Dual energy X-ray systems bring value added detection features to identify missing product, damaged product, dented or altered packaging and presence of a premium item.
Conventional single-energy X-ray inspection technology has been established as a reliable tool in detecting contaminants like stainless steel, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, calcified bone, mineral stone and high-density plastics and rubber.
Yet it doesn’t do as well with inorganic contaminants such as glass shards, low-density plastics and rubber or stones and rocks. Inaccurate readings also frequently occur with single-energy X-ray systems when inspecting complex, variable-density foodstuffs. The goal for dual-energy X-ray systems is to run at maximum sensitivity with few to no false reject activity in these applications.