X-Ray Inspection White Papers & Articles

  1. Improving Food Safety Inspection of Pumped Products 10/25/2016

    This paper explains how product inspection systems support food safety compliance by eliminating physical contaminants and the factors that affect the sensitivity of product inspection equipment.

  2. Calculating The Total Cost Of Ownership Of Production Line Equipment 8/9/2016

    Considering TCO helps to understand better the costs over and above the purchase price and also – when suppliers have differing offers – to compare them and ultimately to substantiate the investment decision.

  3. Metal Detection Vs. X-Ray Inspection: What Food Processors Should Know 6/7/2016

    Metal detection and X-ray inspection, traditionally, have been the first line of defense to identify foreign contaminants in food. For food quality and safety professionals, choosing a detection system is typically based on three things: the optimum detection point, overall application capability, and total cost/benefit. However, engineering and software improvements continue to set new standards of detection. This has led to some confusion regarding which technology to employ and why. This white paper intends to clarify which inspection technology will most benefit your company.

  4. 5 Steps To Decide What Contaminant Detection Equipment Fits Your Needs 6/7/2016

    Contaminants are a fact of life for food manufacturers, making contaminant detection a necessity.  This five-step process is one way to calculate the payback of purchasing contaminant detection systems.

  5. How To Select Critical Control Points For X-Ray Systems 6/2/2016

    What are the best locations for x-ray inspection in a processing line? This white paper addresses that question to help you understand the most effective locations of critical control points.

  6. Calculating The Total Cost Of Ownership For X-Ray Inspection Equipment 5/12/2016

    Considering TCO helps to better understand the costs over and above the purchase price and also – when suppliers have differing offers — to compare them and ultimately to substantiate the investment. 

  7. Preparing To Meet The Final Requirements Of FSMA 4/12/2016

    FSMA places the responsibility for food safety squarely on food producers. The dates by which those requirements will take effect have now been finalized and some have even passed. This paper recommends actions food processors should now take to meet the full requirements of FSMA.

  8. Building An Effective Product Inspection Program 2/1/2016

    To be effective, X-Ray systems should form part of an all-encompassing, company-wide program that seeks to minimize foreign bodies and product defects in the first instance and, if they are detected, implements swift actions to prevent them reaching consumers. This white paper looks at how manufacturers can construct an effective product inspection program using X-Ray systems and, in doing so, explores the key elements and controls, responsibilities, attitudes, training, and documentation that underpin a successful and effective program.

  9. What's The Best Inspection Solution For High-Value Bulk Food? 1/7/2016

    Nuts, seeds, dried fruits and dozens of other fresh, bulk food products are fetching sky-high prices of late due to demand and supply issues caused by the drought in California. Consequently, this brings the need for reliable ways to maximize production while eliminating contaminants. This requires extra diligence, including the use of advanced inspection equipment to remove foreign objects. Gone are days of error prone human inspection or wasteful processes such as discarding partially clean products to avoid further inspection costs.

  10. 5 Steps To Food Safety 11/2/2015

    The need to equip food and pharmaceutical processing lines with top-quality product inspection equipment is more pressing than ever before. Tightened regulatory standards and heightened consumer awareness require that food manufacturers take all measures necessary to protect both customers and their brand reputation.