Eagle X-ray Inspection System Designed to Support SKU Growth and Retailer Audit Demands

As food processors respond to growing pressure for product variety, SKU expansion and accelerated throughput, multilane production lines have become an increasingly common strategy. Eagle Product Inspection’s new Pack 550 PRO X-ray system answers this shift with a high-speed, flexible inspection platform designed for diverse packaging formats and faster line speeds, said the company.

The need for more adaptable inspection technology has grown, said Eagle, with processors often reconfiguring their production lines to handle more product and packaging types simultaneously. Recognizing this shift, Eagle engineered the Pack 550 PRO to help manufacturers maintain contaminant detection accuracy, ensure product integrity and meet evolving retailer and regulatory demands as packaging complexity increases.

Operating at speeds up to 90 meters per minute, the Pack 550 PRO leverages Eagle’s proprietary SimulTask PRO imaging software, delivering high-resolution, deep-contrast inspection even on complex product mixes such as salad blends, snack mixes, cereals, confectionery and frozen foods, according to the company. The system can also incorporate Eagle’s advanced PXT photon-counting dual-energy technology that enables processors to obtain much higher resolution images and capture more detailed data about the product being inspected than has previously been possible, the company said. The system allows users to differentiate materials by chemical composition, improving detection in products with dense or overlapping ingredients that often challenge traditional X-ray systems, said Eagle.

Beyond contaminant detection, the Pack 550 PRO offers fully integrated inline quality checks, including mass measurement, package integrity verification and component count.

With built-in Eagle Repository analytics, manufacturers can access real-time production data, rejected image archives and inspection records to support audits, traceability initiatives and continuous process improvement.

“Retailer specifications, private label programs and regulatory expectations are driving greater complexity on today’s production lines,” said Christy Draus, head of product marketing at Eagle. “The Pack 550 PRO helps processors stay agile without compromising inspection performance, even when running multiple products or performing rework on the same line.”

For more information on the Eagle Pack 550 PRO and other systems designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s manufacturers, visit www.eaglepi.com.