Detection Equipment
PPMA information about Detection Equipment and's related machinery and applications.
- Foreign Body Detector
- An inspection machine which detects foreign bodies (e.g. metal, glass, bone, wood, fibres) in a product or package and rejects the product or pack from the line.
- Metal Detector
- An inspection machine which detects metal contamination (e.g. pins, shards of metal from machinery, nuts and bolts) in a product or package and rejects those products or packages from the line. All machines will detect ferrous metal contamination, but some can also detect non-ferrous metal as well.
- X-Ray Detector
- A machine which of X-rays to inspect a product for the presence of foreign bodies like bone or metal or that all of the products in a sealed package are present and undamaged and rejects out of specification products from the line.
- Colour Sorter
- A machine which detects contaminants in products (e.g. pulses, rice, peas, diced carrots) by inspecting their colour. Products which fall outside the pre-set colour values are rejected.
- Fill Height Inspection
- A machine which inspects the level of fill of liquid, usually in rigid containers and detects any which fall outside a pre-determined level and rejects them from the line.
- Vision system
- A system which comprises a video camera linked to a computer which can be programmed to identify deviations from set parameters in either a product or a package. Applications include inspecting glass, inspecting labels, checking for contamination on rigid containers before they are sealed and inspecting for missing components.