Issue
Defective frozen spaghetti products, whose inner bag was jammed with the seal of the outer bag, were leaked onto the market, causing a problem.
Solution
A new X-ray inspection system, empowered to detect jammings of thin inner bags, was introduced. Compared to visual and palpatory inspections performed by workers, the inspection has become more stable.
Background:Difficult for workers to find jammings because invisibile into inside.
Frozen spaghetti products consist of an aluminum film outer bag and OPP inner bags for spaghetti and sauce. Jamming of the inner bag into the outer bag causes defective products. For preventing outflows of such ones, inspections have been conducted by visual and tactile ones by workers. However, the thin inner bag was getting jammed in the opaque outer bag, making it difficult to detect by visual and tactile ones.
Reason of installation:Increased production of frozen spaghetti made it urgent to take measures to prevent outflows of defective products.
The yearly increase in demand for frozen foods for home use has also increased the production of frozen spaghetti. This has necessitated more efficient and accurate measures to prevent outflows of defective products. Therefore, there considered the introduction of a new inspection system, suitable for thin packaging materials. An in-line demonstration of the inspection under actually real conditions yielded satisfactory results, and this led to introduce the system.
How it works:Automatic inspection is now possible with the X-ray seal inspection system.
We've imagery that automatic inspections would misclassify good products, but the system is found very helpful because of reduction in misclassification and improvement in yield rate. In addition, compared to worker's fluctual judgment standards, inspection according to the standards set by the system provides peace of mind with a certain level of quality. The system's stable operation has led us to purchase a second.
- ▲The seal inspection (hybrid inspection) is performed simultaneously by X-ray and optical camera.
- ▲An example of an inner bag that has jammed in an aluminum-vested outer bag. Occurrences of jamming compromises food safety.
- ▲The introduction of X-ray seal inspection system allows for more accurate and efficient inspections.
- ▲Poor engagement compromises food safety.
- ▲All items can be inspected: “Jamming” “Foreign body,” “Relative mass,” and “Shape”.
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Posted2024/09/18
Updated2024/09/18
Model:
X-ray Seal Inspection System
SXS2-2154HC1D / SXS2-3474HC1D
Both Foreign body & Seal fault are detected with one system. After packaged even with aluminum or other material, the X-ray and optical system see inside and find “Jamming (Seal fault)”, “Foreign object”, “Relative mass”, “Shape”, “Numbers”, “Length”, etc.
