[Technology Spotlight] Metal Detection and Separation Equipment Guide

Bunting Magnetics Co. www.buntingmagnetics.com 800/835-2526

Bunting Magnetics Co. manufactures USDA- and AMS-accepted magnetic metal separation equipment designed specifically to help food, chemical and pharmaceutical processors meet increased marketplace demands and governmental requirements for safer processed materials. The company’s Metron C Detectors are available with integrated conveyors and can be used in processing plants, or elsewhere – such as on ships for the seafood industry. The tunnel-shaped, high-performance metal detectors are designed to monitor conveyed materials for the presence of metal fragments and objects that can compromise product quality. The detectors come in several food-grade models configured for chutes, belt conveyors and pipes. Specific models receiving the USDA, AMS acceptance include the HFS Manual-Clean Drawer Magnets, Grate Magnets, Plate Magnets and Magnetic Liquid Traps.

Cesco Magnetics www.cescomagnetics.com 877/624-8727

Cesco Magnetics has supplied businesses with dependable, cost saving magnetic separation equipment for more than 55 years, providing equipment protection and product purity to food, beverage and pharmaceutical processors. Cesco’s equipment removes ferrous and work-hardened stainless steel from pumped products through its MagTraps with magnetic tubes; from powdered, granular, spice and similar products through its MagGrates; from conveyed, augured, sliding, falling or like-handled products through its MagPlates; and from powdered, granular, spice, chunky and solid-product flows through its MagDucts.

Eriez Magnetics www.eriez.com 800/345-4946

Eriez Magnetics – an authority in advanced technology for magnetic, vibratory and metal detection applications – designs, develops, manufactures and markets magnetic separation, metal detection and materials feeding, screening, conveying and controlling equipment for process and metalworking industries. The company specializes in separation equipment such as magnetic plates, grates, and traps; rolls and tubes; drum separators; ferrous traps; magnetic pulleys; magnetic sweepers; non-ferrous eddy current separators; and electromagnetic separators for removing fine and large tramp iron from various materials, and at the same time protecting machinery. The company also offers a broad range of metal detectors including detection of small ferrous or nonferrous metal pieces, tramp metal or digger teeth to solve practically every metal contamination problem.

Lock Inspection Systems www.lockinspection.com 800/227-5539

For more than 50 years, Lock Inspection Systems has supplied metal detection and checkweighing equipment to companies in the food, pharmaceutical and packaging industries worldwide. Lock’s wide range of MET30+ metal detectors and Weighchek checkweighers is a critical component of the quality assurance systems within many companies. A global network of offices and distributors enables Lock to deliver the highest standards of customer service and after-sales care.

Loma Systems www.loma.com 800/USA-LOMA

Loma Systems is a world-leading manufacturer of food inspection systems, including metal detectors, X-ray inspection, checkweighers and non-invasive temperature measurement. Loma’s IQ2 metal detector, with a stainless steel case and 32-bi microprocessor, features one-button calibration with Automatic Product Learn and 100 product IDs. In addition, its Product Relative Reject Timing provides reject-timing settings for each individual product stored in memory so that no additional adjustments are necessary when it is switched to a different product. Its contaminant and run-error logs and performance validation software, which prompts personnel and records transactions, increase the productivity of the quality control staff, enhance your HACCP program, and provide you with the information and documentation for safe product output from your lines.

Safeline www.metaldetection.com 800/447-4439

Founded in 1988, Mettler-Toledo Safeline provides expertise in contaminant detection to the food, beverage and pharmaceuticals industries. With X-ray inspection systems added to its broad product line, the company is able to offer a wide range of solutions for food processors’ inspection needs. Safeline’s latest innovation for food processors is the PowerPhasePRO, a three-frequency metal detector with color touch-screen interface. Rated to IP69K standards, the PowerPhasePRO performs in the harshest of sanitation environments. A unique product clustering feature allows a range of products to be run through the machine without the need to change settings. The first new product down the line is automatically recognized and the machine continues normal operation.

T&T Technology www.eseparators.com 312/266-7414

T&T Technology, established in 1990 in Chicago, is a globally recognized manufacturer and system integrator of separation technology for the plastics, glass, textile, lumber, rubber, tobacco, ceramic, food stuff, pet food industries and foundries. T&T provides two types of detector systems designed for free-falling dry food products and food ingredients: The Met-Sep BULK high-capacity gravity feed detector system has stainless steel construction and a choice of sensor coil tube material. It is engineered with a compressed-air powered, stainless-steel reject mechanism and is suitable for multi-faceted product applications. The Met-Sep PRIMUS gravity feed detector systems, drop-through metal detector has an extreme narrow metal-free zone, internal reject time and phase adjustment, a compact stainless steel design, and a remote PLC interface control feature

Thermo Electron Corporation www.thermo.com 800/678-5599

Thermo Electron Corporation is a leader in analytical and process instrumentation, providing instruments for manufacturing processes in diverse industries including food and beverage. The multi-national company has been serving the food packaging industry for more than 20 years and offers a complete line of metal detection products. The company’s standard metal detector is the Goring Kerr DSP3, also available in drop-through and pipeline versions for bulk applications. The Goring Kerr DSP IP Plus is designed for harsh washdown environments and meets IP 69k. All Thermo’s metal detectors incorporate its patented AuditCheck device to automatically monitor sensitivity performance, and all are easy to operate and reliable. The company also offers on-site maintenance contracts and a full spare-parts service.