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Industrial inspection equipment is used for checking compliance with health, safety, and quality control standards. For that reason, inspection systems are most commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry but, they are also used in other industries too. Inspection solutions are often integrated into a production process or production line. Visual inspection systems perform checks to detect variation in size, shape, and color and ensure the presence of labels and closures. Check-weigh systems help ensure that product packages are not under or over-filled. Metal detection systems can help guard against the presence of foreign objects in product containers and X-ray inspection equipment is used to detect physical defects and to ensure high quality package seal integrity.

Inspection

Healthcare products are goods or services used to improve, maintain or prevent the deterioration of health or ease the consequences of illness. Healthcare products include a wide range of goods, from hospital clothing, over plasters, wound care products and diagnostic devices. These products must be clean and contamination-free, which is achieved with strictly regulated healthcare equipment.

Healthcare products

X-ray inspection is used to detect foreign objects and to identify quality issues during production. It works by detecting contaminants or defects on the basis of variation in density from the standard product. Inspection systems based on X-rays can also be used to detect the fill level in opaque containers and to locate air bubbles, breakage and other manufacturing defects. Choosing a suitable X-ray inspection system requires consideration of the physical form of the product, the type of product container, desired sensitivity, production line speed, and the specific inspection objectives.

Industrial

When managing the packaging of free-flowing products or black tea in high volumes, maintaining efficiency and product quality is paramount. Challenges often include ensuring knotting accuracy, avoiding interruptions, and integrating seamlessly into existing production lines.
<h2>Package up to 400 tea bags per minute</h2>
The C24-T by IMA Group is a high-speed packaging solution designed specifically for knotted naked tea bags and free-flowing products such as black tea. With a capability to produce up to 400 bags per minute, it offers excellent productivity while minimizing the equipment's footprint. The C24-T incorporates features such as mechanical single bag rejection and a video camera conformity control to ensure constant product quality. The machine is capable of accepting an external weight control and adjustment device if needed. Designed for easy integration into existing lines, it can also be equipped with an automatic cartoning attachment for various pre-erected cartons from 1 to 4 rows, ensuring seamless end-of-line packaging. With a total installed power of 17 kW and an average power consumption of 2.8 kW, the C24-T is efficient in operation. The equipment's PC-controlled, motor-driven safety guards offer fast opening and closing, contributing to its reliability. Additionally, the C24-T allows the use of sustainable packaging materials, making it an eco-friendly choice.

High-speed tea bag packaging solution

Cartoning involves erecting a folded carton, filling it with the product, closing the flaps, or applying a lid and sealing with glue or adhesive tape. Choosing a cartoning solution involves, considering the type of primary packaging, the production volume, the size and count of the product in a carton, and the desired level of automation.

Cartoning

Packaging

solid

Continuous

In the production of optical films, ensuring defect-free quality is paramount to meet stringent industry standards. Detecting and managing minute defects such as scratches, gels, or contamination in real-time can pose significant challenges, impacting both product yield and manufacturing efficiency.
<h2>Enhance film quality with precision defect detection</h2>
The film inspection system by IINSPEC.TECH utilizes cutting-edge machine vision and advanced illumination techniques to accurately detect a wide range of defects on film surfaces. Featuring area scan camera technology, the system employs different illumination types, including bright field and dark field, to enhance defect detection capabilities. This unique design enables optimal viewing angles regardless of film width or installation space constraints, ensuring robust detection even in the presence of film vibrations. Additionally, the system offers 100% in-line distortion measurement for optical films, complete run documentation, and integration with line-stream processes such as slitting, rewinding, and marking.

Advanced film inspection system for defect detection

Industrial measurement equipment is used as a crucial step before products leave the production line. These measuring instruments check for correct dosage and standards. Equipment for measurement and control employs a wide range of technologies to detect inconsistencies in volumes, sizes, weights, and fill levels as well as to inspect goods for quality against a set of criteria. Specialized measuring tools allow you to minimize the probability for error to its lowest possible, ensuring that both products and packaging meet your benchmarks.

Measurement &amp; Control

Sorting is the process of arranging items systematically, using a specified criterion, to categorize and group similar items and identify non-conforming items for removal. The choice of a sorting machine depends on the type of item to sort, the sorting criteria, the number of categories that the items need to be sorted into, sorting speed, and accuracy. Sorting machines can be used in the food processing industry for sorting and categorizing fruits, vegetables, empty bottles, crates, and other items; other examples include sorting of tablets and capsules by weight for quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. As well as sorting waste in the recycling industry. Manual sorting is a laborious task however, with the use of specialized equipment, manufacturers are able to automate their sorting at high speeds.

Sorting

In high-speed production lines for beverages, food, and pharmaceuticals, the rapid and accurate removal of faulty or non-brand containers is crucial to maintain quality and efficiency.
<h2>Ensure precise rejection and distribution</h2>
The HEUFT rejector is designed to discharge, reject upright, and distribute defective or non-brand containers. The single-segment systems, such as the HEUFT pusher, can handle up to 130,000 containers per hour with precision. For operations requiring no compressed air, the HEUFT e-mono offers a flexible, electrically-operated alternative, rejecting up to 180,000 containers per hour. The multi-segment systems like the HEUFT DELTA-FW are ideal for filled bottles and cans, using up to 16 segments to ensure only faulty containers are rejected at speeds of up to 150,000 containers per hour. HEUFT's systems are suited for various container types, including PET and glass, making them versatile across different industries operated by high-speed production lines.

Industrial container rejector for faulty product removal

Rejecting

liquid

In production lines dealing with outer packaging, the need to swiftly remove faulty crates, cardboard boxes, or shrink wrap packages is critical. Incorrectly packaged items not only disrupt operations but could also result in considerable costs and machine downtime if not addressed efficiently.
<h2>Ensures accurate rejection and distribution</h2>
The HEUFT case rejector is designed to efficiently remove faulty cases from the production line. It features load-dependent control systems that adjust the rejection force based on the weight of each case, ensuring smooth removal of non-brand and defective packaging. HEUFT offers various models, including the xcase, which guarantees brand purity by adapting the force to the load, and the xtray with three rejection fingers for tray removal. For different case types, the maxi-flip ensures consistent rejection distances, while the maxi-laner offers a compact solution for space-constrained environments by rejecting and distributing cases onto multiple lanes.

Industrial case rejector for faulty packaging

Conveyor systems are used for moving materials from one location to another. Considerations for choosing a suitable industrial conveying system include the nature of the product, its physical state, the desired conveying rate, and sensitivity of the product to heat and mechanical shock. Conveying equipment is used in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biomass, and mineral industries to move materials around a warehouse as well as to transport bulk powders, granules, and grains for processing and filling. These types of systems are usually automated and there is a wide variety of solutions to choose when it comes to the type of conveyor. Types include screw, gravity, chain, roller and belt conveyors.

Conveying

Complex processes call for continuous tracking and monitoring systems that help you to keep the manufacturing operation under control. The technology analyzes the components in the production phase for divergence in behavior or changes in conditions. Based on advanced software applications, monitoring platforms make sure that your products satisfy the quality criteria while they are being developed.

