The newest addition to the company's fat analysis platform, the FA3/M, meets the needs of manufacturers requiring multiple applications, ranging from fresh, hot-boned, chilled and frozen in loose bulk or carton and crate formats.
Quality is ensured for meat processed on the production line by the use of the company's third generation Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) technology that discriminates between fat and lean portions of 100 percent of the throughput products. Throughput is further enhanced by the company's proprietary inspection software, which enables the FA3/M to inspect up to 2,400 plastic crates or frozen blocks per hour or up to 35 tons of bulk meat per hour.
Recalibration of the FA3/M is simply achieved with the touch of a button with AUTOCAL™ and is now complete in approximately one minute, saving hours of lost production time when compared to the manual calibration procedures of standard fat analysis technologies. This automatic calibration eliminates the need for handling bulky, unsanitary and potentially unsafe phantom blocks on the factory floor. Another unique feature to the company's inline fat measurement systems is VALIDATE™. This function validates calibration and records the result in a secure electronic log. The FA3/M also allows processors to job change easily and seamlessly using PRODUCT SWITCH™, which means products with different inspection requirements can run on the same line by simply scanning a bar code. As size can present a challenge on crowded production floors, the FA3/M has compact x-ray imaging geometry that offers improved precision, enhanced contaminant detection and weight measurement, while also maintaining the smallest factory footprint in the industry.
Eagle Product Inspection www.eaglepi.com
