New METTLER TOLEDO White Paper Describes How To Improve OEE With An Inline Metal Detection System

This new white paper, available for free download from the METTLER TOLEDO web site, details how the latest generation of metal detectors can help companies improve their overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), a key measure of production line efficiency.

The paper begins with the basics: descriptions of how a metal detector works and how to calculate OEE. Readers familiar with the principles of OEE and metal detectors can skip Section 2; this background is provided for readers who are new to the subject.

The white paper then describes the limitations of traditional metal detectors, particularly how 'product effect' reduces detector sensitivity. Understanding these limitations enables readers to understand how the latest detector technologies do more than improve product safety: they unlock the efficiencies that lift OEE and production line profitability. The paper details how each technological advance links directly to improved OEE.

The final section deals with collecting OEE data, integrating each metal detector into the company’s production line network, and how PackML (short for Packaging Machinery Language) features can help extract vital performance data.

This valuable instructional tool can be downloaded directly, without cost, using this link: http://us.mt.com/us/en/home/supportive_content/White_Papers/product-organizations/pi/improve-oee-with-inlie-metal-detection.html

About Mettler-Toledo Safeline
Mettler-Toledo Safeline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mettler-Toledo Inc., a global supplier of precision instruments with sales and service locations in 37 countries. The Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection Group, consisting of CI-Vision, Hi-Speed and Safeline, is the world’s leading supplier of in-line checkweighers, metal detectors, machine vision systems and x-ray inspection systems. Industries including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, personal care, plastics and chemicals use our solutions to continuously improve the quality of their products and improve the efficiency of their manufacturing and packaging processes.