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Count Candy in Multi-layer Trays
For many years it has been an industry goal to ensure that the correct number of items are provided in a package of product. There are both legal and more importantly market-driven reasons why this is important. In many cases this has proved to be impossible because the normal production weight of a good package would vary more than the value of a single item within the package. Novus X-Ray's Hyper-Switch™ processing technology now allows this to be done.

This is an example of product counting. Two chocolate trays are place on top of each other and packaged in a box. The X-ray image reveals a shadowing effect when the pieces do not align completely. In this case, a yellow cross identifies a position missing one piece of chocolate. The tray on the bottom was missing one piece resulting in the image revealing only the top tray's piece.



Box of chocolates with two trays, and foil wrapped chocolates.



Here is an image of a good box with all chocolates and no contaminants.



Here is a box of chocolates with one missing, and a contaminant.
Hyper-Switch™ running on our C3 conveyor machine successfully discovered the missing chocolate and the 1.0 mm glass fragment and removed the box at a conveyor speed of 200 ft/min.

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