Ready Meals

Effective product protection is critical to all branches of the Ready Meals Industry, ensuring that safety and quality are absolute.

Lock Inspection Systems has responded to these specific needs with a range of metal detectors and checkweighers, which guarantees the manufacturer the very highest standards of inspection for their products.

In today's style of living, ready meals represents one of the fastest growing food product sectors. TV Dinners were, in the past, criticised for their lack of quality of ingredients. But with today's variety and inventiveness in Ready Meals the demand for Total Quality inspection requires purposeful solutions at every stage in the manufacturing and packaging processes. Lock has these solutions.

For further information e-mail: sales@lockinspection.co.uk (UK), sales@lockinspection.com (North/South America), systemes@lock-qualimatic.fr (France) or sales@lockbv.nl (Netherlands).

Ingredient and Raw Material Screening

The Quality of finished products can only be guaranteed if ingredients - including raw and processed materials are 100% screened to remove all unwanted metallic particles.

These detectors are ideal for high throughput and superior sensitivity from free-falling materials.

Early detection of contamination affords significant cost savings since lower value ingredients rather than finished products are rejected. Product wastage is then minimised and valuable machinery protected.

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In Process and Bulk Inspection

Metallic contamination of product can arise at many stages of manufacture; as a result of wear and tear in-process machinery, from damage to cutting blades or sieves or simply following equipment maintenance.

Early detection of contamination affords significant cost savings since lower value ingredients rather than finished products are rejected. Product wastage is then minimised and valuable machinery protected.

HACCP analysis will identify where protection is needed.

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Metallised Film Packaging

Products that are packaged in metallised film, require metal contaminants to be detected for removal.

Lock's unique software incorporated within its metal detectors senses the use of metallised film packaging and switches mode to achieve optimal detection of any metal contaminants within the packaging.

Contamination by any metals will be detected at enhanced sensitivities, including '300' series stainless steel

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Finished Good Inspection

Inspection at the end of the production line will provide the ultimate check for contamination in packaged goods, ensuring Brand Protection.

Product protection is assured by Lock's fail-safe detection systems afford peace of mind and shields against potential crises.

Lock's systems also provide valuable management data for the manufacturer.

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Finished Pack Integrity

Closed pack inspection by a checkweigher is required to verify compliance with declared label weight and /or component count.

The ultimate check can also be performed if a metal detector is integrated with a checkweigher.

These systems can be connected to an area PC or PLC network, ensuring valuable product data is captured, collated and stored.

Lock's checkweighers conform to all packaging hall requirements and provide exceptional accuracy across all industry lines.

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