Advanced X-ray Range Released by Ishida

Ishida has launched a new range of X-ray inspection systems to help food manufacturers and processors comply with global safety standards and meet the demands of quality and safety-conscious retailers.

The new Ishida X-ray (IX) series provides performance and usability through a global range that meets all local territory standards. Offering customers easy maintenance and stress-free operation, the range includes a robust fail-safe system that prevents a contaminated product reaching the consumer in the event of a power outage or breakdown, helping to minimize the potential for costly recalls, the company said.

“We continue to see aggressive investment in quality control and inspection systems. Product and consumer safety are paramount to our customers and the new (IX) series is a further boost to our customers’ confidence, that their product is being inspected by the most accurate systems in the marketplace” said, Heat and Control Sales Manager, Packaging and Inspection Systems, Brian Bar.

All models offer sensitive foreign body contaminant detection and additional benefits such as the ability to identify damaged and missing products or components, helping the food industry to achieve a rapid return on investment. Quick commercial returns are also achieved by ensuring that high quality product leaves the factory gate, safeguarding reputations while securing existing business and gaining new contracts through competitive advantage, the company said, describing the range as consisting of:

• The IX-EN series. This series is ideal for manufacturers requiring an affordable but highly accurate entry-level inspection solution. A reliable machine that balances impressive sensitivity with minimal operating costs, the IX-EN offers an excellent return on investment for manufacturers of uniform products such as bread, dried fruit, sliced cheese, yoghurt, pastry and confectionery.
• The IX-GN series. This series is ideal for manufacturers looking for the highest level of certainty and the best possible performance for a wide range of products. Able to detect pieces of stainless steel as small as 0.3mm in diameter, plus aluminum, glass, stones, rubber, dense plastic and shells and at high speeds, it is suitable for a variety of packed and unpacked products and includes a compact, built-in air conditioning unit.
• The IX-G2 series. This series is able to provide the highest level of quality assurance to processors and manufacturers of complex products including poultry, meat, vegetables and cereals. Its dual energy sensor detects what other inspection systems miss, providing highly effective X-ray detection of low-density objects from shells and stones to chicken bones, even in varying thickness or overlapping products. Its accurate inspection of low-density foreign bodies also minimizes the risk of waste caused by false detection of a wide range of products.

The IX series also offers products that are specifically designed for large packs or bottle applications.

Both the GN and the EN ranges use Ishida’s patented Genetic Algorithm (GA) image processing to deliver superior accurate inspection with many standard GA settings already stored in the machines for a range of products and possible foreign bodies. All IX systems offer the availability of touch screen interfaces that have user intuitive software. Heat and Control is exclusive supplier of Ishida industrial weighing, packaging and inspection systems in USA, Canada, Mexico and Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.heatandcontrol.com.