Ishida IX-GA, X-ray Inspection System: safer and simpler for your operators
X-Ray emissions are kept within the X-ray inspection tunnel: any breach or intrusion instantly halts all output
X-Ray emission takes place only within the inspection tunnel, isolated from the outside world. A high-visibility signal light warns when exposure is in progress and a safety interlock halts all X-ray output if a curtain or conveyor is out of place or if an operator's hand is inserted.
Apart from in the inspection tunnel during exposure, X-ray emissions are under 1 µSv/h in all parts of the system.
Operation is simple, quick and easy to learn
Simple to read and use, the IX-GA X-ray Inspection system touchscreen interface minimizes training costs. In operation, it reduces downtime in many ways:
- Ready to go in under 90 seconds from X-ray machine power-up
- Product presets can be changed without stopping production
- Inspection settings automatically optimised by passing product through 2-3 times
- Routine calibration not needed
Hygienic construction makes cleaning easy and speeds up product changeovers
The design of the IX-GA X-ray Inspection System facilitates cleaning and simplifies product changeovers:
- Overall system conforms to IP65
- Conveyor chamber conforms to IP66 (suitable for high pressure washdown)
- No tools required for conveyor removal/replacement
How Ishida X-Ray inspection works
An X-ray beam passes through product and conveyor and hits a line sensor (fig.1), which uses the transmitted radiation to produce electronic signals. An image processing system generates images and, using Ishida's exclusive 5-level processing software, reveals any contamination or product defects (fig. 2).
Making more from less: Ishidas GA (Genetic Algorithm) evolutionary image processing
X-Ray image processing can be specially set up to detect known, expected impurities at very low levels. With earlier systems this demanded special expertise and considerable lead times for each potential contaminant.
With Ishidas original GA evolutionary image processing, your own X-ray inspection system operator can rapidly and automatically generate the optimal sensitivity settings, achieving the image qualities demonstrated here.
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The Ishida IX-GA Series X-ray Inspection System.
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