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X-ray inspection ensures quality of ready meals

The Bakkavör Group can be confident of their product quality and safety, having installed SAFELINE's x-ray systems into their production lines. This enables them to meet the highest possible quality standards, as required by their clients, and ensures that consumers receive only the very best products.

Safeline X-ray Inspection System
Founded in 1986, the Bakkavör Group now operates 55 factories and employs over 20,000 people in eight countries. They produce over 4,700 products ranging from pizza, ready meals and salads to dips, dressings, soups and desserts, which are predominantly sold under client's own brand.

Committed to providing outstanding service, quality and value, Katsouris Fresh Foods, one of the group's manufacturing sites, sought to improve on the capabilities of the traditional inspection methods previously used. They sought an inspection solution that could achieve greater levels of contaminant detection and fewer false rejects, but would also reliably identify stainless steel fragments in products packaged in foil trays and dishes. Such a solution is supplied by SAFELINE x-ray inspection.

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Brand Protection

SAFELINE T10XP x-ray inspection systems were selected by Katsouris for installation on their production lines, to provide brand protection. The systems offer Katsouris high levels of efficiency in contamination detection, low maintenance and simple operation, maximising uptime.

Optimum Sensitivity

SAFELINE's adaptive technology ensures optimum sensitivity of contamination detection throughout production. Working to a specification to eliminate metal contaminants down to 1.2mm, the system can also detect foreign bodies, such as stone, bone and high-density plastic. This ensures the highest possible quality standards are met, not only for Bakkavör, but also for their clients and consumers.

Highest Hygiene Standards

Bakkavör are committed to maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene across all of their manufacturing sites, and seek to work with suppliers that can help them achieve this goal. The T10XP systems are built to IP65 as standard with an option to upgrade to IP69K. Additionally, systems can be manufactured to the 3A sanitary certification, an industry first. The sanitary design reduces potential bacteria breeding grounds and is fundamental to maintaining high hygiene standards.

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Developing products under the retailers' own brands, Bakkavör are entrusted with their client's brand equity. The capabilities of SAFELINE's x-ray inspection systems provides them with the very highest levels of contamination detection and assurance of their product safety and quality.

Benefits of the T10XP system:

  • Increased brand protection thanks to the superior sensitivity of detection
  • Assurance of product safety - detection and elimination of stone, glass, metal and high density plastic contaminants
  • Minimum downtime - operating at low energy offers superior reliability
  • Increased productivity - false reject rates are minimised thanks to the adaptive technology
  • Maximum uptime - automatic product setup completed in minutes
  • Optimised throughput - rapid inspection capacity rates, up to 900 packs per minute
  • Minimal disruption - systems can be easily retro-fitted into your production line
  • Efficient cleaning - 3A sanitary design enables fast and thorough cleaning
  • Full traceability via a unique user sign-in system
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