Monitoring

Weighing

In pharmaceutical manufacturing, ensuring the integrity and quality of filled containers and packages is crucial. Undetected foreign particles, faulty syringes, and incorrect tablet packaging can compromise product safety and efficacy.
<h2>Detect and reject defective pharmaceutical packages</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XB is an advanced inspection system designed to identify and remove defective pharmaceutical containers, syringes, and blister packs. Utilizing unique pulsed X-ray technology, it maximizes detection reliability by using X-ray flashes lasting only a millisecond. This ensures thorough inspection with minimal radiation exposure. The HEUFT reflexx A.I. real-time image processing system, combined with full-field image converters, differentiates real faults from apparent ones accurately. This makes it particularly effective for finding minute foreign particles made of glass, metal, and plastic, as well as detecting incomplete products. It operates efficiently at speeds up to 2,400 products per minute, making it suitable for high-volume production lines.

Top-down x-ray inspection for pharmaceutical packages

In the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the integrity of syringes and cannulas before filling them with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is paramount. Challenges include detecting bent needles, internal piercings, and faulty sealing elements that conventional inspection technologies might miss.
<h2>Ensure safe and accurate inspection of syringes</h2>
The HEUFT Syringer is an advanced inspection system designed for the pharmaceutical industry. Using HEUFT's unique pulsed X-ray technology, this system can detect slight needle piercings, bent needles, and internal flaws in syringes and cannulas that conventional camera technologies might miss. The pulsed X-ray flashes, lasting only a thousandth of a second, minimize radiation exposure while eliminating motion blurs during high-speed inspections. This allows for the reliable inspection of up to 1,200 syringes per minute. Additionally, the HEUFT Syringer ensures accurate detection of foreign contaminants and faults, such as internal contamination and faulty sealing elements. The system guarantees compliance with FDA, GMP, GAMP5, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements, ensuring your product meets the highest standards. With features like real-time image processing through HEUFT reflexx A.I. and seamless integration into packing machines or as a standalone solution, the HEUFT Syringer provides a comprehensive solution for syringe and cannula quality assurance.

Syringe and cannula inspection system

Ensuring the safety and integrity of medicinal products in pharmaceutical manufacturing is critical. Contaminated or defective vials pose significant risks, calling for advanced inspection technologies that can identify and remove faulty vials before they reach patients.
<h2>Complete inspection for pharmaceutical vials</h2>
The HEUFT spotter II PHS is a fully automated vial inspection system designed for maximum detection reliability. Utilizing sophisticated optical detection and unique X-ray strobes, this compact linear system inspects vials containing between 2 ml and 100 ml for foreign objects, glass defects, contamination, and fill level deviations. It also verifies the integrity of crimp caps or screw closures. The HEUFT reflexx A.I. module processes and combines detection images in real time for comprehensive 360° coverage. High-performance cameras and adaptive LED lighting ensure that even the finest defects and contaminants are identified. This system, provided by HEUFT, complies with FDA, GMP, and GAMP5 requirements, making it ideal for pharmaceutical applications. The system's highly automated HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform reduces manual intervention and ensures long-term operational reliability with minimal maintenance costs.

Vial inspection system for pharmaceutical products

Ensuring the integrity and safety of pharmaceutical vials is crucial to prevent contamination and inaccuracies in dosage. The challenge lies in detecting defects and impurities in various vial sizes, from 20 ml to 1000 ml, filled with different types of products such as liquids, powders, and granules.
<h2>Detect and remove defective vials efficiently</h2>
The HEUFT spotter II PHL is a comprehensive vial inspection system designed for detecting and removing defective vials in the pharmaceutical industry. Equipped with superior optics and unique pulsed X-ray technology, it meticulously inspects vials for quality defects and safety risks including deviations in filling quantity, glass defects, closure leaks, contamination, and foreign matter. The system handles vials with capacities ranging from 20 ml to 1000 ml, ensuring reliable detection of glass splinters or metal pieces even in powders and lyophilized products. It features high-performance optical modules for complete sidewall inspection and servo-controlled rotation for thorough base inspection. The linear design of the HEUFT spotter II PHL allows for high capacity and efficient in-line operation. Developed by HEUFT, this system integrates seamlessly into automated production lines, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards such as FDA, GMP, and 21 CFR Part 11.

Vial inspection system for pharmaceutical industry

Detection

Filling lines are used extensively in all industries, such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics, to accurately package different products into a container suitable for that product. Although the filling process is at the very end of the production line, it is no less important than the earlier steps. Last but not least, the idiom that dates back to 1382 when John Wyclif wrote the firste the laste, and the laste the firste, indicates just that the last things on a list are just as valuable as the previous ones. In this case, this idiom fits perfectly.

Filling

Powder

In the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the integrity and quality of each product container is critical. Failures in fill levels, closure tightness, and labeling can lead to costly recalls and compliance issues. An automated, precise, and comprehensive inspection system is needed to mitigate these risks.
<h2>Ensures quality with automated checks and rejections</h2>
The HEUFT PRIME is a compact full product inspection system designed specifically for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and care product industries. What sets the HEUFT PRIME apart are its integrated detection technologies that can inspect fill levels, closure presence and position, and label adherence. Infrared, high-frequency, and X-ray technologies enable precise fill level detection for both transparent and opaque containers. The closure detection module identifies missing, misaligned, or leaking closures with special sensor and optical technologies. Label checks are conducted using sensors that exploit the reflection characteristics of the container surface and label material. In addition, the HEUFT PRIME employs a serial fault detection mechanism to prevent recurring issues from affecting entire batches. Its high degree of automation, coupled with the audiovisual HEUFT NaVi user guidance system, makes it user-friendly. Furthermore, the system supports network-based documentation and remote maintenance for enhanced quality management.

Compact full product inspection system for pharmaceuticals

Labels provide customers with important information about both your product and your brand. Different labeling technology attaches the printed film to the packaging using a range of methods such as shrink wrapping, side sealing, and adhesives. For added traceability and protection, you may also use serialization coding equipment and anti-tampering labeling systems.

Labeling

In the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries, ensuring product quality throughout the entire filling process is essential. Problems such as underfilling, overfilling, faulty closures, and label errors can lead to significant disruptions and potential safety issues.
<h2>Ensure quality with precise fill level and closure checks</h2>
The HEUFT SPECTRUM II VX is an advanced full container inspection system designed for the rigorous demands of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. It inspects containers such as vials, flacons, ampoules, pots, and shampoo bottles for fill level accuracy of both powdery and liquid contents. The device also checks closures and labels, identifying faults with specialized sensor, camera, and ultrasonic technologies. Automated sampling ensures representative quality assurance. This modular system offers exceptional efficiency by distributing the production flow onto multiple lanes and accurately rejecting faulty containers. The integration of the HEUFT NaVi user guidance ensures ease of operation, and the HEUFT reflexx A.I. real-time image processing minimizes false rejection rates. HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GmbH developed this system to support precise, reliable, and comprehensive full container inspection.

Full container inspection for pharma and food industries

Industrial sampling equipment are systems that allow manufacturers to test (in other words to take a sample of) the products they are manufacturing. This process is generally implemented as a means of quality control but it can also be used as a mean to ensure that production processes adhere to certain regulatory standards. Quality control in your manufacturing process starts with precision sampling techniques. Automated systems deliver consistent samples at a pre-set rate for accurate testing and probing. Sampling technology uses a calibration system involving a series of sensors to extract the material at high levels of reliability.

