Death of the pipeline metal detector

Pipeline metal detectors for the final check when producing pastes and purees can only detect ferrous or non-ferrous metals at a size of just under a millimetre: Comocri believe a filter is better

In the past manufacturers in the food sector have had to rely on pipeline metal detectors for the final quality check when producing pastes and purees and at what result: at best you could detect ferrous and non ferrous metals at a size of just under a millimetre.

Added to that , to conform to good practice, checks have to be carried out on a continuous basis and the highly sensitive electronics involved are hardly compatible to the harsh environments that most food manufacturers enjoy: when this is added to the fact that plastics, wood and other non metallic contaminants pass through with no safe-guards whatsoever, we at Comocri believe the sensible alternative is the automatic filter.

These fully automatic devices will protect the producer from all contaminants at a size which is chosen by the producer in consultation with ourselves.

The range of sizes than can be detected range from a miniscule three micron to 2000 micron.

The sizes we are talking about are so small that metal detectors and x-ray machines could not even get close to the sensitivity, coupled to the fact that there is no highly sensitive electronics involved and the filter is a physical barrier with no wearing parts so no on-going checks have to be made.

Cleaning is easily carried out by passing whatever cleaning agent the producer uses through the filter followed by clean water - what could be simpler.

Information on these new innovative products can be obtained from Comocri, who will be only too pleased to deal with your enquiries.

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