Safeguard Food Manufacturing Reputation With Latest Metal Detector Testing Technology
To assist food manufacturers safeguard brand reputation and uphold product integrity and consumer confidence, Fortress is unveiling the latest version of its Halo automatic test technology at this year’s PPMA TOTAL Show – stand B01. By reducing the frequency of manual testing, manufacturers can save thousands of pounds a month.
Halo 2 provides food suppliers with a more robust, traceable and auditable testing procedure, satisfying the most demanding retailer Codes of Practice. It can be installed on Fortress throat, pipeline and gravity metal detectors that inspect loose of free-falling products, including rice, sauces, cereals, powders, corn, sugar and snack foods, for example nuts and crisps.
Rather than manually testing a metal detector, which on vertical inspection systems can be labour and time intensive and frequently challenging for operatives to access, the Halo system is an external test that automatically generates a signal calibrated to specified sphere sizes.
The system also checks the performance of the reject system, with the latest version also capable of independently testing for all metal materials – ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel. Test results are logged automatically, providing food manufacturers with a reliable audit trail.
Payback for a new Fortress metal detector fitted with Halo 2 is typically less than 12 months. Sarah Ketchin, Managing Director of Fortress Technology UK puts into context where these savings are accrued:
“In many food production settings, as soon as one check is done, it’s time to start over. If you factor in every production stoppage and the labour costs associated with manual testing on each production line, it soon mounts up. Automatic testing significantly reduces the frequency of manual testing.”
In one day, a metal detector system, with a production rate of 50 units per minute, that is manually tested at least five times each day, may cost a manufacturer around £250 a day.
Given the growing importance for data integrity, automatic testing also helps to eliminate the risk of human error. Because Halo is an external device, it gives manufacturers a true measure of how each metal detector is performing.
“Ultimately, manufacturers worry when metal contaminants are detected. Equally, they may also worry when they are not. Automatic testing tackles these concerns, providing a repeatable and objective overview and checks that your metal detector is working as it should,” emphasises Sarah. The Halo system is designed to complement manual testing, not supplement it entirely.
During the PPMA TOTAL Show, Fortress will use its ROI calculator to demonstrate average savings and payback of this and its entire metal detector range.
Visit stand B01 to find out more.
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- Phantom Bldg, Beaumont Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 1RH GB
About us
Fortress Technology began its humble beginnings in 1996 believing that through superior product design and engineering the production of higher quality equipment with better sensitivities could be achieved. The phenomenal market response to the Fortress Phantom line of metal detectors has validated that belief and the philosophy on which it is based… simple operation, outstanding reliability, and exceptional performance. Over the years, Fortress has blossomed into a global enterprise with main offices in Canada, the UK, and Brazil serving North America, Europe, and Latin America. Their valued representatives provide cost effective and customised inspection solutions to customers’ worldwide.
Where we supply to
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
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