Key facts

The two-chamber tubs are filled with yoghurt and cereal mixtures via a multi-filling system. However, time and again, this causes unwanted clumps of cereal residue to form

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Challenge

When filling two-chamber tubs with yoghurt and various cereals, time and again there were unwanted, uncontrollable deposits of substandard product residues. The manufacturer pinpointed the problem to the filling process and to the particular properties of the products. The cereals naturally have a low fat content, which results in the cereal dust adhering to the walls of the filling system chamber. This then clumps and can fall into one of the tubs at any time. The tubs are sealed with an aluminium foil lid straight after filling, so a visual quality control check is out of the question.

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Solution

Due to the fact that the two-chamber tubs were sealed with aluminium foil, an X-ray inspection system Dymond from Minebea Intec was already integrated into the packaging line at the detection point for foreign objects. The sales team sought the advice of Minebea Intec’s X-ray technology experts and together they developed a solution – with help from the x-ray inspection system. The advanced Dymond system doesn’t just detect a wide variety of foreign objects, such as glass, stone or metal, but it can also recognise deviations in a product’s consistency. Together, the system’s settings were successfully modified. Since then, the system has reliably removed not only contaminated products from the product flow but also substandard products.

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Customer

The customer is a well-known dairy product manufacturer based in Germany. The company has a diverse product range and is known throughout the whole of Europe. Be it cheese, ice cream or yoghurt, this manufacturer delivers delicious products of the highest standard.