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SMART PRODUCTION

Speeding up or reducing production each day is also frequent delays in the production and requires skilled operators. As a result,
time is a performance indicator in the some manufacturers are increasingly considering X-rays inspection machines for chilled
products that effectively detect minor metals. The operation of the X-ray machine is mainly
food processing industry. However, determined by using the density of the product, whereas metal detectors rely on the water
most manufacturers have been content in food. In addition, it can detect other contaminants such as glass, stone, hard
unable to control this production plastic, and hard bone and prevent the production delay in food packed required 10 kg.
It can see that X-ray technology can increase the efficiency of contaminant detection
time due to the complexity of the in food production both of speed and product quality at the same time. The machine design
product quality inspection process. is suitable for food production containing wet areas or high humidity. It also has easy and
Particularly meat industry, it is simple program usage and the record of data systematically to confirm the quality system
according to international standards.
necessary to monitor the needle in
every part.
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Usually, the producer often uses a metal
detector to examine needles by installing the
machine at the end of the production line.
Nevertheless, the limitation of this detector
depended on the moisture content consistency
in pork which is more challenging to maintain
the amount of water at a constant level in each.
Therefore, it may directly affect the number of
metal defects to the detector and cause the
inspection of contaminants to be delayed until
becoming a bottleneck in food processing
industries. It also influences the confidence in
the metal detection performance.
X-ray inspection machines with innovative
technologies can solve these manufacturing
problems that use the principle of density
measurement to separate the physical
contaminants from the process. A machine
function has been designed to utilize in the food
industry with regularly cleaning (IP66) or wet
conditions. This X-ray machine can examine
pork in a large pack of around 17 kg with a small
syringe; thus, it saves time and greatly reduces
production costs.
For the poultry processing plant with
HACCP certified, producers commonly
encountered metal detection problems of meat
cuts by metal detectors before delivering to
customers in terms of the performance of large
instruments for chilled foods with high water
content and unstable. The adjusting time of the
machine’s settings according to product type

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