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Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the NextGuard X-ray detection system designed as an affordable unit with features often found in more costly higher-end systems. The new unit helps expand the technology to a wider customer base.
The first model, the NextGuard C330, is designed for packaged product contaminant detection and complements the mid- and high-end Thermo Scientific Xpert and POWERx X-ray inspection systems.
“Based on customer feedback, we’ve found that, traditionally, the total cost of ownership for X-ray systems has been too high for many companies to justify this technology,” says Bob Ries, lead product manager, metal detection and X-ray inspection, Thermo Fisher.
Based on Thermo Fisher testing, NextGuard offers up to 50 percent better detection sensitivity than Thermo Fisher’s previous value-based X-ray system, the EZx.
Features of the NextGuard system include its compact one-meter long size; multiple contaminant detection algorithms to increase detection probability; ability to modify, test and change detection parameters on the fly; wraparound detector intended to reduce ‘blind spots’; on-machine reject image storage for up to 90 days, and a QA check mode that automates operator audits and recordkeeping.
NextGuard’s features have also been driven by a changing industry landscape “where X-ray detection addresses a number of customer concerns, including evolving HACCP standards and requirements from some retailers for X-ray inspected product,” says Ries.
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