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Product safety has top priority
X-ray Technology from OCS Checkweighers used at Mila
X-ray scanner series SC 5000 C from OCS Checkweighers (photo: OCS Checkweighers)
The Mila-Bergmilch Südtirol cooperative (€200m sales, 400 workers)
is one of the market leaders in the production of high quality
dairy products in Italy. In the interests of maximum consumer
safety, Mila trusts its fill level control and foreign body detection
to X-ray scanners from OCS Checkweighers.
Advanced equipment and transparency
Rudi Mair am Tinkhof, head of production and technology at Mila, is
aware of the sensitive nature of product safety. His motto is: "Both
customer and end user must be convinced that a company will always
do the maximum to ensure the safety of its products." At Mila, this is
achieved by complete transparency to the customer and through the
deliberate selection of technical equipment and machinery.
X-ray scanners from OCS Checkweighers are a permanent part
of the production lines of the dairy operation in Italy’s Alto Adige
region. They are integrated at every operational step of the
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production process where a product leaves the filling and packing
machines. For example, fruit yogurt loaded in trays with 20
single chamber cups arrives at an OCS Checkweigher scanner to
be screened. Moving at a conveyor belt speed of 35 m/min, the
products are reliably examined for proper fill levels and foreign
bodies. If one or more of the cups in the tray are over or underfilled,
the entire crate is rejected.
The foreign body detection operates in a similar manner. If an inspected
product reveals contamination by stone fruits, glass, aluminum,
ceramic, or wire, the entire container tray is removed from
the product stream. The identification of the contaminated cup in
the tray is made in real time and shown on the scanner display.
Scanning all day long
The x-ray scanners of series SC 5000 C operating at Mila represent
the highest standards of modern quality assurance. The