Product Inspection Systems
Our range of state of the art product inspection equipment helps reliably detect contaminated and off-spec products, and reject them from your production lines to protect your brand and customers.
Metal Detectors
Industrial metal detectors and metal detection systems can safely detect and reject metal contamination from production lines to help manufacturers achieve compliance, minimize risk of product recalls, and reduce production downtime. Metal detection systems are available for a range of food, non-food, and pharmaceutical applications. Our portfolio includes tunnel and throat metal detectors, gravity fall, pipeline, pharmaceutical, and conveyorized metal detection systems.
Conveyorized Metal Detectors
Conveyorized systems can be built for both dry and harsh washdown environments with designs suitable for packaged product or bulk flow products. Our portfolio offers a broad selection of metal detector head technologies, frequency choices, belting options, rejection mechanisms, data collection and connectivity, and more.
- GC Series Conveyorized Metal Detectors
- SL1500 Conveyorized Metal Detectors
- SL2000 Conveyorized Metal Detectors
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Gravity - Free Fall Metal Detectors
Gravity systems are for bulk, dry, free flowing products, in flight. Zero metal-free-zone head technology allows for installation into tight installation spaces, like vertical form fill seal applications. Systems can come integrated with fully automatic rejection systems with reject verification packages.
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Pipeline Metal Detectors
Pipeline systems are for pumped liquids, slurries and pastes. Multi-simultaneous frequency technology is recommended to reduce the effect of conductive, challenging products. An assortment of automated rejection valves are available depending on the product viscosity and characteristics.
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X-Ray Inspection Systems
X-ray inspection systems are specifically designed to detect unwanted physical contaminants within food and pharmaceutical products regardless of their shape or location. X-ray machines placed early in the production line ensure contaminants can be removed at the source before further value is added, reducing food waste and saving costs.
Top-Down X-Ray Systems
An x-ray beam is generated from the top and penetrates down through the product. These systems can be designed for both packaged or bulk flow products, and handle harsh washdown environments up to IP69. Our systems can handle single or multi-lane applications. In addition to detection of dense contaminants in products, our software can also compute mass and find missing objects within a package.
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Side-Check X-Ray Systems
An x-ray beam or beams are generated from the side and penetrate across the product. Designed for taller product like cans, glass jars, bottles, cartons, cups, doypacks and more. Specialized systems are available for glass-in-glass detection. Our systems can inspect up to 1000 products per minute (depending on product dimensions), ensuring future-proof inspection capabilities can be achieved if throughput rates need to be increased.
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Pipeline X-Ray Systems
Specialized pipeline x-ray detection systems for pumped liquids, slurries and pastes such as ice cream, jam, yogurt, minced meat, poultry, etc. The class-leading hygienic design follows GMP, NFS and EHEDG principles, with IP69 as the standard and exceptional CIP (clean in place) features. The system can inspect up to 14 tons of pumped product per hour, and automatic calibration can be performed in less than 20 seconds, which maximizes uptime.
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Checkweighers
MID certified dynamic checkweighing solutions for compliance with weights & measures regulations and quality control in industries such as meat, poultry, seafood, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, ready meals, and baby food production.
Small Pack Checkweighers
Comprehensive line of dynamic checkweighers for weighing products under 10kg in-motion. Assortment of statistical process data and feedback control options available. Designs suited up to harsh wash-down environments.
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Combination Checkweighers
Checkweighing systems incorporating one or more additional inspection technologies including metal detection, x-ray, and vision. Integrated rejection systems for dedicated product defect type.
- CM3 Checkweighing and Metal Detection Combination Systems
- CX35 Checkweighing and X-Ray Combination Systems
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Case & Large Pack Weighers
Case scales for products over 10kg. Commonly used at the end of package lines, or in distribution centers. Checkweighers can be incorporated in customer line PLCs and SCADA systems.
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Vision Inspection Systems
Mettler Toledo vision inspection systems for automated quality control of product labeling, information, and packaging in industries such as cosmetics, baby food, petroleum, and pharmaceutical production. Vision systems also detect irregularities, debris, functional flaws, and printing errors on product packaging removing them from the production line.
Flat Pack Vision Systems
The system uses a line scan camera to perform inspections on the top and bottom of a package simultaneously without additional product handling requirements. Option to inspect package seals for foreign debris, eliminating the risk of contamination caused by poor sealing.
