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costs, and reducing handling time. Metal detectors are used in many the machine's working status. It usually takes a long time, around 3-7
industries such as the food industry, pharmaceutical industry, rubber minutes, depending on installation distance; difficulty in test sample
industry, and polymer industry. It is one of the most important parts releasing and operator themselves resulted in a waste of time and
of the production process that guarantees high-quality products before opportunity to produce the product. In contrast, the ATS system takes
being delivered to consumers. only 40 seconds, reducing production time and increasing production
Additional considerations about metal detectors are machine capacity.
validation, which depends on the factory's period of quality system 4. Enhanced Operator Safety: In-line metal detectors were often
requirement to monitor the metal detector's work in the correct sorting installed in relatively high locations, so operators have to climb up to
during the process like every 2 hours, 4 hours, or before starting the drop a test sample which is quite dangerous. The ATS system does not
production for each day. Usually, the validation of this machine required require an operator to release a test sample. Only press on the screen
the shutdown of the whole system. If validation testing often occurs, monitor of the QA/QC encoder and click Test; the system will
it may reduce productivity. The system was added to make verification automatically run and report results on the device's screen. As a result,
more accurate and faster with the development to solve this problem. the possibility of harm to an operator is very low or almost none.
This system is called Rapid Test (Auto Test System; ATS), used to 5. Automatic Recode Keeping: The test results are automatically
verify gravity fall metal detector installed systems. The advantages stored on the device. Users can see it on the device screen. If the
of this system are as follow: operator wants to keep the data for a long time, it can be linked to ProdX
1. Quality Assurance: The weak point signal of the metal detector Software which will transfer the data to the computer, and the operator
is in the middle of a tunnel. The operator released the test sample, can recheck for accurate data analysis.
which is not guaranteed to pass through the center of the tunnel. The investment in a metal detector can help manufacturers achieve
While ATS testing system used a computational algorithm to ensure their goals to reduce consumer complaints, control product quality,
that it will be a test at the weak point or the middle of the tunnel. reduce loss, and increase productivity, which will be the most significant
2. Non-invasive: ATS system has no contact with the product benefit to producers.
because it is installed on the side of the pipe that the product was
passed, and it is a closed system. Therefore, it ensures that there is
no contamination in the product.
3. Improve Productivity: The metal detector testing must stop
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