Bizerba supports consumer protection
New inspection systems at Interpack 2011 (hall 14, booth C14)
(firmenpresse) - Balingen/Düsseldorf, 1st April 2011 - Glass shards in salads or pieces of metal in yoghurts:
Technical errors in the production process are often the cause of product recalls.
Companies then not only have to deal with the damage to their image, but also with
significant compensation claims from customers which, in a worst-case scenario, can ruin
a company. These disasters can be avoided through better, preventative contaminant
detection procedures. In the words of British food safety expert Chris Griffith: "If ensuring
the safety of your foodstuffs is too expensive for you, try attempting to deal with an
incident."
At Interpack 2011, Bizerba is presenting new inspection systems for manual and fully-
automated production lines which use the latest X-ray and camera technology. Using
these systems, foodstuff manufacturers can significantly increase their product safety and
also satisfy the requirements of the HACCP guidelines and the International Food
Standards (IFS) at the same time. The inspection systems have a WS-FOOD interface, the
new standard for operating data logging and can be connected as plug-and-play devices
and can then communicate with the company's computer system.
The Bizerba Vision System: Even identifies fat and muscle mass proportions
With the Bizerba Vision System (BVS-G), manufacturers can not only check whether
labels, barcodes and allergy information are correctly positioned in a fully-automated
fashion, they can also classify foodstuffs into different quality levels at the same time.
"The patented BVS-G system checks whether the right amount of a certain product is
contained in the packaging and whether the products are in the correct position," says
Dieter Conzelmann, Director of Industry Solutions at Bizerba. "It is also the only system of
its kind which identifies the relative proportions of fat and muscle mass. In the USA, the
system has already been successfully integrated into large companies in the meat
industry. Now we are turning to Europe."
The XRE X-ray scanner also identifies glass or rubber with a throughput of 400 packages
per minute.
Using the Bizerba XRE X-ray scanner, all contaminants can be identified that absorb the
X-rays differently to the surrounding product even if the product is in aluminium
packaging. The contaminant material, be it glass, bone, ceramics, stone, PVC or rubber,
is not an issue here. Of course, the foodstuff remains completely unaffected. The XRE
achieves a throughput of up to 400 packages per minute. At the same time, the system
identifies product defects such as rips, trapped air or clumps of flavourings and can carry
out completeness checks.
The image is assessed using visualisation software which can be calibrated to a new
product extremely quickly using the Auto Training function. The simultaneous inspection
of parallel product lines with overlapping products is also possible. "The XRE has an
integrated industrial PC with touch-screen technology and the QNX real-time operating
system," says Conzelmann. "There aren't any vulnerable hard disks or other drives.
Typical problems such as system errors or driver conflicts are therefore a thing of the past."
Complete data backup including all images can be stored and transferred to the
customer's computer system. This supports manufacturers in terms of product liability.
The inspection systems can be set up as stand-alone units for small foodstuff
manufacturers or can be fully-integrated into automated production lines. They can also
be optimally combined with other Bizerba products, such as the CWE check-weigher
series or the light-barrier and rejection systems. They also comply with the "Hygienic
Design" foodstuff guidelines. The systems can be seen from 12th to 18th May at Interpack
2011 in Düsseldorf (hall 14, stand C14).
About Bizerba
Bizerba is a leading, worldwide-operating Solutions-provider offering professional system
solutions in scale, label, information and food service technologies, in the retail, food
industry, producing and logistic segments. Sector-specific hardware and software, high-
performance network-compatible management systems as well as a wide selection of
labels, consumables and business services ensure transparent control of integrated
business processes and high-level availability of Bizerba-specific performance features.
Worldwide, Bizerba is present in over 120 countries – with 41 shareholdings in 23
countries, as well as 54 country distributors. The company’s headquarters, with a staff of
3,000, is located in Balingen, Germany. Further manufacturing facilities are located in
Meßkirch, Bochum, Vienna (Austria), Pfäffikon (Switzerland), Milan (Italy), Shanghai
(China), Forest Hill (USA) and San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
For enquiries, please contact:
Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG
Claudia Gross
Director Global Marketing and Communication
Wilhelm-Kraut-Straße 65
D-72336 Balingen
Germany
Telephone +49 7433 12-33 00
Fax +49 7433 12-5 33 00
E-mail: claudia.gross(at)bizerba.com
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Telefon +49 228 620 43 84
Telefax +49 228 620 44 75
E-Mail: patrick.schroeder(at)nic-pr.de
Datum: 06.04.2011 - 00:20 Uhr
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