How to choose the right Metal Detection Solution

The CEIA THS/MS21 is the world’s only multi-spectrum metal detector. It has unique detection capabilities and extreme sensitivity of magnetic, non-magnetic, and even 316 stainless-steel metal contaminants, and is available in a USDA-approved design.

Marguccio says this system is suitable for nearly all variations of food product characteristics, and detects foreign objects while operating simply, efficiently and at high speed — while at the same time collecting and retaining the most important production run data.

“An integrated auto-learn functionality allows these metal detectors to be easily set up for new products, while also ensuring high levels of sensitivity,” says Marguccio.

“With minimal manual adjustment, the metal detector quickly learns the properties of any new product and can inform the user; how many passes it needs to understand, and map the new product.

“MS21 can self-calibrate itself on a continuous basis and logs the result in the data stream confirming the unit is operating at its optimum level.

“If there’s a problem in its calibration, the unit raises an alarm, which can be audible, and visual, to highlight the noncompliance.

“This feature not only saves the possibility of a contaminant escaping detection, but more importantly, it reduces the risk of a potential recall — which can be expensive and damaging for a brand’s reputation.”

Non-homogenous products? No problem

The auto learn function outperforms all other metal detectors — which experience difficulty inspecting non-homogenous products. It’s common for traditional metal detectors to trigger ‘false positives’ during the metal detection process. This typically happens when food composition and mineral levels incorrectly indicate the presence of metal. This then leads to a perfectly good product being rejected and the loss of a profitable, saleable product.

Most currently available metal detectors are only able to use one frequency at any one time. Processors using a limited frequency unit must reduce the unit’s sensitivity to prevent false reject signals caused by salt, moisture content, and other product effect conditions that may produce a signal on the metal detector which is close to the product signal.

As the CEIA multi spectrum technology utilises multiple frequencies at the same time it can understand the product effect better than any other which facilitates superior metal detection performance, and outstanding detection capabilities.