New Packaging Equipment: January 2020
X-ray, metal detection, checkweighing and vision systems continue to advance, offering bakery and snack producers many ways to improve their quality control programs.
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Company: Eagle Product Inspection
Website: www.eaglepi.com
Equipment Snapshot: Eagle Pack 720 Pro X-ray. Eagle’s dual-energy Material Discrimination X-ray (MDX) technology is used to inspect challenging products, identifying materials by their chemical composition. Dual-energy MDX technology overcomes limitations of interpreting a grayscale image, making inorganic contaminants easier to identify in ‘busy’ images.
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Company: Eriez
Website: www.eriez.com
Equipment Snapshot: Eriez recently introduced Xtreme Vertical Drop Metal Detectors, which detect the presence of ferrous, nonferrous and stainless metal contaminants in gravity free-fall applications in bakery and snack processing. Available in wall- or floor-mount designs, they strike a balance between absolute detection of all metal contaminants and elimination of false signals that slow down production. They also offer easy set-up and reporting as well as remote access capabilities.
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Company: Fortress Technology
Website: www.fortresstechnology.com
Equipment Snapshot: Bakery and snack producers can use X-ray, metal detection and vision systems individually or in combination to eliminate products that contain metal, glass, plastic or even accidental allergens, according to Steve Gidman, president, Fortress Technology Inc., Toronto.
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Company: Heat and Control
Website: www.heatandcontrol.com
Equipment Snapshot: The Ishida IX-GN Series X-ray inspection system, available from Heat and Control Inc., Hayward, CA, offers seven-step image analysis technology that simultaneously detects foreign objects.
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Company: Key Technology
Website: www.key.net
Equipment Snapshot: Key Technology, Walla Walla, WA, offers VERYX digital sorters that can be equipped to achieve all-sided surface inspection, which maximizes foreign material (FM) and defect detection.
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Company: Mettler Toledo
Website: www.mt.com
Equipment Snapshot: Mettler Toledo Product Inspection has introduced GC Series conveyorized metal detection systems that offer a highly configurable design that can adapt to the changing requirements of the food industry. They can be supplied with a variety of Safeline metal detectors, polyurethane or modular belts, and various reject mechanisms.
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Company: Reiser
Website: www.reiser.com
Equipment Snapshot: Reiser, Canton, MA, has introduced the VPC715, the first checkweigher designed for high-speed bakeries, according to John McIsaac, vice president of strategic business development.
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Company: Sightline Process Control Inc.
Website: www.spci.ca
Equipment Snapshot: Sightline Process Control Inc., a KPM Analytics company, Ottawa, Ontario, is now delivering its second generation vision inspection systems featuring enhancements like more imaging options, LED lighting, improved frame design, new rejection options, and ever-evolving software features.
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Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Website: www.thermofisher.com
Equipment Snapshot: Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced a combination checkweighing and metal detection system. The Sentinel 3000 is a Multiscan metal detector that fits directly on the frame of the checkweigher.