Quality Control Without Compromise — Is X -Ray Technology Replacing Metal Detection?

To achieve complete food safety, food manufacturers need to check every single product. Checking all products coming from the production line can be made by using changes in a magnetic field with metal detectors, or in density with X-ray. A choice between both technologies has so far been a question of cost and space availability as X-ray detectors usually are sizable and expensive. There is a new concept now allows for an easy introduction  to quality control without compromise. The concept is called MEKI by Mekitec.

Mekitec’s MEKI X-ray inspection system marks a step change in X-ray detection technology as it is comparably small and approximately fifty percent less costly than common X-ray detectors used in the food industry. Its sensitivity and performance is among the most efficient in the market.  “Our mission is to offer food producers, for instance dairies, the price and compactness of a metal detector but the performance of an excellent X-ray detector,” says Lars Oehlandt, sales director.

X-Ray Detectors in German Dairy Companies

German food manufacturers are familiar with X-ray technology. They understand the advantages and disadvantages of the technology but are aware of strin- gent quality requirements by customers. Although milk rarely contains foreign bodies and is filtered, machines and people pose a danger to exposed semi- finished products. Glass splinters may simply not be detected before products reach the breakfast table.