Sampling

In pharmaceutical production, ensuring that syrup and medicine bottles are free from foreign matter is critical for maintaining product safety and regulatory compliance. Traditional inspection methods might miss low density or hidden contaminants, necessitating advanced detection technologies.
<h2>Detect foreign objects in filled containers</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XOS effectively identifies and eliminates a wide range of contaminants in filled syrup and medicine bottles. Utilizing both optical and pulsed X-ray technologies, this system ensures comprehensive detection of solid foreign objects, including glass splinters, metal pieces, and plastic. This solution minimizes radiation exposure and prevents motion blurs in X-ray images through unique X-ray strobes that emit radiation only when a container is in the inspection area. The HEUFT reflexx A.I. image processing system processes and analyzes detection pictures in real time, significantly reducing the false rejection rate. Servo-controlled alignment guarantees complete inspection of the bottle base and 360° sidewall. The high level of automation, combined with intuitive HEUFT NaVi user guidance, simplifies operation and maintenance. This system is especially suited for the pharmaceutical industry, complying with FDA, GMP, GAMP5, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.

Foreign matter detection for syrup and medicine bottles

Ensuring the product mass is free from foreign objects before packaging is critical in the food and beverage industry. However, traditional methods often fail to identify contaminants like metal pieces, glass splinters, or stones in liquids and paste-like products.
<h2>Detect and reject foreign objects efficiently</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XT is a state-of-the-art pipeline inspection system designed for the precise detection of foreign objects in liquid and paste-like products. Utilizing advanced pulsed X-ray technology, it offers extensive coverage and high sensitivity. The HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform powers this system, providing robust automation and minimal manual intervention. Specialized image processing with HEUFT reflexx A.I. distinguishes between hazardous contaminants and harmless structures, reducing false rejections. Its compact, hermetically sealed design ensures a high-hygiene environment, perfect for products like sauce, jam, syrup, yogurt, and sausage meat. High-speed and fluctuating transport speeds are managed without compromising detection accuracy. Features include real-time image processing, self-diagnostics, and remote maintenance via HEUFT TeleService, ensuring consistent and efficient operation.

Pipeline inspection for liquid and paste-like products

In food production, detecting foreign objects such as glass, metal, and stones in products is critical to ensuring safety and quality. Problems arise when traditional methods fail to identify contaminants accurately, leading to potential recalls and safety concerns.
<h2>Ensure food safety with pulsed x-ray technology</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XB is an advanced system designed for the integrity check of packaged and unpackaged food. It utilizes a unique combination of pulsed X-ray technology and compact full-field image converters to perform top-down inspections, detecting solid foreign objects with high precision. Unlike continuous beam systems, the pulsed approach emits X-ray flashes lasting only a millisecond, minimizing radiation exposure while preventing motion blurs even at line speeds up to 1,200 products per minute. This system also features HEUFT NaVi user guidance for error-free operation and is highly automated, making brand and format changes seamless. With the ability to inspect large-sized products and a low false rejection rate thanks to the HEUFT reflexxA.I real-time image processing system, this device is well-suited for the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Foreign object detection for packaged and unpackaged food

Ensuring food safety when dealing with filled squeeze bottles, composite packs, food cans, or stand-up pouches can be challenging due to potential contamination from foreign objects such as metal, stones, or hard plastic fragments.
<h2>Detect and reject contaminated food containers</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XS is a compact foreign object detection system designed for comprehensive and precise inspection of food packaging. It uses exclusive pulsed X-ray technology to detect contaminants from base to fill line, ensuring no blind spots. The system features two X-ray strobes that cover the entire volume of containers on the conveyor. One strobe operates from the base to the middle at an angle, and the other covers the rest horizontally, making minute contaminants around the fill line visible. Deviations like thickness variations in the container base are dynamically compensated in real time. The HEUFT SPECTRUM II control platform ensures highly automated and reliable operation, while the HEUFT reflexx A.I. image processing uses advanced machine learning techniques to enhance detection accuracy. Additionally, integrated reject systems ensure that contaminated containers are removed promptly. The HEUFT eXaminer II XS is suitable for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, providing high-resolution X-ray images and reducing false rejection rates. This system also supports easy function extensions for further quality control tasks such as fill level detection and label verification.

Pulsed x-ray foreign object inspection for food packaging

Identifying foreign objects and defects in large and complex products, such as entire frozen pizza boxes or complete trays, requires precise inspection technology to ensure consumer safety and product quality.
<h2>Inspect all sides with pulsed x-ray technology</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XBL utilizes pulsed radiometric top-down inspection with an extra-large full-field image converter, ensuring comprehensive coverage for larger products and packaging. HEUFT's advanced X-ray flash technology produces millisecond-lasting X-ray flashes that penetrate oversized products, revealing high-density contaminants like glass splinters, steel fragments, and hard plastic particles without blind spots. This technology ensures reliable detection of foreign objects, defects, and incomplete products even at high conveyor speeds. Integration of HEUFT reflexx A.I. real-time image processing distinguishes contaminants from harmless items, reducing false rejections. The system supports up to three X-ray strobes for extensive coverage and includes failure-resistant components and automated brand adjustments. It is capable of processing up to 4,800 products per minute and is suitable for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

Top-down inspector for food and packaging

In food and beverage production, ensuring the correct fill level and secure closure of containers is crucial. Defective containers can lead to product recalls and tarnish a brand's reputation. Accurate inspection methods are needed to detect faults early and consistently reject defective products.
<h2>Inspects fill levels, closures, and labels accurately</h2>
The HEUFT PRIME is a compact full container check system that utilizes various detection technologies for precise inspection of food and beverage containers. Fill levels are checked using infrared and high-frequency measurement for transparent and non-metal containers, while X-ray technology is employed for opaque packaging. Closure integrity is monitored through advanced sensor and optical technologies that detect missing, misaligned, or leaking closures. Label presence is verified using sensors that detect reflective differences between container surfaces and labels. Its automation capabilities ensure consistent product quality with minimal human intervention. Developed by HEUFT, the system includes self-explanatory audiovisual user guidance (HEUFT NaVi), enabling easy operation without extensive training. It handles up to 1,200 containers per minute and features an efficient fault rejection system.

Full container check for fill level and closure inspection

In the food and beverage industry, ensuring the integrity of packaging is essential to prevent damage during transport and storage. Incorrect outer packaging or faulty closures can lead to compromised product quality and safety issues.
<h2>Ensure outer packaging integrity for full cases</h2>
The HEUFT GX is a comprehensive full case inspection system designed to check the quality features of newly packed cases, trays, and cardboard boxes. It detects external features such as deformations, raised cardboard box flaps, incorrect colors, and logos. Additionally, the system ensures that food containers inside the outer packaging are not missing, underfilled, lying, too high, or incorrectly closed. Using a combination of optical, inductive, and radiometric technologies, the HEUFT GX provides accurate detection. Infrared recognition verifies the completeness of the containers within the case, while X-ray technology identifies missing, lying, or underfilled containers. It integrates seamlessly into existing systems and offers automatic adjustments for different package types. The modular design allows easy upgrades and expansions to meet the specific needs of diverse industries.

Full case inspection for food, beverage, and pharma industries

In the beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries, ensuring the safety of full containers is critical. Foreign objects such as glass shards, metal fragments, and stones pose significant safety risks that must be addressed efficiently during production.
<h2>Monitors and identifies foreign objects continuously</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XAC is a high-precision inspection system designed for full containers of liquid, paste-like, or spreadable products. Utilizing advanced pulsed X-ray technology, it identifies even minute foreign objects within opaque substances. The system uses a combination of double X-ray inspections and real-time image processing via the HEUFT reflexx A.I. to ensure thorough product examination. The easy-to-clean HEUFT CleanDesign and automated HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform make it suitable for hygienically sensitive environments. Capable of inspecting up to 1,200 containers per minute, it provides reliable product safety with minimal false rejection rates. HEUFT's intuitive NaVi interface further simplifies operation and maintenance, ensuring error-free use.

