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New Curtainless X-Ray Inspection System for Lightweight, Unpackaged Foods

By Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
Loma X5 Pack Curtianless

Image provided by Loma Systems

November 26, 2024

Loma Systems recently unveiled its new X5 Pack Curtainless X-Ray System, designed to eliminate traditional X-ray curtains and allow for the inspection of food without contact.

The removal of curtains enables lightweight products to undergo X-ray inspection without getting jammed or jostled, reducing the risk of false rejects and delivering higher accuracy and efficiency of inspection. For unpackaged or unsealed dry products, curtain-free inspection eliminates a point of cross-contamination and improves cleanability of the system.

The X5 Pack Curtainless features an incline/decline conveyor design, protective shields, and safety features, helping limit X-ray emissions to levels below regulatory requirements. The system’s baffle plates remove line of sight into the X-ray beam and restrict the aperture height to 85 millimeters (mm), significantly reducing emissions to less than 1 microsievert per hour (μSv/hr) without the need for aluminum filtering.

With its set-up wizard, the X5 Pack Curtainless can learn and switch between products within minutes. The latest digital technology from Loma improves image quality, allowing for detection of a wide range of contaminants, including all metal, bone, glass, dense plastics, foil trays, and metalized film. The reliable heavy-duty conveyor components, built for continuous operation, include a passkey-protected set-up, an integrated PC with ethernet connectivity, and a front-access USB port.

Additionally, to ensure high throughput, the system efficiently handles multi-lane or bulk-flowing food products.


Loma Systems: www.loma.com

 

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The Food Safety Magazine editorial team comprises Bailee Henderson, Director of Content Strategy and news editor ✉, and Adrienne Blume, M.A., Director of Editorial and Industry Engagement.

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