Tunnel Metal Detectors for Conveyors

When integrated with conveyors, these metal detectors provide product inspection for a range of industrial food and non-food processing applications

  • Detection of all Metal Types Wide range of stable, reliable inline tunnel metal detectors that can detect all metal types, for use in industrial conveyorized food and non-food applications
  • Easy Conveyor System Integration Supports productivity and compliance aims when integrated with a conveyor system
  • Application-Specific Solutions Tunnel metal detectors for conveyor systems detect and reject all types of metal for a range of inline food and non-food processing applications

Gravity Fall Metal Detector Systems

Safeline Gravity Fall metal detector systems inspect bulk, free falling fine powdered and granular products in food production and non-food applications.

  • Unlock Productivity Performance Increase productivity with reduced performance testing. Increased sensitivity enables smaller metal contaminants to be detected.
  • Reduce Total Cost of Ownership Technology innovations optimize testing processes and improve operator efficiency.
  • Bespoke Systems to Suit your Application Choose from a range of high-speed reject devices designed for specific applications.

Vertical Metal Detectors

Throat-style metal detectors that can be integrated with Vertical Form Fill and Seal processes and equipment to inspect free-falling product in-flight.

  • Unlock Productivity Performance Increase productivity with reduced performance testing. Increased sensitivity enables smaller metal contaminants to be detected.
  • Reduce Total Cost of Ownership Technology innovations optimize testing processes and improve operator efficiency.
  • Easy Integration Highest sensitivity and reliability with small insertion space for maximum product quality and brand protection.

Pipeline Metal Detectors

Pipeline metal detectors are designed for inspecting pumped liquids, pastes, slurries, high viscosity fluids and vacuum-packed products in industrial food and non-food processing applications.

  • Optimized Metal Detection Wide range of stable, reliable metal detection systems that can detect all metal types in liquid, paste and slurry products as they travel through process pipelines
  • Easy System Integration Pipeline metal detectors can be integrated into production processes to detect metal contaminated product and reject it product from the process flow
  • Application-specific Solutions Offering a choice of finishes and sealing standards to suit the working environment and a range of systems for different applications

Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors

Fully integrated pharmaceutical metal detector solutions for inspection of tablets, capsules, powders and granules.

  • Advanced Metal Detection For Maximum Compliance Advanced detection coil design, combined with proven Safeline software, ensures metal contaminants as small as 0.3mm in diameter can be detected and rejected.
  • Application-specific Solutions Manufactured from mirror-polished stainless steel and incorporating FDA-approved contact parts throughout, these systems provide compact, easy clean, hygienic solutions to meet industry requirements.
  • Maxmimum Versatility and Mobility Compact footprint enables insertion into areas where space is restricted. Robust, fully-rotating castors provide ease of mobility, enabling the system to be used in multiple locations.

Metal Detector Conveyor Systems

A full range of standard and bespoke-designed conveyor mounted metal detector solutions for contamination detection in food and beverage product applications.

  • Tailored to Meet Your Inspection Needs Available in a wide range of sizes (and combined with a METTLER TOLEDO Safeline metal detector search head) to suit all applications and conveyor systems, providing a fully automated in-line inspection.
  • Typical Applications Include meat, poultry, fish, bakery, ready meals etc, through to sacked / crated produce, plus items with large product signals, such as cheese blocks and bulk meat packs.
  • Unrivalled Levels Of Detection Sensitivity Detection of all metal types including ferrous, non-ferrous and even difficult-to-detect non-magnetic stainless steels.
  • Regulatory Compliance Our metal detection equipment can aid compliance with national and international food safety standards, as well as with retailers' own codes of practice.

Data Connectivity, Collection and Automation & Control

Discover more about our connectivity and data collection solutions for integrating metal detectors into production-line management information systems.

  • Improving Production Performance Increasing process control and analysis at your Critical Control Points (CCPs) to support your performance improvements and brand protection initiatives.
  • ProdX Data Management Software Productivity, Product Quality, Security and Clarity come together in ProdX, METTLER TOLEDO’s data management software.
  • FreeWeigh.Net Data Management Software A powerful statistical quality control (SQC) software programme that covers all aspects of packaging and filling quality control for food and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
  • Extracting and Using Data Numerous methods of extracting data from the metal detector are available through our proprietary RS232 and Ethernet protocol modules through to the deployment of one of our Fieldbus Interface Modules (FIMS).

Test Samples, Tablets & Cards

Our test sample pieces support ongoing verification of equipment performance helping your business meet international food safety standards and retailer codes of practice.

  • Test Samples For Every Application Test samples for all our metal detection applications are available. A wide range of sizes, metals types and hygenic carrier materials allow testing across your metal detection application.
  • Certified To Meet Compliance Needs A formal certificate of conformance can be supplied with Safeline test samples. This confirms the test piece size, manufacturing standards and authenticity along with a traceable history of manufacture.
  • Consistency and Quality Guaranteed All precision test spheres used in METTLER TOLEDO Safeline’s metal test samples conform to ANSI/AFBMA Std 10 or DIN 5401.
  • Configurable Test Kits To Suit Your Needs Test samples are also available in test kit packs for even greater convenience. Kits can contain up to 12 test samples of varying sizes and materials.