FTNON Fast Line Inspections® seal tester (01-09-2010)

Accurate monitoring of flexible packaging to detect gas leaks.

The correct atmosphere when packing is of great importance in maintaining quality. That defective, leaking packaging should leave the factory is undesirable for the following reasons:

- the safety of the product cannot be guaranteed
- the average product life is reduced
- products can arrive at the supermarket in an unfit state and this is taken into account

Manual monitoring is incomplete and costs labour. The FTNON Fast Line Inspections® seal tester was developed to solve this problem. The system has been fully tested in working conditions and is now available.

Continuous system

Under this continuous system the packs come in contact with three small conveyor belts. Leakages are detected by means of the “measure-pressure-measure-compare “principle. The system which is patented in the USA and Europe is fully servo controlled via a simple touch-screen. Product changeover takes place with a single touch on the screen, so no mechanical adjustments are necessary.

Some advantages this system offers:
- even small leaks are detected
- labour is saved
- the product can be re-used

In addition, pre-perforated packaging can also be monitored with this system.

The system can be supplied in 2 executions:
- the MAP1 for detecting holes from ± 3.0 mm, and
- the MAP3 for detecting holes from 0.5 mm.

Complete automation including case-pack system

In respect of a complete automation of the part from the packing machine up to and including the transport of products in cases or trays, FTNON is able to supply a case-pack system. This installation can be well combined with a seal tester.

FTNON is able to integrate the case-pack system and the seal tester into both new and existing lines.

For more information please contact our sales department on tel. (+31) 546 574 222, or e-mail at info@ftnon.com.