Foreign object inspection for full containers

In the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, ensuring the integrity of empty containers before filling is critical. Quality control measures must be in place to detect low-density foreign objects, cracks, and other defects to prevent contamination and maintain product safety.
<h2>Achieve complete container inspection accuracy</h2>
The HEUFT InLine II IXS is an advanced inspection system designed to provide comprehensive empty container inspection for glass and plastic containers. Utilizing powerful optical detection modules and unique pulsed X-ray strobes, the system delivers unparalleled precision in detecting low-density foreign objects, chips, cracks, and broken glass that are difficult to identify with the naked eye. It features HEUFT reflexx A.I for real-time image processing and incorporates servo technology for optimal container alignment. A high degree of automation, alongside the HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform and HEUFT NaVi user guidance system, ensures error-free operation and reduces the need for manual intervention. The system can handle up to 1,200 containers per minute with a false rejection rate of only 0.03%, making it ideal for high-speed production lines.

X-ray assisted empty container inspection system

Ensuring the integrity of empty cans before the filling process in food production is crucial. Faults like deformations or contamination can lead to blockages and product recalls, affecting efficiency and safety.
<h2>Detect and reject faulty cans efficiently</h2>
The HEUFT canLine II is an advanced inspection solution designed to identify and remove defective empty cans from production lines in the food industry. Utilizing a top-down color sensor camera developed in-house, it effectively detects deformations, such as oval openings and warped edges, that compromise sealability and packaging integrity. The integrated adaptive LED illumination and high-performance image evaluation ensure precise identification of dents, contaminants, and foreign objects within the can. Capable of inspecting up to 1,200 cans per minute, the system monitors all aspects of the can, including the neck finish, flange, inner walls, and base. Optional modules allow for even more detailed inspections, such as weld seam analysis, at reduced speeds. The HEUFT SPECTRUM II control unit enhances automation, enabling quick format changes and ensuring seamless operation with minimal downtime. HEUFT's modular design supports easy upgrading, making the canLine II a scalable solution for dynamic production environments.

Empty can inspection system for food industry

In beverage and food industries, ensuring product safety and quality in filled containers can be challenging. Issues like low-density foreign objects, material defects, and contamination can compromise product integrity. Reliable detection systems are needed to avoid these issues and ensure product safety.
<h2>Inspect and detect defects in filled containers</h2>
The HEUFT spotter II SF is a highly specialized solution for the detection of defects in filled glass and PET bottles. Using advanced technologies, it identifies low-density foreign objects like film remnants, paper bits, insects, and mold. It also detects scratches, cracks, and other material defects. The system leverages HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform, ensuring full detection and operational reliability during optical inspections. The HEUFT sinker technology inspects the total base of the container, detecting even tiny transparent and reflective objects. Servo-controlled alignment and 360-degree sidewall inspection ensure complete coverage without blind spots. The HEUFT reflexx A.I. real-time image processing system sorts and evaluates findings for maximum detection accuracy. Ideal for beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries, the system offers a performance range of up to 72,000 bottles per hour.

Full container inspection for glass and Pet bottles

Detecting foreign objects in beverage containers is crucial, especially for cans, cartons, and stand-up pouches. These inspections safeguard product quality and consumer safety, ensuring that no contaminants like glass shards, metal particles, or plastic fragments are present.
<h2>Detect foreign objects with pulsed x-ray technology</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XS utilizes advanced pulsed X-ray technology for precise foreign object detection in full beverage containers. Its modular design allows it to fit into tight spaces at the end of the production line, making it ideal for facilities with limited room. The system’s unique radiometric technology ensures reliable identification of contaminants with minimal radiation exposure, and is capable of inspecting up to 72,000 containers per hour. The HEUFT reflexx A.I image processing system enhances detection accuracy by differentiating between critical contaminants and harmless inhomogeneities. Additionally, its automated HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform adjusts detection units automatically to accommodate different container formats, simplifying brand and format changes. This system is compatible with various packaging structures including cans, cartons, and pouches, making it versatile for the beverage industry.

Foreign object inspection for beverage containers

In beverage production, ensuring product quality and packaging integrity is crucial. Detecting underfills, misaligned closures, and missing labels can be time-consuming and error-prone without the right technology.
<h2>Automate quality control for full containers</h2>
The HEUFT PRIME is a compact full container check system designed to streamline quality control in the beverage industry. It performs multiple inspections, including fill level detection, closure checks, label presence, and burst bottle detection. Fill levels in transparent bottles are inspected with infrared technology, while non-metal containers benefit from high-frequency measurements, reducing false rejections. Opaque containers are examined using X-ray technology for precise fill level determination. The system features the HEUFT NaVi user guidance for intuitive operation, ensuring even inexperienced operators can manage it effectively. With a capacity of up to 72,000 containers per hour, it supports high-throughput operations. Key suppliers include HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, known for their robust and efficient solutions.

Full container check system for beverage industry

In the beverage industry, ensuring containers are properly filled, sealed, and labeled is crucial to maintaining product quality and preventing consumer complaints. Any lapse in this process can lead to costly recalls and damage to brand reputation.
<h2>Ensure precise fill level, closure, and label checks</h2>
The HEUFT ONE is a compact and affordable full container inspection system designed for the beverage industry. This system employs advanced detection technologies to precisely check fill levels, closures, and labels. Space-saving modules are placed directly on the conveyor, performing both detection and analysis. This data is transmitted to a freely positionable control terminal. The HEUFT ONE uses either X-ray or HF technology, depending on the container and product characteristics, to accurately measure fill levels. HF technology, in particular, compensates for foam in carbonated beverages, reducing false rejections. The system also identifies closure faults and missing labels. The powerful HEUFT sonic module can be integrated for acoustic leakage checks, and additional modules allow for optical inspection of best-before dates and barcodes. Networking capabilities allow for real-time data transmission, remote maintenance, and seamless integration into production lines, ensuring consistent quality control and operational efficiency.

Full container inspection system

Ensuring the integrity of newly packed bottle crates, trays, and cardboard boxes is crucial in beverage production. Issues like deformations, incorrect closure of flaps, and missing or underfilled containers can compromise transportability and product safety.
<h2>Detect errors in packaging for reliable quality control</h2>
The HEUFT GX is a specialized solution from HEUFT designed for precise inspection of full cases in the beverage industry. It meticulously checks outer packaging for deformations, raised flaps, and incorrect colors and logos. Internally, it ensures all containers are present, properly filled, and correctly closed. Utilizing sensors, infrared detection, inductive switches, and X-ray technology, the HEUFT GX inspects each case for deviations in shape, height, and content integrity. Faulty cases are removed from the production line to prevent recalls and ensure only top-quality packaging proceeds. Its modular design allows for automated brand changes and is easily upgradeable for additional functionalities.

Full case inspection for beverage packaging

In the beverage industry, detecting and eliminating foreign objects within full containers is critical to prevent recalls, liability cases, and brand damage. Traditional inspection methods often struggle with detecting minute glass fragments and low-density contaminants in full bottles, posing significant challenges.
<h2>Detect and remove foreign objects in beverages</h2>
The HEUFT eXaminer II XOS is an innovative solution designed for high-precision foreign object detection in full beverage containers. This system employs advanced pulsed X-ray technology and intelligent image processing to identify high-density contaminants like glass fragments and metal, as well as low-density objects such as mold and foil. With a false rejection rate of less than 0.2 percent, it provides reliable glass-in-glass detection, even under challenging conditions like varying glass thickness and turbidity. Additionally, the AI-supported HEUFT reflexx A.I image processing ensures accurate differentiation between real and supposed faults. The system integrates optical 360° sidewall inspection and radiometric bottom inspection for a comprehensive check, making it suitable for the beverage, food, and pharma industries. HEUFT is the supplier and brand behind this cutting-edge technology, ensuring that products exceed IFS Food certification requirements for safety and quality.

