Food inspection equipment

Food inspection equipment

Australia's largest weigh packaging company, Accuweigh, has metal detection, X-Ray food inspection systems and checkweighers available from with branches in all mainland states.

X-Ray food inspection systems

Accuweigh is the exclusive Australian distributor of the highly regarded XR series of X-Ray food inspection systems from Applied Sorting Technologies (AST).

AST is a local Australian manufacturer who developed and supplied the first x-ray meat inspection machines that are still being used today by most of Australia's export meat works and in many other food industries.

Various models are available, including one of Australia's most powerful x-ray inspection units, the XR-3000C, which is capable of high detail scanning of 27kg boxes of frozen meat at belt speeds up to 60 metres per minute.

Metal detection equipment

According to the company, Accuweigh is also the exclusive Australian distributor for one of Europe's high profile brands - Prisma.

The Prisma range of metal detection equipment from Italy is available in both IP65 & IP67 ratings.

Models are available for most typical metal detection requirements, including:

  • loose and packaged goods,
  • liquids and pastes,
  • meats and mince,
  • both vertical and horizontal pipes, and
  • pharmacuticals.

Checkweighers

Prisma also manufactures a complete range of checkweighers and combination checkweighers/metal detectors to suit all normal commercial applications.

The Prisma range of checkweighers are backed by a global user support network.

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