The Bury Black Pudding Company uses the Profile Advantage to help protect its brand.
The Jewel Date Company has virtually eliminated
false rejects since installing the Profile Advantage.
Advanced metal detection for
challenging applications
Food processors face many pressures, Fortunately, the Profile Advantage uses Complying with food and operator safety
including maintaining a hygienic innovative technology to overcome standards
production area, adhering to stringent product effect to virtually eliminate false regulations and standards and reducing rejects, and at the same time detect up product waste. Product inspection to 50% smaller irregular-shaped metal specialist, Mettler-Toledo, works with contaminants than traditional metal customers across the world to develop detectors.
robust inspection programs.
The Jewel Date Company in the USA
One of their more recent innovations is recently installed three Profile Advantage
the Profile Advantage metal detector, systems on its production lines.
designed to inspect challenging
applications, whilst bringing additional Because dates are high in moisture and
benefits to enhance production and natural minerals, it can be difficult to
quality aims. detect metal.
Virtually eliminate false rejects Steve Luicci, Operations Manager
Challenging food products such as those
with high salt or moisture content,
variable temperature, or packed in
metalized film can result in ‘good’
product being falsely rejected if the metal
detector isn’t set up correctly or simply
can’t handle the variation of the signals.
This often results in lost time, a reduction
in OEE and wasted money.
The false rejects are due to a
phenomenon called ‘product effect’,
where these product characteristics
create an electrical signal similar to
the one metal creates when it passes
through a metal detector.
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at Jewel Date explains, “The Profile
Advantage pipeline has completely
transformed our operations. Since it
handles hot date paste, we no longer
need to freeze it. Also, the pipeline
system improves our yield—previously,
a reject meant an entire 40-pound bulk
package of frozen date paste was lost.
Now, the efficiency of the pipeline’s
diverter valve means only a pound or
two of date paste is rejected when
the detector is triggered. This Profile
Advantage system saves us an enormous
amount of time, labor and utilities. Most
importantly, it’s twice as sensitive as our
previous system and has almost no false
rejects.”
Inspection devices should sit at the heart
of any well-designed production process
to give manufacturers complete peace
of mind they are meeting all compliance
requirements.
Having the right product inspection
equipment installed can ensure that all
standards are met, but can also further
reduce product waste.
The UK’s Bury Black Pudding Company
manufactures products for major
supermarkets, specialty retailers and
restaurants in numerous international
markets, so it is essential they comply
with the latest global food safety
standards.
Peter Winkler, Marketing Manager
at Bury Black Pudding explains,
“Mettler-Toledo’s Profile Advantage
help us protect our brand, increase our
productivity and maintain high quality
standards which are essential for keeping
our BRC ‘A Star’ standard. It just works.”
For more information, visit
www.mt.com/md-profileadvantage