CASE STUDY
X-ray technology helps leading meat processor to balance food safety and product integrity
| 8 processing lines
Challenge
- Ageing mix of metal detectors and checkweighers
- Not suitable to detect soft contaminants such as bones
- Desire to reduce line footprint
Solution
- 8 X5 Space Saver X-ray
- Detection down to 0.4mm for metal contaminants
- Detection down 0.8mm to 1.6mm for other contaminants
Outcome
- Switch from metal detection to X-ray means wider contaminant detection capability
- Throughput of 100 packs/min while meeting quality and Code of Practice requirements
- Pack component weight and volume integrity checks now operate within a 3g tolerance