DETECTION SYSTEMS

Conveyor Belt Metal Detector for Packaged Food

Conveyor belt metal detector for packaged food, bottles and FMCG products. High-sensitivity Fe, non-Fe and SS detection with automatic reject. HACCP ready.
Detection Conveying
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Product Overview

The TrueCare Conveyor Metal Detector is an industrial conveyor belt metal detector for packed and unpacked products moving along a production line. Its balanced-coil search head detects ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel contaminants, and the automatic rejector (pusher, air-blast or belt-stop) removes contaminated packs without stopping production. Multi-frequency technology reduces false rejects caused by wet, salty or frozen products. It is used for packaged snacks, bakery items, frozen foods, bottles and jars, spices, confectionery and FMCG goods, and supports HACCP, BRC and FSSAI critical control point checks.
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Applications

A conveyorized metal detector plays a crucial role in quality control across a wide range of industries, ensuring that both packaged and unpackaged Material are completely free of metal contaminants. It detects and rejects the Ferrous, Non-Ferrous and Stainless-steel Contain Product.

Primary Industry Applications
  • Bakery Items: Inspecting bread loaves, pastries, biscuits, and cakes on a conveyor belt right after baking or packaging. This catches stray wire fragments, oven belt wear, or maintenance tools before the products reach retail shelves.
  • Meat and Sausage: Scanning fresh, frozen, or processed meat products—such as whole cuts, minced meat, and sausages (often packaged in trays or casings). Because processing equipment like mincers and slicers experience high wear, detecting broken steel blades or fragments is critical.
  • Fruits and Vegetables: Screening fresh produce (loose or boxed), bagged salads, and frozen vegetables moving along a sorting or packaging line to catch field debris or harvesting equipment fragments.
  • Dairy Products: Inspecting packaged blocks of cheese, butter tubs, yogurt cups, and milk cartons. These systems ensure that homogenizers, valves, or processing lines have not introduced any metal shavings.
  • Spices and Sugar: Checking packaged pouches, cartons, or sacks of granulated sugar, salt, and ground or whole spices prior to final distribution.
  • Aquatic Products: Scanning whole fish, fillets, seafood trays, and packaged shrimp (fresh or frozen) to detect hooks, processing needles, or equipment wear in high-moisture environments.
  • Chemical Raw Materials: Inspecting bagged or boxed industrial powders, granules, resins, and chemical additives to protect downstream machinery and ensure raw material purity.
  • Pharmacy: Passing finished medicine boxes, bottles, foil strips, and cartons through the tunnel to guarantee absolute product safety and compliance with strict pharmaceutical regulations.
  • Cosmetics: Scanning jars, tubes, and boxes of creams, lotions, powders, and personal care items to detect any contamination introduced during mixing, filling, or capping.
  • Toys, etc.: Checking finished plush toys, plastic play sets, clothing, and lifestyle goods to ensure no broken sewing needles, staples, pins, or assembly hardware remain embedded in the final consumer product.
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Standard Features

  • Stable performance with high sensitivity.
  • Constructed with SS 304, complies with GMP requirements.
  • Programmable for different products to optimize sensitivity and safety.
  • Large touch screen interface for intuitive operation, extensive data storage, and compact design for small spaces.
  • ARM controller with digital signal processing for audio and graphic indication of metal contamination detection.
  • Rapid, integrated rejection mechanism minimizes material waste;
  • Highly stable and extremely sensitive, engineered to eliminate external interference factors like vibration, noise, and product effects.
  • Simple installation, operation, and maintenance ensure reliable detection of very small contaminants

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Technical Specifications

Parameter Specification
Detection Width250 mm
Detection Height100 mm
Parameter SettingBy Inteligent product learning
Conveyer Belt TypeFood Grade PU (Chain Conveyer Optional)
Conveyor Belt Width180 mm
Conveyor Belt Length1200 mm
Max. Weight on Belt10 kg
ProductPre-Packaged Product
Belt SpeedVariable Speed; up to 70m/min
Rejection OptionPusher / Flipper / Flap Down / Down Belt
Power SupplyAC220 V , 1-phase , 50/60 Hz
Detecting Sensitivity (Ømm)
Fe0.5 mm
Non-Fe0.7 mm
SUS1.0 mm
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