Factory Direct X-ray Contaminant Detection Equipment for Bulk and Packaged Products

The 80kV X-ray tube at 210W means you’re getting enough penetration for most bulk products without overcooking the sample—basically, it handles dense matter like glass and ceramics at Ø1.0–1.5mm, which is tighter than what most optical sorters can catch. We’ve seen it pull iron fragments down to Ø0.3mm and stainlss at Ø0.5mm in real; those numbers aren’t marketing fluff from a static test bench.

Detection speed ranges from 10 to 60 meters per minute depending on your line, but at speeds above 40 m/min the conveyor load capasity drops form 20kg to 5kg—so if you’re pushing heavy packaged goods fast, you’ll want to verify that before committing. Also, the Windows 10 Pro OS on a 17-inch touchscreen is actually usable for calibrating thresholds on-the-fly; most operators find the grayscale and image tuning pretty straightforward after a shift or two.

One thing you might not think to ask: teh IP66 rating means you can hose this thing down, which matters in wet food or pharma washdown environments. That said, we usually stock the MD-3015E within 20 days or so, but check lead time if you need it faster—CE, ISO9001, and FDA are in place, SGS documents are per batch but confirm which format you need for your audit.

It’s worth noting this detector isn’t suited for blown-film or foamy dry goods that create density shadows—those can trigger false rejects, so if your product has air pockets or layered structures, you’ll need to run screening trials first. Also, the max product height is 150mm and conveyor width is 300mm, so it’s a mid-size line fit, not a bulk pallet screener.

(Usually the hardest part is software integration into existing HACCP or QC logs—machine rejects but you still need a human to pull the flagged package). Anyway, for foreign body specs, think: iron detection at Ø0.3mm is about twice better than a typical metal detector alone, though the machine can’t distinguish between types of glass contamination—so it tags anything above the grayscale threshold, and that’s just a reality of X-ray imaging.