Crystal glass, x-ray inspection: support for the Chinese food industry
In Asia, where many food producers exporting their products to the West, food security is a particularly thorny issue. China is the third largest provider of food and agricultural products to USA, so the scandal of contamination by melamine of last year, which cost the lives of 6 children and affected other 300,000, was greatly detrimental to the reputation of the country. But he had a positive outcome: ensure that the laws of food security in many Asian countries, including China, are now more stringent and apply more rigorously. Food security has become a "key issue" in China, and many companies are acquiring product inspection systems to ensure that production meets the more stringent standards.
Meet the requirements of the retail
A good example is the canned food Lunki Gang Chang in China, which has recently installed a system of inspection by Mettler Toledo Safeline GlassCheK X rays to inspect mushrooms in glass at its facilities in Changchow jars, in the province of Fujian. According to a spokesman for the company: "most of our products is destined for export and foreign buyers require the installation of inspection by x-ray in all production lines." Fulfilling this requirement, we believe that our products are as safe as possible". Most of the customers of Changchow Gang Chang is located in Europe, Canada, Japan and Middle East, where the products are sold in the main supermarket chains.
Ensure optimal detection of crystal glass
The company says that, now, when Chinese manufacturers installed new equipment, consider quality, new technologies and after-sales services, the most important purchase criteria. For this reason, they replaced their inspection systems x-ray with a GlassCheK system to ensure the better detection of crystal glass and, thereby, avoid the withdrawal of products. The team is now in use more than four months without a single problem. The biggest challenge to fit the system, according to the company, was installing conveyor belts custom to place the GlassCheK unit after the packaging lines and before taggers. The x-ray system unites 4 labeling each other, each with a speed of 150 jars/min, which means that the GlassCheK pass through up to 600 jars/min. The current rate of production of jars of mushrooms is of 300 jars/min, but there are plans to increase it to double soon.
Eliminate various pollutants
Eliminating not only the glass, but also other pollutants such as stone, metal or plastic, regardless of their size or location in the jar, the GlassCheK system provides a perfect product integrity. The unit can ensure at the same time that the lid is tightly closed and check the level of filling of each jar, with feedback to the filler to save costs and reduce waste. The new adaptation technology also ensures that the variations in thickness and form inherent in glass jars do not pose a problem.
X GlassCheK x-ray inspection system
The system has a detection function of variable speed by encoder that easily manages changes in the speed of the line without interrupting the inspection. Designed for installation with the Ribbon through, the system is easy to integrate without having to alter the line, which minimizes costs. In addition, energy use is low and there is an external cooling system, which also reduces the cost of operation. With possibly the best control of generation of x-ray in the industry, thanks to the automatic adjustment of X rays by means of barcodes, the GlassCheK readers can inspect multiple products at the same time, reducing the time of change from one to another without compromising the sensitivity. Lunki Gang Chang are very satisfied with the performance of the system of Mettler Toledo Safeline GlassCheK X rays and with fast and efficient service that accompanies it. "Now we guarantee the quality of the products and we have increased the flow." "Installing the system has helped us to improve the reputation of the brand, and we are thinking of installing a second system GlassCheK on another production line, which will inspect glass jars filled with meat, fruit or vegetable," added the spokesman for the company.
