Metal detector conveyor system for food safety
Ensure product integrity across high-speed production lines with robust metal detection technology designed for seamless integration and enhanced operational flexibility.
Detects and Inspects for Metal Contaminants
The FLEX Conveyor from Loma Systems is a versatile metal detector conveyor system designed to quickly address contamination challenges in food and pharmaceutical industries. Featuring the IQ4 range, it utilizes variable-frequency detection from 31 to 882 KHz, which optimizes detection accuracy across a variety of solid product types including bakery items, confectionery, snack foods, dairy products, and more.
Equipped with a robust IP69K-rated search head, the system ensures durability and reliability under harsh conditions, making it ideal for high-speed, continuous processing environments. Its fully adjustable conveyor settings allow for effortless integration into existing production lines and the ability to modify operational parameters, such as flow direction, with ease.
The 7-inch touchscreen offers an intuitive interface, reducing operator error and enhancing user interaction. The FLEX Conveyor system complies with stringent international standards, including IFS, BRC, and FSMA, and it can be customized with higher-level compliance options to meet the most demanding retail codes of practice.
For manufacturers requiring flexible operation and high levels of inspection performance, the FLEX Conveyor stands out by offering quick inspection solutions without the extended lead times of custom-built systems, all while maintaining efficiency and adherence to compliance standards.
Benefits
- Ensures product safety and compliance with variable-frequency metal detection across diverse food and pharmaceutical applications.
- Enhances operational efficiency with quick adjustments to belt speed and flow direction, minimizing production interruptions.
- Reduces user errors and training time with an intuitive 7-inch touchscreen interface.
- Maintains high hygiene standards with IP69K-rated components suitable for rigorous washdown procedures.
- Meets stringent global safety standards, enabling easy adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Applications
- Snacks,Bakery,Dried foods,Dairy and egg products,Fish,Grains,Nutraceutical,Fruit,Convenience food,Other food,Nuts,Beverages,Confectionery,Meat,Cereals,Vegetables,Poultry,Food-to-go,Pharmaceutical
- End products
- Packaged chicken breasts,Soda cans,Rice cakes,Vitamin supplements,Potato chips,Protein powder,Frozen peas,Dried lentils,Egg cartons,Ground turkey,Cornflakes,Roasted almonds,Canned peaches,Yogurt cups,Bottled beverages,Filleted fish,Bread loaves,Chocolate bars,Ready-to-eat sandwiches
- Steps before
- Sorting,Pre-packaging,Weighing,Inspection
- Steps after
- Packaging,Labelling,Distribution,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- bakery products,confectionery,snack foods,convenience food,food-to-go,dairy products,egg products,meat,poultry,fish
- Output ingredients
- inspected bakery products,inspected confectionery,inspected snack foods,inspected convenience food,inspected food-to-go,inspected dairy products,inspected egg products,inspected meat,inspected poultry,inspected fish
- Market info
- Loma is known for manufacturing industrial inspection equipment, specializing in metal detection, checkweighing, and X-ray inspection systems, widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries for quality control and ensuring product safety and compliance.
- Aperture size
- 350 x 100 mm,150 mm,200 mm | 450 x 100 mm,150 mm,200 mm,250 mm | 550 x 100 mm,150 mm,200 mm,250 mm
- Belt speed
- Adjustable
- Belt type
- Modular (Flush Grid)
- Line height
- 800 to 950 mm variable
- Power Requirements
- 230v or 115 1ph / N+E 50 or 60Hz
- System Length
- 1500 to 2100 mm
- Standard Belt Width
- 300 mm,400 mm,500 mm
- Touchscreen size
- 7” color touchscreen
- Detection range
- 31 to 882 KHz
- IP Rating
- IP66,suitable for low-pressure washdown
- Automation
- User interface with minimalizing user errors
- Automation level
- PLC
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Manual and Washdown upgrade available
- Changeover flexibility
- Flow direction change with flip of a switch
- Touchscreen usability
- Improved 7” color touchscreen
- Cleanability
- Suitable for low-pressure washdown
- Retail Codes of Practice compliance
- Higher Level Compliance
- System Length
- 1500 to 2100 mm
- Line Height Option
- 800 to 950 mm variable
- Standard Belt Width
- 300 | 400 | 500 mm
- Apertures Available (W x H mm)
- 350 x 100,150,200 | 450 x 100 x 150,200,250 | 550 x 100,150,200,250
- Material of Construction
- 304 Brushed stainless steel
- Control panel type
- 7" color touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- Conforms to IFS,BRC,and FSMA standards
- Belt Speed
- Adjustable
- Belt Length
- Variety of lengths available
- Flow direction change
- Switch operated
- Washdown upgrade
- Available