The 90° pipe elbow with tap is a key component included with the FillOmat® filling machine, designed to ensure efficient and hassle-free operation from the very beginning. Made of high-quality stainless steel, this accessory stands out for its durability, resistance, and innovative design.
90° elbow with a top tap for the FillOmat® bottling machine: the part that solves priming, which is the awkward moment of any doser.
The tap is not for filling jars: it is for filling the machine. A volumetric pump does not dose until its head is full of honey, because air cannot be dosed. This elbow opens a second inlet on top: you open the tap, the honey drops straight into the head, the gears fill and the machine is primed in seconds.
01 · PRIMING IS THE BOTTLENECK
Without this part, priming means waiting for the honey to climb the suction hose on its own, and with dense or cold honey that takes a while every time you start a batch, change drum or empty the circuit. With the tap on top the filling is by gravity and direct.
02 · NOT THE PLAIN ELBOW
These are the two parts of the FillOmat® catalogue that get mixed up most. This is the 90° one with the priming tap; the 31541 is the plain transverse elbow, with no tap, and only changes the direction of the line. Both are food-safe stainless steel and work on the same 38 mm circuit.
03 · BEFORE YOU BUY
This corrects something that had been published here for a while.
| ✓ FITS | FillOmat® bottling machine, on its 38 mm circuit. |
| ⚠ NOT STANDARD KIT | The maker lists it as an accessory, not within the machine's delivery: the FillOmat® comes with a suction hose, check valve, two nozzles and two clamps. |
| ✕ NOT THE PLAIN ONE | If all you need is the change of direction, with no tap, that is the transverse elbow 31541. |
| Maker's reference | 31540-2 (Rohrbogen 90° inkl. Quetschhahn) |
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| Function | Priming the head by gravity and turning the line through 90° |
| Tap | Yes, on top, for priming |
| Material | Food-safe stainless steel |
| Connection diameter | 38 mm |
| Angle | 90° |
| Machine | FillOmat® bottling machine |
| Reference | BR-31540-2 |
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The 90° pipe elbow with tap is a key component included with the FillOmat® filling machine, designed to ensure efficient and hassle-free operation from the very beginning. Made of high-quality stainless steel, this accessory stands out for its durability, resistance, and innovative design.
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