Advanced foreign object inspection for full beverage containers

In industries like beverage and food production, ensuring the correct fill level and proper closure of containers is critical to maintaining product quality and avoiding costly recalls. Accurate and continuous monitoring is needed to detect any deviations early on.
<h2>Monitor fill levels and detect closure faults</h2>
The HEUFT SPECTRUM II VX is an advanced system designed for the precise detection of fill level and closure faults in containers. This system employs special camera and sensor technologies to check transparent and opaque bottles, reducing false rejections due to foam in carbonated drinks. It also features high-frequency measurement for exact results. The modular design allows for the integration of different closure check technologies, including sensor, camera, and ultrasonic methods, depending on the specific requirements. The system continuously monitors filler valves and closure heads, providing statistical data to identify malfunctions early. Additional functionalities include burst bottle management, automatic sampling, and container distribution across multiple lanes. The system is managed through the intuitive HEUFT NaVi user interface, ensuring minimal training and easy operation. Distributed by HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK, this platform offers high performance and efficiency, suitable for beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

Fill level and closure inspection system

In beverage production, ensuring that empty bottles are free from defects and contaminants is crucial for maintaining product quality and safety. Traditional inspection methods often miss microscopic defects, leading to potential contamination and costly product recalls.
<h2>Identify minute defects with x-ray precision</h2>
The HEUFT InLine II IXS utilizes advanced X-ray strobes and optical detection modules to perform a thorough, all-around inspection of empty bottles. This system combines pulsed X-ray technology for inspecting the bottle base with high-performance cameras for sidewall, thread, and finish inspection. The HEUFT reflexx A.I. image processing system integrates real-time image analysis, ensuring precise identification of chips, cracks, and residual liquids like lye and oil. Servo technology aligns each container optimally, enabling comprehensive detection with minimal radiation exposure. The HEUFT SPECTRUM II platform provides high automation and intuitive user guidance, making operation straightforward and reducing the risk of manual errors. The system can handle up to 72,000 empty bottles per hour with a false rejection rate of 0.03% for base and sidewall inspection and 0.01% for residual liquid detection.

X-ray assisted empty bottle inspection

Managing product safety in food processing often requires detecting low-density contaminants that are hard to identify through visual inspections alone. This is particularly needed in environments with overlapping products or uneven surfaces where manual detection can be inconsistent.
<h2>Detects low-density foreign objects accurately</h2>
The IX-PD Series X-ray Inspection System by Ishida employs an advanced photon counting dual energy sensor for highly accurate foreign object detection, even with low-density or minute contaminants such as stainless steel wires. By comparing two images with different characteristics, it differentiates between the product and foreign objects through their physical properties. This system minimizes operator oversight and manual effort, ensuring consistent detection performance even when products overlap or have an uneven profile. It is ideal for use with a wide range of packed and unpacked products, including granular items.

X-ray inspection system for low-density foreign objects

In industries where product quality and safety are paramount, such as food processing and pharmaceuticals, detecting contaminants like metal, glass, and plastic is crucial. Conventional inspection methods may fall short in identifying a wide range of foreign objects within products, necessitating a more advanced solution.
<h2>Detect foreign objects in various products</h2>
The IX-GN Series X-ray Inspection System by Heat and Control (Ishida) utilizes advanced 7-step image analysis technology and a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for image processing. This system ensures high sensitivity and accuracy in identifying low- and high-density contaminants, including stainless steel, metal, glass, plastic, bone, and rubber. The GA Evolutionary Image Processing automatically generates the optimal program for differentiating between foreign objects and food items, improving product quality for both packaged and loose products. The system is highly effective for a wide range of applications, including products with overlapping, uneven surfaces, or granular consistency.

X-ray inspection system for contaminant detection

In the food processing industry, ensuring product safety and quality requires rigorous inspection methods. Traditional inspection techniques may miss small, low-density contaminants such as bone, shell, or plastic fragments, posing risks to consumer health and brand reputation.
<h2>Detects foreign objects with dual energy sensor</h2>
The IX-G2 Series X-ray Inspection System by Ishida, provided by Heat and Control, is engineered to detect the smallest and most elusive contaminants in food products. Using a dual energy sensor combined with Ishida's genetic algorithm (GA) technology, the system accurately identifies low-density and thin contaminants like bone, shell, metal, and rubber. Additionally, it can detect missing product pieces, incorrect package weight, and product defects like cracks or voids. The IX-G2 is ideal for use in various applications, including poultry, seafood, vegetables, cereals, and products with uneven surfaces or overlapping sections. With a stainless steel construction and IP66 waterproof conveyor, the system ensures easy access for cleaning and sanitation without the need for tools, reducing downtime and maintenance costs.

X-ray inspection system for detecting foreign objects in food products

Ensuring food safety and quality control in production lines requires reliable detection of foreign bodies such as metal, glass, or bone. Traditional inspection methods might miss low-density contaminants, making advanced X-ray systems crucial for maintaining product integrity.
<h2>Detect contaminants and defects effectively</h2>
The IX-EN Series X-ray Inspection System from Heat and Control (Ishida) offers a cost-effective solution for quality control in various food processing applications. Utilizing Ishida’s Genetic Algorithm (GA) image processing and 5-stage image analysis technology, the IX-EN Series detects a wide range of foreign bodies, including metal, glass, plastic, bone, and rubber. This system not only identifies contaminants but also inspects for product defects and estimates weight accurately. Designed for uniform products, it employs a lower voltage X-ray tube, ensuring precise inspection while optimizing energy consumption. Ideal for applications such as sliced cheese, candy bars, pastries, and dried fruits, this system balances price and performance without compromising on accuracy.

X-ray inspection system for identifying foreign bodies in food products

Batch

In the production of dry powder inhalers (DPI), precise control of the fill weight in blister strips is crucial. Ensuring each cavity is filled correctly with the right amount of powder helps maintain product quality and compliance with industry standards.
<h2>Automate Ipc quality inspections for Dpi blister strips</h2>
The DPI Checkweigher by Harro Höfliger is a specialized weighing system for automated In-Process Control (IPC) quality inspections of blister strips filled completely with powder. It verifies the fill weight of individual cavities by simulating the process in an inhaler during the opening process. Designed for use in both galenics and production phases, it also supports gray-value determination for calibrating X-ray inspection systems, making it possible to ensure each cavity's net weight is accurately measured. The compact size allows easy integration into existing production lines, and it provides complete documentation of IPC results for batch records.

Dpi blister strip weighing system

Calibration

In pharmaceutical production environments, maintaining aseptic conditions during the filling of vials and syringes is critical. Challenges include risk of contamination, need for high throughput, and managing different formats within the same batch.
<h2>Automate aseptic filling for various formats</h2>
The HELIOS from Comecer is a fully automated high-throughput aseptic isolator designed for the filling of vials and syringes. It is engineered to handle different formats within the same batch, including a mix of vials and syringes. The filling process is conducted in a Class A laminar flow environment to meet cGMP guidelines, ensuring sterility and product safety. It operates with an invisible conveying system for efficient, contamination-free transport of vials and syringes and integrates seamlessly with factory-floor management systems via the Illuminate™ MI platform. Automatic leak tests, Bubble Point Test (BPT) execution, and VPHP sterilisation cycles enhance operational reliability. With an average speed of one syringe or vial every 75 seconds, HELIOS is suited for laboratories, hospitals, and radiopharmaceutical production centers.

