Top-down inspector for food and packaging
Ensure seamless product safety and quality assurance with advanced top-down inspection technology designed to reliably detect foreign objects, defects, and incompleteness in large-scale food and packaging processes.

Inspects and Detects Contaminants in Packaging
The HEUFT eXaminer II XBL from HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH is an advanced top-down X-ray inspection system engineered to enhance safety and quality control in high-speed production lines. Utilizing pulsed radiometric technology, it offers unparalleled foreign object detection in primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging. Its comprehensive inspection capabilities make it ideal for frozen pizzas, yoghurt cups, and pharmaceutical blister packs, among others. With its ability to accommodate bulky products, the system excels in identifying defects and contaminants without blind spots, ensuring consistent quality across the line.
Capable of inspecting up to 4,800 products per minute, the HEUFT eXaminer II XBL integrates seamlessly into continuous and automated operations. It boasts an innovative HEUFT reflexx A.I real-time image processing system that ensures precise detection, reducing false rejections while maintaining throughput. The system’s robust X-ray strobes and full-field image converters guarantee clear images even at fluctuating conveyor speeds. Additionally, it supports easy brand and program changes without manual reconfiguration.
Constructed with hygiene-optimized design features like sloping surfaces for easy cleaning, this equipment comes with lifetime-optimized components, contributing to a lower Total Cost of Ownership. The modular HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform offers flexibility for future upgrades, ensuring that your investment remains protected and adaptable to evolving production needs.
Benefits
- Enhances product safety by reliably detecting and rejecting contaminants and defects.
- Increases line efficiency with a high inspection rate of up to 4,800 products per minute.
- Reduces total cost of ownership with lifetime-optimized, durable components.
- Supports easy cleaning and maintenance with a hygiene-optimized design.
- Offers seamless integration and adaptability with automated brand and program changes.
- Applications
- Food,Beverages,Bulky products,Thermoform packaging,Frozen pizza,Secondary packaging,Yoghurt trays,Tertiary packaging,Primary packaging,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Vacuum-sealed deli meats,Yoghurt cups,Glass beverage bottles,Multi-layered snack packs,Plastic drink bottles,Shrink-wrapped pallets,Industrial-sized condiment jars,Frozen pizzas,Cereal boxes,Seafood packs,Pre-packaged pharmaceutical blister packs,Bulk packaged consumer goods,Tetra pak juice cartons,Canned vegetables
- Steps before
- Inspection setup,Product sorting,Conveyor alignment
- Steps after
- Product rejection,Packing,Storage,Labeling
- Input ingredients
- oversized food products,primary packaging,secondary packaging,tertiary packaging,frozen pizza boxes,yoghurt trays,bulky frozen pizza boxes,muesli products,fruit puree pots
- Output ingredients
- contaminated products removal,foreign object detection,defective products removal,non-marketable products removal,complete trays,correctly filled containers,safe and marketable packaging
- Market info
- HEUFT is known for its expertise in inline quality inspection systems and automation solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, with a reputation for innovation and reliability in ensuring product safety and integrity.
- Inspection Type
- Top-down,X-ray
- Coverage Area
- Full coverage without gaps
- Detection Type
- Pulsed X-ray
- Resolution
- High-resolution
- Inspection Speed
- Up to 4,800 products per minute
- Foreign Object Detection
- Glass,metal,plastic
- Automation
- Automatic brand and program change
- Image Converter
- Full-field image converter
- X-ray Pulse Duration
- Millisecond
- Lifetime
- Eight years (with maintenance contract)
- Sensitivity
- Enhanced edge area sensitivity
- Optional Features
- Multiple flash option
- Safety Features
- No X-ray activity during line stoppages
- Component Redundancy
- Integrated redundant filaments
- Inspection type
- Top-down X-ray
- Inspection coverage
- Full-field image,no blind spots
- Contaminant detection
- Glass,metal,plastic
- Product handling
- Pulsed X-ray
- Changeover automation
- Automatic brand/program changes
- Rejection system
- Automatic fault rejection
- Automation level
- Spectrally integrated control
- Cleaning method
- HEUFT Clean Design
- Energy efficiency
- Low radiation pulsed X-ray
- Inspection speed
- Up to 4,800 products per minute
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container type
- Oversized products
- Product type
- Frozen foods,trays,pizza boxes
- Machine footprint
- Large,extra-wide conveyor
- Image converter size
- Extra large full-field
- Inspection method
- Pulsed radiometric top-down
- Conveyor type
- Extra-wide conveyor
- Generator arrangement
- Special arrangement for full sensitivity
- Control panel type
- Integrated,with HEUFTNaVi user guidance
- X-ray strobe quantity
- Up to three top-down X-ray strobes
- Transportation method
- Conveyor belt with servo-controlled adjustment
- Control panel type
- Self-explanatory touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- Turnkey solution