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Oriented Product Systems
Flexible machine vision inspection systems for label, print and packaging applications with an expandable design supporting the addition of future inspection applications. Single camera or multi-camera systems to perform multiple inspections at a single station.
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Round Product Vision Systems
Label and print verification for round, un-oriented products providing a full 360 degree view of product label and packaging. The design puts 6 cameras into a slim package, allowing the system to fit on crowded production lines.
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Fill Level and Leak Inspection Systems
TapTone manufactures a broad range of leak, vacuum, and pressure sensors designed to test flexible and rigid plastic, metal, and glass containers. Our systems use a variety of technologies to determine the relative vacuum or pressure of a container or to determine if there is a leak present. We inspect a wide range of products such as yogurt, soups, sauces, juices, coffee, baby food, beer, soft drinks, dressings, and more.
X-ray Fill Level Sensors
Uses low energy X-ray technology to inspect steel, aluminum, plastic and glass containers for proper fill level. The system can be configured to detect underfilled and overfilled containers. The sensor mounts on a remote variable height stand and requires no modifications to the existing production conveyor.
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Leak Sensors
Systems are designed to inspect a wide variety of flexible containers for micro leaks. Our technology learns the normal amount of pressure or vacuum inside of a package, and can reject a package with pressure or vacuum outside those limits. Equipment is designed for harsh environments. When combined with optional sensors, this system will also perform fill level inspection, cap inspection and label detection.
Acoustic Sensors
Acoustic technology measures pressure or vacuum in containers with metal closures that do not have a measurable lid deflection. The sensor applies a “tap” to the top of each container lid using an electromagnetic pulse, exciting the closure. The lid vibrates at a natural resonant frequency “tone” based on internal pressure or vacuum. The system calculates the frequency of the “tone” for that lid which is then compared to user set limits. Containers with a frequency outside these limits are rejected.
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Product Inspection Resources
Product Inspection Videos
White Papers, Application Notes, & Spec Sheets
- Effects of X-Ray Inspection on Pharmaceutical Products
- Equipment Safety Standards for Product Inspection Equipment
- Glass In Glass X-Ray Inspection
- How X-ray Systems Find Foreign Bodies
- Inspecting Round Packaging With Vision-Inspection
- Metal Detection, X-ray Inspection or Both
- Optimally Adjusting Filling Processes With Checkweighers
- Principles Of Checkweighing Guide
- Safety of X-Ray Inspection for Food Products
- The Metal Detection Guide
- The Track & Trace Guide
- The Vision Inspection Guide
- The X-Ray Inspection Guide
- Understanding Sensitivity In Metal Detection
- Fill Level and Defects in Craft Beer Cans
- Identifying Seal Defects and Cocked Crowns in Beer Bottles
- Inspection for Single Serve Coffee Pods
- Leak Detection for Yogurt Cups
- Leak Detection in Aluminum Foil Drink Pouches
- Leak Detection in Hot Filled Plastic Containers
- Leak Detection in Low Pressure PET Water Bottles
- Leak Detection in Low Profile Containers
- Meat and Poultry Solutions
- Packaged Food Solutions
- Pharmaceutical Solutions
- CS3600 Case Scale
- C-Series Checkweighers
- CX35 Checkweighing and X-Ray Combination Systems
- Data Collection For Metal Detection Systems
- GC Series Conveyorized Metal Detectors
- Gravity Fall Metal Detection Product Overview
- Pharmaceutical Metal Detector Series
- Pipeline Metal Detection Product Overview
- ProdX Data Management Software
- SL1500 Conveyorized Metal Detectors
- SL2000 Conveyorized Metal Detectors
- StarWeigh Checkweigher
- TapTone Compression Systems
- TapTone DSC Dual Sensor Compression System
- TapTone FSB Force Sensor
- TapTone Product Portfolio Overview
- TapTone Segment 8 Rejector
- TapTone SIT Seal Integrity Test
- TapTone Twin Proximity Sensor
- TapTone X-Ray Fill Level Sensor
- The Metal Detection Guide
- The X-Ray Inspection Guide
- V15 Code Checks for Round Products
- V31 Vision Inspection for Oriented Products
- V33 Vision Inspection for Flat Packs
- V35 Vision Inspection for Round Products
- X33-X34-X36 Top Down X-Ray Systems
- X37 Series Side-Check X-Ray Systems
- X38 Pipeline X-Ray System