X-ray product inspection technology has advanced considerably since its initial inception. With the invention of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) technology, the capabilities of x-ray technology were greatly expanded. No longer were x-ray systems reliant on just a grayscale snapshot of product contents—they could analyze materials by their chemical composition.

However, to truly maximize food safety and minimize contamination risks, using detectable components is a must.

Why Use X-Ray Detectable Plastic or Rubber?

Even the best product inspection equipment has its limitations. Especially tiny shards of low-density plastic / rubber can be missed—even with top-notch DEXA systems.

X-ray detectable plastic and rubber components are designed for maximum detectability in x-ray inspection machines. This helps to prevent small shavings of plastic / rubber components from shearing off of processing equipment and passing into your products unnoticed.

Also, by using high-density materials designed to break off in larger chunks rather than shatter into small shards, you can greatly improve food safety.

Benefits of Using X-Ray Detectable Plastic and Rubber

The biggest benefit of using x-ray detectable plastic / rubber components in your production line is, naturally, that doing so reduces the risk of plastic / rubber shards making it past your product inspection.

However, there are a few other benefits to using detectable components, such as:

• Enhancing Your Safety Compliance. Using fully x-ray detectable components can enhance your compliance with various safe food handling and production standards.
• Improved Cash Flow from Avoided Product Recalls. Food safety incidents can have an enormous negative impact on cash flow. From losses in wasted material in recalls, lost sales, lawsuits, disruption of operations, and labor/money spent on public relations damage control, the financial consequences of a single incident can be enormous. By increasing safety, these incidents can be avoided, improving cash flow.
• Reduced Customer Complaints. Aside from avoiding major product recalls, using detectable components to prevent plastic / rubber pieces from making it into your products helps to reduce customer complaints. This can help improve your customer relations, and take some strain off of your customer service staff.

Aside from helping you save money on product recalls and other damage control measures, x-ray detectable plastic / rubber components can help provide peace of mind.

Find out how you can get customized detectable components to integrate with your production process today!