X-ray system designed to inspect pumped food products
Mettler Toledo (mt.com) Product Inspection developed the X38 X-ray inspection system specifically to deliver efficient, cost-effective production line X-ray inspection of pumped food products as they are moved towards final processing and packaging. Products from ground and minced meats to soups, dairy products and jams are inspected for potential contamination by glass, metal, mineral stone, calcified bone, high density plastic and rubber compounds.
The system can inspect and reject contaminated products at throughput speeds of up to 14 metric tons per hour, depending on pipe diameter and the nature of the product. In addition, as flow rates vary on the production line, the flow rate signal coming from the customer’s pump can automatically adjust the inspection system’s scan speed and rejector timing to match the production line’s flow speeds. Three standard pipe sizes, 2.5-inch (63 mm), 3-inch (75 mm) and 4-inch (100 mm) diameters, are available to meet customers’ needs, and custom diameters are also available. These pipes can be interchanged with different sizes to meet future production line upgrades.