How can you protect your company?
Invest in the right technology that will identify defects before they leave your production floor. INSPX of California USA, have been supplying X-Ray inspection machinery for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries for more than 15 years.
What is X-Ray Inspection?
Traditionally associated with medical and dental treatments, X-ray inspection systems are becoming more of a part of food safety procedures. X-Ray Inspection works by using electromagnetic radiation, like light or radio waves. The wavelength of X-rays allows them to pass through materials and hidden foreign bodies, such as glass or metal, can be detected because they reflect more on the X-rays than the surrounding food.
InspX X-Ray Inspection Machinery
INSPX offer a range of X-Ray Inspection solutions with single to triple beam, top down, side view & pipeline models, that can detect a range of foreign objects such as:-
■metal objects, fillings, particles
■shards of glass
■stones
■bone
■rubber
■hard plastics
■low-contrast images such as plastics in powders
Contaminants as small as 0.5mm in size can be reliably detected.
The X-ray inspection systems are suitable for the inspection of metal cans & trays, glass bottles & jars, plastic bottles & containers, boxes & cartons, pouches, tray & bagged products and materials in pipes. X-ray systems can work in environments where metal detectors cannot, such as inspection metal containers or in high temperature areas.
The INSPX systems perform multiple tests simultaneously such as:
■package inspection, density, fill level & fill volume
■contamination inspection
■missing components and void detection
■out of conformance containers (damaged, dented or upside down)
■Checkweighing
Is it safe?
Food that passes through an x-ray inspection system spends less than one second in the x-ray beam. During that short time, it receives a very low radiation dose. There are no measurable changes to flavours, textures or nutritional values. X-ray inspection is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the inspection of all food, beverage and pharmaceutical products.
For all these reasons, X-ray inspection equipment is now an integral part of the food inspection process, and as X-ray systems become more sophisticated, advanced and intelligent, their future in the food industry is assured.