High-throughput aseptic isolator for syringes and vials filling

Industrial sterilization processes are employed in different industries to completely eliminate all living microorganisms from the final product. For instance, in food processing, sterilization equipment is used to produce a stable product with a long shelf-life by eradicating harmful bio-contaminants. Instead, in the medical field, sterilization technologies aim to prevent the transmission of microbes to patients by sterilizing all the tools and medical devices that come in contact with the patient. Most sterilization equipment, such as autoclaves, employs high-temperature pressurized steam to destroy bacteria and disinfect surfaces from spores. Other methods include radiation sterilization or using chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide for disinfection.

Sterilization

In high-speed beverage production lines, undetected defects in empty cans can lead to jams, reduced efficiency, and compromised product safety. Ensuring the integrity of empty cans before filling is crucial to maintaining quality control and operational efficiency.
<h2>Detect and reduce can defects quickly</h2>
The IO 700 Empty Can Inspection system from Antares Vision is designed to detect a wide range of defects in empty cans quickly and accurately, ensuring the quality and safety of the final product. It identifies scratches, fragments, foreign bodies, deformations, as well as issues with flange width, roundness, and dents. Utilizing artificial vision technology, the system is capable of inspecting various can sizes and types. It also includes an optional 360° inspection module for the outer surface of cans. With features like high-speed operation, data analysis, and storage of production records and images, the IO 700 efficiently reduces jams and rejects in filling products. The system also offers an X-ray module for detecting residual liquid, enhancing overall quality control.

Empty can inspection system for defect detection

In food production lines, manufacturers often face the challenge of ensuring both accurate product weight and detection of contaminants in a single pass. Traditional methods may require separate systems for these tasks, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.
<h2>Integrate weighing and x-ray inspection</h2>
The Combi X-ray + Checkweigher by Antares Vision Group is a compact solution that combines checkweighing and X-ray inspection in a single system. Designed for medium-sized horizontal products such as flow-packs, boxes, and bags, this system offers top-down scanning and integrates the weighing module within the X-ray unit. It features a 15-inch color touchscreen for easy operation and synchronization of both processes through unique product recipes. The system ensures the detection of foreign bodies like metals, glass, stones, bones, and high-density plastics while maintaining precise weight measurement. The unit meets international safety and quality standards (CE, MID, BRC, IFS, HACCP) and offers a production capacity of up to 300 ppm with a weight range of up to 6000 grams.

X-ray and checkweigher combination for medium horizontal products

In the beverage and food industry, ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance is essential. Incorrect cap application and improper fill levels can lead to product recalls and customer dissatisfaction, which necessitate a reliable inspection system.
<h2>Ensure correct cap application and accurate fill levels</h2>
The Cap Inspection + Fill Level Inspection system from Antares Vision combines two inspection modules, IT700 and CL700, in a single, modular solution. The IT700-IoT module inspects caps for correct application, detecting defects in various types of caps such as flat, tethered, and sport caps. The CL700-IoT module checks the fill level inside the bottle, removing non-compliant containers. This system utilizes advanced technologies like X-ray, Infrared, and High-frequency (with foam compensation) to inspect different types of liquids and packaging materials. Its compact design allows for a small footprint while offering comprehensive control via a single control panel. Suitable for a wide range of product types, it streamlines the inspection process efficiently.

Cap and fill level inspection system for bottles

In modern food production, ensuring product quality and safety is paramount. Issues like undetected contaminants, inaccurate weights, and packaging leaks can lead to recalls, consumer complaints, and financial losses.
<h2>Performs leak detection, x-ray inspection, and weighing</h2>
The ALL-IN-ONE with LDS / XR / CW from Antares Vision Group offers a comprehensive solution for inline quality control. Equipped with three distinct inspection modules, this system efficiently addresses various quality assurance challenges. The LDS module performs micro-leak detection by applying slight pressure on the packaging to detect escaping gas through holes using IR or laser spectroscopy. This is crucial for MAP packaged products and baked goods. Subsequently, the X-ray inspection system identifies a wide range of contaminants such as glass, stones, metals, and high-density plastics, even through metalized packaging. Lastly, the dynamic weighing unit, which can be MID approved, verifies the actual weight against the nominal weight with high precision. Featuring a single interface for reporting and reduced energy consumption, this compact system simplifies the inspection process while ensuring compliance with legal requirements like HACCP, BRC, and IFS certifications.

All-in-one inspection system with leak detection, x-ray, and weighing

In the cosmetics industry, ensuring product safety and quality is paramount. Certain cosmetic products with irregular shapes or sizes can be particularly unstable during inspection, leading to challenges in maintaining their integrity and alignment during the scanning process.
<h2>Ensure stable and accurate inspections</h2>
The X Ray Inspection with Side Belts by Antares Vision is designed specifically for the inspection of unstable products. This system features a top-down X-ray scanning configuration, which is ideal when lateral inspection is not feasible. The system incorporates tangential transport groups that are adjustable in height and width using micrometric handwheels, allowing for easy format changeovers without compromising inspection quality. The side belts ensure that products remain stable and properly oriented during inspection, preventing line stops and ensuring efficient operation. With a 15-inch color touchscreen control panel, RISC Embedded FPGA data processing electronics, and a maintenance-free, integrated cooling module, this equipment is equipped to deliver reliable and high-quality results. Compliance with CE, BRC, IFS, and HACCP standards further assures its suitability for the cosmetics industry.

X ray inspection for unstable cosmetic products

In today’s manufacturing environment, ensuring that packaged products are free from contaminants like glass, stones, and metals is essential to maintain product quality and consumer safety. Traditional inspection methods might not be sufficient for modern production lines, especially with complex packaging materials like metalized polylaminate or aluminum.
<h2>Ensure product safety by detecting contaminants</h2>
The Antares Vision Group’s x-ray inspection systems are designed to address the limitations of conventional metal detectors and optical inspection methods. These systems provide a reliable means to detect a wide range of contaminants such as glass, stones, metals, bones, and high-density plastics in packed products. The high-efficiency x-ray technology can inspect through complex packaging materials, including metalized polylaminate, tin plate, and aluminum. The operator interface, equipped with a 15” color touchscreen, is user-friendly and includes a self-learning function to facilitate operation by non-expert users. The systems also feature custom electronics developed by Antares Vision, ensuring reliable performance and low maintenance requirements over time. Additionally, the units are compliant with industry standards such as CE, BRC, IFS, and HACCP.

X-ray inspection for contaminants in horizontal products

Ensuring both product quality and consumer safety in the cosmetics industry is paramount. Detecting metallic contaminants and maintaining accurate product weight are key challenges faced on production lines.
<h2>Detect contaminants and verify weight</h2>
The MAXI Combi System by Antares Vision Group is an integrated metal detector and checkweigher designed for medium to large formats. Featuring robust components, this unit handles products of large dimensions effectively. It operates through a 12-inch color touchscreen panel that allows for seamless management by a single operator. The system synchronizes two inspection processes using unique product recipes, ensuring both metal detection and weight verification. It can also operate the systems independently, providing flexibility. Constructed with stainless steel AISI 304 and treated aluminate, the unit is suitable for demanding industrial environments. The metal detector supports various frequencies, optimizing its use for products with diverse physical characteristics, especially those with light metallised wrappers. The dynamic weighing unit, integrated with high-precision mechanical technology and custom-designed electronics, ensures consistent quality control. It complies with international standards like CE, MID, BRC, IFS, and HACCP, making it reliable for the food sector as well. The unit also includes remote assistance capabilities and Industry 4.0 compliance, providing efficient data collection and system communication.

