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250 Iris X-ray pipeline

inspection system: Q & A

The following Q&As deliver key insights into the benefits and features of the 250 Iris Pipeline Vision Inspection system.

Q. What products can be inspected by the system? process, it decreases the potential for expensive
downtime events that damage downstream
A. The Iris is designed to inspect a broad range of
equipment.
pumped products flowing through a pipe, including:
• Whole muscle, such as chicken breasts. Q. How much produce is the Iris able to process?
• Ground meat, including beef, pork and poultry.
A. The average throughput for muscle meats, slurries,
• Pie fillings, slurries, soups and sauces. semi solids and fluids is up to 14,000kg/h.
• Ice cream and yoghurt.
Q. How does the Iris reporting system work and how
• Fruit purees, preserves and jams.
does it tell me when there’s an issue?
• Vegetables.
A. The short answer is, via real time QA email alerts.
Q. What contaminants does the system detect Simple and user friendly, you can access QA
and remove? management and real-time reporting information
directly at the machine’s touchscreen or have it
A. The system’s advanced capability means it’s able to
outputted to a PC, laptop or smart phone.
detect and remove a wide range of contaminants as
small as 0.4mm. These include: Q. How much maintenance will my system need?
• Bone fragments.
A. Very little maintenance is required. You don’t need
• Steel shot. any tools to clean or change parts. Also the robust
• Needles. quick release fittings allow for easy disassembly,
• Glass fragments. cleaning and reassembly in a matter of seconds.
• Mineral stone.
Q. What’s the best location for the Iris on my
• Plastic. production line?
• Teeth.
A. X-ray systems can be used at various stages on a
production line depending on the identified Critical
Q. Does the Iris come in one size?
Control Point (CCP).
A. No. There are three models – 1 ½, 2 ½ and 6 inch
– in the Iris product range, all of which are designed A common location for pipe X-ray equipment is at
to quickly and simply integrate into your existing rigid the start of the production process when product
or flexible pipe system. value is at its lowest and the risk of contaminants from
incoming raw ingredients is at its highest.
Q. How can the Iris help me reduce product rejection?
Detection levels are typically better in the early
A. The system – which has a patented self-sealing stages of the production process where unprocessed
X-ray tube – inspects pumped product and rejects pumped product can be presented in a consistent
contaminants prior to packaging or processing. This manner and with a more uniform texture.
inspection greatly reduces product loss caused by
the removal of contaminants after packaging. Plus, Each processing step introduces the potential to add
you’ll waste fewer packaging materials. new contaminants, or break existing contaminants
down into smaller, less detectable pieces – especially
Q. How does the Iris help me minimise downtime? in the case of chicken bones.
A. Through continuous testing of contaminants, the Iris Another benefit of installing an X-ray inspection
delivers significant reductions in downtime. What’s machine early in the production process is that it
more, by removing contaminants earlier in the allows you to monitor suppliers’ quality control.