Eagle Product Inspection (Eagle) is showcasing a variety of single and dual energy inspection systems at Pack Expo 2016, November 6-9, in Chicago, US.
The single energy system is extremely effective at identifying small contaminants, such as calcified bone, glass shards, metal fragments, mineral stone, plastic and rubber compounds, when a manufacturer needs to inspect smooth homogeneous products like butter, cheese or deli meats at high line speeds.
The dual energy model is more effective where high contrasting or “busy” images are presented, where lots of light and dark pixels are caused by density differences in products such as bags of lettuce, boxes of cereals and potato applications. Dual energy x-ray technology overcomes busy output images from traditional single energy systems by examining the chemical composition, or atomic number, to determine if a contaminant is present.
At Pack Expo, Eagle will showcase three x-ray inspection products which highlight both energy types:
• Eagle™ FA3/M (Dual Energy): a multi-application system that provides inline fat measurement and contaminant detection for fresh, chilled, frozen and hot-boned loose bulk, frozen or tempered (“naked”) meat blocks and unwrapped meat conveyed in plastic crates.
• Eagle™ Pack 430 with MDX (Dual Energy): designed for x-ray inspection of mid-sized packaged products and multi-lane applications in the Food, Pet Food and Pharmaceutical/ Personal Care industries.
• Eagle™ Tall PRO XSDV (Single Energy): Designed for the inspection of high-speed can, jar, bottle and composite lines, as well as other upright container formats that benefit from having two x-ray views to improve inspection rigor.