Metal detector and checkweigher for cosmetics production

In the rapidly evolving cosmetics industry, ensuring the highest product quality while minimizing waste is crucial. Detecting contaminants in a fast-paced production environment can be challenging, especially when dealing with products on multiple lanes.
<h2>Ensures contamination-free products on dual lanes</h2>
The Dual Lane X-Ray Inspection system by Antares Vision is an advanced inspection technology designed for the cosmetics industry. This system allows the simultaneous inspection of products traveling on two lanes using a single top-down scanning unit and operator interface. The system's customizable ejection modules, such as the double ejection cylinder, efficiently reject only contaminated products, reducing unnecessary waste. Equipped with a latest generation generator, the system runs up to 100W with an electronic and integrated cooling module, ensuring less maintenance. It includes a 15-inch color touch screen, self-learning and calibration systems, and data collection software compatible with Ethernet and USB. Notable for compliance with CE, BRC, IFS, and HACCP standards, it achieves linear speeds up to 70 m/min and offers IP65 protection. This technology reduces total costs and maintenance while maintaining high detection precision.

Dual lane x-ray inspection system for cosmetics

In industries such as cosmetics and food, ensuring product integrity and weight accuracy is critical for quality control. Detecting contaminants like metals, glass, or stones and verifying product weight must be handled efficiently by integrated systems to maintain production speed and compliance with regulations.
<h2>Integrate x-ray detection and checkweighing</h2>
The Combi X-Ray + Checkweigher by Antares Vision Group is a compact solution that integrates both detection and weighing systems into a single monoblock. It utilizes top-down X-ray scanning and dynamic weighing to inspect unpackaged and packed small products such as flow-packs, boxes, and bags. Equipped with a 15-inch color touchscreen, the single operator interface streamlines management tasks. The system features high-precision mechanical technology and custom electronics, ensuring constant repeatability and reliability. Additionally, it offers split and compact ejection modules for synchronized or disjointed operation. Key components include a self-learning system and calibration, a RISC Embedded FPGA sensor, and integrated cooling in the generator module. Compliance with CE, MID, BRC, IFS, and HACCP standards is guaranteed.

Combi x-ray inspection and checkweighing for small products

Ensuring the integrity of beverage cans before filling is crucial to maintain product safety and quality. Defective cans can lead to production disruptions, contamination risks, and increased waste, posing significant challenges for manufacturers.
<h2>Detect defects in empty beverage cans</h2>
The Empty Can Inspection - IO 700 by Antares Vision is designed to quickly and accurately detect defects in empty cans before they reach the filler. This system reduces the number of jams and ensures the quality of the final product by identifying issues such as scratches, fragments, foreign bodies, deformations, flange width, and ovality/roundness. It employs artificial vision and an optional 360° inspection module to cover both the interior and exterior of the cans. The system is suitable for various can sizes and types and includes an X-ray module for detecting residual liquids. Data analysis, high-speed operation, and production records with picture storage ensure thorough monitoring. The user-friendly interface allows for seamless operation and integration into existing production lines.

Empty can inspection system for beverage industry

In the food and beverage industry, ensuring product safety and accurate weight measurements for small packaged goods is crucial. Typical solutions often require multiple systems, increasing costs and complexity.
<h2>Integrates precise weighing and x-ray inspection</h2>
The Combi X-Ray + Checkweigher by Antares Vision Group is a compact system designed specifically for small vertical products such as briks, standing cases, and square-based vertical envelopes. This system combines weight control and X-ray inspection into a single unit with a 15-inch touchscreen interface. The integration optimizes space and functionality by incorporating unique product recipes and compact ejection modules, facilitating seamless operation. The weighing module is integrated with the X-ray inspection, ensuring maximum safety and detection of foreign bodies like metals, glass, stones, bones, and high-density plastics. The unit's dynamic weighing component employs high-precision technology with custom electronics designed to meet high industrial standards. With compatibility standards including CE, MID, BRC, IFS, HACCP, and GMP, this system is designed for high reliability and repeatability over time, processing up to 300 products per minute.

Combi x-ray and checkweigher for vertical products

Manufacturing lines dealing with medium-sized vertical products often face inefficiencies and quality control challenges. Traditional systems rely on separate weighing and inspection units, leading to increased footprint, downtime, and operational complexity.
<h2>Integrate weight control and x-ray inspection</h2>
The Combi X-Ray + Checkweigher by Antares Vision Group is a compact solution that integrates weight control and X-ray inspection into a single monoblock system. This efficient design features a 15-inch color touchscreen panel operator interface for easy management. The system’s split and compact ejection modules allow synchronized operation, or independent use if necessary, maintaining line functionality. The weighing module is integrated within the X-ray inspection system, combining high-precision mechanical technology with custom electronics. Capable of detecting foreign bodies such as metals, glass, stones, bones, and high-density plastics, it ensures maximum safety and reliability. The device meets international standards and certifications including CE, MID, BRC, IFS, HACCP, and GMP, and can handle production speeds of up to 70 meters per minute and weights up to 3,200 grams.

In food production, ensuring the absence of foreign objects such as rubber bands, plastics, and metal threads is crucial to maintain quality and safety. Real-time detection systems are essential to prevent production hazards and comply with international safety standards.
<h2>Detect contaminants with precision and efficiency</h2>
The ANKO Food X-Ray inspection device is a state-of-the-art solution developed in collaboration with Nano Ray Solution Company. It detects foreign objects as small as 0.4mm in food products, including rubber bands, machine parts, and even finer contaminants like stainless steel dust. The device operates with advanced image precision, ensuring accurate and efficient inspection. Featuring a 21.5-inch monitor equipped with AI image detection technology and an intuitive graphical user interface, the system is user-friendly. The entire unit is covered with lead sheets and anti-radiation materials, guaranteeing safety with certifications below 0.5 μSv/hr. Additionally, the machine can calculate the total product output and identify defects, effectively increasing production quality and safety. ANKO provides comprehensive after-sales service to maintain high standards in quality and efficiency.

Food x-ray inspection system for contaminant detection

In bottled product manufacturing, ensuring defect-free products and perfect packaging is crucial for maintaining quality standards and customer satisfaction. Issues like unsecured caps, missing foil liners, and missing caps need to be identified and corrected before reaching the market.
<h2>Inspect and reject defective bottles</h2>
The Accu-INSR from Accutek is an Inspection-Rejection Station designed to identify and remove defective bottled products. It uses a proximity sensor to detect issues such as unsecured caps, missing liners, and missing caps, and then diverts faulty products using a diverter arm. The station allows for easy adjustability and features a color touch screen display for straightforward operation. Constructed of anodized aluminum and 304 stainless steel, it offers durability and high floor clearance. With UL listed components and clear polycarbonate guarding, it complies with industry standards for safety and reliability. The system is versatile, allowing rejects to be pushed to a table, collected in a bin, or transferred to another conveyor, ensuring seamless integration into existing production lines.

