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Regardless of how sophisticated or reliable a metal detection system may be, it is essential that a frequent and thorough test and recording program be established. This is an essential component if any quality or HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) system. In the absence of any industry standards for detector testing, each company mu...

Global Industrial Metal Detectors Market Research Report 2017 to 2022 presents an in-depth assessment of the Industrial Metal Detectors including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player...

By virtue of good coding effects and ease-of-use, CIJ printers with small characters are widely used in the package of more and more products. Particularly, with the coming of modernization, it is more obvious of the trend that machines will replace man’s labor as well as the efficiency of coding machine, which is also quite different from ma...

Food producers, packagers, and distributors are under increasing scrutiny when it comes to the safety of their products. The complexity, scope, and speed of the supply chain have made it so that a localized issue involving food-borne contaminants can quickly balloon into a nationwide recall. The food industry has responded by implementing string...

Fortress Technology – leading global specialist in food industry metal detection – has revealed that its extra rugged Stealth model is now officially accredited with IP69K rating. Reinforcing the system’s superior reliability and accuracy benefits for the harshest of production environments, this latest certification represents th...

Manufacturers who treat their metal detectors as a stand-alone unit could be missing a trick, writes Phil Brown, European Sales Director at Fortress Technology. The saying ‘no man is an island’ is equally applicable to machinery – particularly in a packaging line context – where machines rarely operate in isolation and usual...

Food producers, packagers, and distributors are under increasing scrutiny when it comes to the safety of their products. The complexity, scope, and speed of the supply chain have made it so that a localized issue involving food-borne contaminants can quickly balloon into a nationwide recall. The food industry has responded by implementing stringent...

Grimsby-based family-owned whitefish processor Kirwin Brothers installed Fortress ‘Phantom’ metal detectors to fulfil the production requirements of a new customer. The company, which is experiencing ever-increasing demand from retailers UK-wide for its range of wet and smoked fish fillets and portions, turned to Fortress Technology ...

Sports nutrition and health supplement manufacturer Nutrition Group PLC has installed six Stealth Pharmaceutical metal detectors from Fortress Technology on its tablet pressing lines as part of a major programme of upgrades and expansion. Reliability, sensitivity and ease-of-use were all key factors in the purchase, according to facilities mana...