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AICON X-RAY Inspection Systems - Foreign Material Detection Beyond Metal Detection

We help food processors detect stainless steel, glass, ceramic, stone, bone, rubber, and dense plastics before contaminated product reaches the customer.

AICON X-RAY systems support packaged foods, chocolate, bakery, dairy, meat, poultry, seafood, pet food, ready meals, jars, cans, pouches, bulk ingredients, liquids, and other quality-critical food production applications.

Packaged products - Bulk foods - Liquids - Meat & poultry - Final inspection - Test before you invest

If you are dealing with any of the following, we should talk

- Customer complaints about foreign material
- Metal detectors missing non-metal contaminants
- Foil, trays, jars, cans, pouches, or flow-wrap packaging
- Glass, ceramic, stone, bone, rubber, or dense plastic risks
- Retailer or food safety audit pressure
- Final inspection gaps before product leaves the plant


Foreign material detection beyond metal detection

AICON X-RAY inspection systems help food processors detect contaminants that metal detectors cannot always solve, including stainless steel, glass, ceramic, stone, calcified bone, rubber, and certain dense plastics.

These systems are designed for finished packaged products, bulk foods, tall containers, jars, cans, bottles, liquid products, meat, poultry, fish, snacks, confectionery, bakery, dairy, and other quality-critical applications.

We do not just quote an X-ray machine. We help review your product, packaging, line speed, contaminant concern, upstream process, and inspection goals so the recommendation actually fits your operation.

One missed contaminant can lead to customer complaints, product holds, retailer pressure, recalls, and damage to your brand.

A complete X-ray inspection review can include

1. Product review
Product type, density, package format, line speed, belt width, and inspection location
2. Contaminant risk
Review of likely risks including metal, glass, ceramic, stone, bone, rubber, and dense plastic
3. Equipment selection
Scan XR, Side Scan, Pipe XR, Bulk XR, Heavy Duty XR, Bone Detection XR, or custom configuration
4. Testing and validation
Application testing available to help confirm realistic detection performance before quoting

Every recommendation is based on your actual product, package, contaminant concern, and production environment.

AICON X-RAY Product Line

AICON Scan XR

For trays, pouches, doypacks, cardboard packs, flowpacks, sachets, bars, boxes, and wrapped foods.

AICON Side Scan

For jars, cans, bottles, tubes, upright containers, and taller packaged products.

AICON Side Scan BV

For semi-liquid and liquid products in glass packaging where bottom-zone inspection is critical.

AICON Pipe XR

For liquid, semi-liquid, and fragmented products moving through pipelines.

AICON Bulk XR

For unpackaged bulk products such as nuts, dried fruit, grains, vegetables, seeds, and similar products before packaging.

AICON Bone Detection XR

For meat, poultry, and fish processors looking to detect calcified bone and other contamination risks.

Not sure if X-ray will detect your contaminant?

Tell us about your product, packaging, line speed, and contaminant concern. We’ll help determine whether AICON X-RAY is a fit.

Request Product Testing

Why companies work with Rate Technology Group

- Direct access to AICON X-RAY inspection systems
- Experience across food, bulk handling, packaging, and contamination control
- Recommendations based on your exact product and package format
- Canadian support, application guidance, and practical next steps
- Product testing and application review available
- Ability to review upstream risks, not just the final inspection point

We help identify where foreign material risk is entering your process and what inspection strategy makes the most sense.

X-ray inspection as part of a complete contamination control strategy

Review the full process
Raw ingredient receiving, bulk handling, conveying, screening, magnets, metal detection, and final inspection
Select the right inspection point
Determine whether the issue should be solved upstream, after packaging, or through multiple control points
Test and validate
Use real product and realistic contaminants to understand expected detection performance
Protect your brand
Reduce complaints, product holds, recalls, audit pressure, and final product risk

X-ray inspection is strongest when it is matched to the right product, package, line speed, and contamination risk.

Strong applications for Canadian food processors

AICON X-RAY systems are a strong fit for processors where foreign material detection, brand protection, final product verification, and retailer compliance are critical.

- Chocolate and confectionery
- Bakery and snack foods
- Protein bars and wrapped bars
- Dairy products
- Frozen foods and ready meals
- Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood
- Pet food
- Sauces, jars, cans, and bottled products
- Nuts, dried fruit, grains, seeds, and bulk foods

AICON has documented applications in chocolate, sweets, bars, bakery, dairy, fish, meat, poultry, pet food, sauces, ready meals, jars, cans, pouches, trays, and metallized foil packaging.

Get an AICON X-RAY Inspection Recommendation

Tell us about your product, packaging, line speed, and contamination concern, and we’ll help recommend the right AICON X-RAY inspection approach.

No obligation. We will simply review your application and provide practical guidance within 24 hours.

Let’s identify the right inspection strategy for your product

Contact Ryan - ryan@ratetechnology.com - or request a review to learn how AICON X-RAY inspection systems can help protect your product, customers, and brand.

Ready to discuss your application?

Contact  Ryan - ryan@ratetechnology.com 
to learn how AICON equipment and systems can benefit your operations.

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