Inspection-rejection station for bottled products

In the poultry and fish processing industry, ensuring the quality and safety of boneless products is crucial. One of the major challenges is efficiently identifying and removing small calcified bones without compromising the product yield.
<h2>Detect bones and foreign objects simultaneously</h2>
The Innospexion X-ray detector from JBT is a specialized inspection system designed for the poultry and fish processing industries. It addresses the critical need for high detection rates of small bones, featuring a unique image resolution of 0.1 mm x 0.1 mm. Combining robust design with advanced software, the system offers a reliable bone and foreign object detection rate while maintaining low false rejection rates. Made with FDA and EU approved materials, it is engineered for direct food contact and can withstand water jet cleaning up to 20 bars of pressure. The compact design and versatile functionality make it suitable for various product types such as deboned breast fillets, inner fillets, thighs, leg meat, and nuggets. The system is future-proof with continuous technology enhancements to meet evolving market demands.

X-ray detection for bones in poultry and fish

Inspection of glass jars and bottles for foreign object contamination is a vital part of product and consumer safety in the food production industry. Traditional x-ray solutions can be slow, reducing line throughput, and can also offer sub-100% coverage for glass packaging. A dedicated 100% coverage x-ray machine for glass jars and bottles that can operate at high speeds will increase your efficiency and offer complete protection from high-density foreign objects as well as imperfect filling or sealing.


<h2>Panoramic X-Ray machine with mobile emission source for glass jars and bottles</h2>
The Raybox Panoramic from Raytec is an X-Ray inspection system designed specifically to offer 100% coverage of glass bottles and jars.

Featuring an x-ray transparent conveyor, the RayBox Panoramic examines the product by aligning the source with the jar lid, and using panoramic vision it inspects the cover and bottom of the container.

Running at line speeds of up to 100m per minute, the Raybox Panoramic can inspect jars with diameters up to 160mm for maximum flexibility.

The system can detect and reject jars containing high density foreign objects such as metal, glass, ceramic, stone, Viton rubber, and so on. In addition the system can reject fallen jars, glass defects, low filling levels and incomplete twist cap seating.

For rejecting defects the RayBox is fitted with electro-pneumatic actuators that enables containers of any size to be ejected with high precision.

X-ray inspection machine for jars

Industrial separation equipment encapsulates the separation process which is to separate components of a liquid mixture, for recovering dissolved solids from liquids. The choice of a suitable technology depends on the identification of the key physical or chemical property, such as size, mass, density, or boiling point, which sets the product of interest apart from the rest of the components. Separation technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries for the isolation of active ingredients and high-purity chemicals. As well as in waste management and recycling industries.

Separation

For containers that are difficult to see through, such as cans or cartons lined with aluminium, an X-ray inspection can be a good solution when looking for fill level control.


<h2>Fill level inspection for cans, cartons lined with aluminium and foiled containers and bottles</h2>
The Newton X2p from Miho is an X-ray fill level inspection unit that inspects cans, cartons lined with aluminium and foiled containers and bottles. The X-ray fill level controller distinguishes itself by requiring less than a tenth of the average amount usually used during the radioactive inspection for its measurement process.

Its core piece is an X-ray generator, which in contrast to traditional X-ray fill level inspection units only generates X-rays for a short moment during the measurement. The total radiation intensity is, therefore, only a fraction of what is the case with traditional X-ray fill level inspection units. The exact value depends upon the number of containers inspected.

X-ray fill level controller

Dosing systems are a line of hoppers, feeders, filling machines, and checkweighers that operate in sync to dispense materials accurately. Dosing is an essential feature of the packaging process, whether you’re filling shampoo bottles or tea bags. But dosing equipment is critical for formulations, too, particularly in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Imprecise dosing may cause quality degradation in the best-case scenario. In the worst scenario, it creates serious health risks.

Dosing

When dealing with the poultry industry, the Dual X-ray inspection system for processed meat products represents a great acquisition. What makes it ideal is its unique technology for analyzing two different X-ray energy signals at the same time.


<h2>More precise inspection of overlapped items</h2>
The DualX X-ray inspection technology from Anritsu allows distinguishing between product and contaminant. It has a higher detection rate of detecting low-density bones and is well-suited to sense rubber and stones. Without false rejection, the overlapped products can be inspected.

From customers to the poultry market equipment distributors, DualX has three main goals which are: virtually eliminate false rejects, detect up to 0.2 mm and ease the use for overall system operation. Maximum X-ray output is 350 Watts.
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X-ray inspection system for processed meat products

This is the X-ray inspection system you need for detecting contaminants that are difficult to detect. Using high sensitivity sensors, the system features supplementary inspection functions such as “Package Check”.


<h2>Ultra high definition X-ray for low-contrast contaminant detection</h2>
The KD74-h series from Anritsu has maximum detection sensitivity, i.e. it can detect a metal ball of 0.2-mm dia at production line speed. The sensors make it possible to detect low-contrast contaminants such as bone and plastics. The additional “Package Check” function made it possible to detect the contents trapped in the packaging seal wrap.

The four high definition models of this series are: KD7405CWT and KD7405DWH (for minute metals). Others are KD7416DWH and KD7417DWH for wide-conveyor type available. The X-ray output is maximum 350 Watts.

High sensitivity X-ray inspection system

Versatile X-ray inspection system for product weight, quantity and shape to detect the presence of contaminants.


<h2>Choose a reliable X-ray system optimized to your process</h2>
The KD74 series from Anritsu come in different models that can be optimized for packaged and unpackaged goods, bulk powder or liquid products. What sets the series apart are the high sensitivity and stability to detect both soft and wire contaminants. The unique image processing algorithms are used. For improving detection sensitivity, abundant functions are included such as shape detection, relative mass function and others. The masking technology introduced to eliminate dense areas from the image.

The design of this inspection system is user friendly and excellent safety mechanisms are equipped in it. For maintenance, the conveyor belt can be easily removed and attached. Ethernet communication and USB ports are employed for data transfer and recording. X-ray output is maximum 210 Watts.

Versatile X-ray inspection system

Without compromising on performance, if you need an entry level x-ray inspection system for dry products, this is the right inspection system you should go for.


<h2>Start using x-ray for inspecting dry products</h2>
The KD74- f series from Anritsu is specifically designed to inspect dry products. It has a display of 15 inch color TFT LCD and has touch panel for operating. Its structures and functions are suitable for dry products such as production lines of confectionery and seasoning.

It has two models KD7405KP. It has 100 mm long conveyor model that helps during conveyance. The other model KD7405KCP is a model for lighter products and small-packaged products. The detection sensitivity of both is high i.e. 0.3 mm dia and SUS sphere is possible. X-ray output is maximum 100W.

Entry-level X-ray inspection system

X-ray inspection equipment

Originally developed as medicinal remedies, soft drinks quickly burst into a whole new category of non-alcoholic beverages. To make a soft drink, simply dissolve one part syrup into five parts water. For extra punch, add carbon dioxide to turn the mixture into a fizzy drink.

Soft drinks

In 2009, billionaire Stanley Ho made the winning bid for a giant white truffle weighing 3.3 pounds during an auction. Price: $330,000. Looking at the price, there's no need to explain why truffles are called the diamonds of the kitchen. After harvesting, they are selected to be sold fresh or processed to make truffle products such as truffle cream. Truffle processing involves cleaning, cutting, grinding, cooking, packaging, and sterilizing.

Truffle cream

In 1922, the first canned wet pet food made of horse meat hit the US market. Due to the product’s popularity, farmers started breeding horses to supply the demand for wet pet food.
Nowadays, wet pet food is no longer made of horse meat, but of chicken, fish, beef and pork and also vegetables, grains and added vitamins and minerals. Wet pet food processing involves different steps such as weighing, grinding, mixing, packaging, and sterilization.

Wet pet food

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