (60) of the pump units (14).

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