Safeline X-ray Inspection Systems
Unrivalled Contaminant Detection and Quality Assurance
Contaminant detection
Our market-leading x-ray inspection systems provide outstanding detection of the following hazardous contaminants – irrespective of their shape, size or location within a variety of applications:
- Glass shards detection (including glass-in-glass detection)
- Metal detection (even within metal cans and foil packaging)
- Mineral stone detection
- Some plastic and rubber compounds detection
- Calcified bone detection (including chicken bones)
Safeline X-ray are experienced in providing product inspection solutions for food and pharmaceutical products in unpackaged formats such as raw, bulk-flow (loose) and pumped as well as in a wide variety of packaged formats like:
- Glass containers – jars and bottles
- Metal cans – all shapes and sizes of cans
- Retail packaging – including tall rigid containers, plastic containers, cartons/boxes, pouches, bags/sacks, trays and tubes, and blister packs/sachets.
- Quality Control Inspection
In addition to catching contaminants, Safeline X-ray inspection equipment can simultaneously help manufacturers increase productivity by solving a wide range of quality control issues. In a single pass, and at high line speeds, X-ray machines for food and pharmaceuticals are simultaneously capable of performing a range of product integrity checks:
- Measuring mass
- Counting components
- Identifying missing or broken products
- Monitoring fill levels
- Inspecting seal integrity
- Checking for damaged packaging
- Regulatory Compliance
Installing an x-ray inspection system can help food manufacturers achieve compliance with the following Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)-based Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)-recognised standards:
- The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety
- International Food Standard (IFS)
- Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Code
- The Foundation for Food Safety Certification (FSSC) 22000
- In addition, Safeline X-Ray product inspection equipment can help pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with Good Manufacturing Practice, especially 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211, GAMP¬¬- 4 and 21 CFR Part 11, which are enforced by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in Europe and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US.
