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OEM APPLICATION NOTE: Moving Customers From Metal Detection to X-ray Inspection

Variable frequency drive and gear motors are significant in making Thermo Scientific’s Next Guard Pro X-ray inspection equipment effective.

Variable frequency drive and gear motors are significant in making Thermo Scientific’s Next Guard Pro X-ray inspection equipment effective.
Variable frequency drive and gear motors are significant in making Thermo Scientific’s Next Guard Pro X-ray inspection equipment effective.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Thermo Scientific NextGuard Pro X-ray inspection equipment represents an enhancement to the company’s current NextGuard line, which is designed to make material conveyance more robust and flexible.

NextGuard Pro detects foreign objects in packaged products such as bags, boxes, pouches, and plastic jars to help ensure safety. It can be used in various food applications, including bakery, dairy, and confectionery, or for personal care products as well as healthcare products such as test kits, IV bags, or biomedical supplies.

What makes the machine unique compared to competitive equipment? “The NextGuard platform was designed to cost-effectively move customers from metal detection to X-ray inspection,” says Bob Ries, Lead Product Manager, Metal Detection and X-Ray Inspection, Product Inspection, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Product Inspection. “To achieve this goal it needed to be low-cost, easy-to-use, compact, and reliable. The NextGuard Pro extends the product family by making the material handling, rejection, and shielding more flexible and heavy duty for larger/heavier packages, as well as more robust and in washdown environments.”

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