Hamamatsu Photonics – Assessing food quality and safety with SWIR and X-ray inspection techniques
Hamamatsu Photonics – The increasing demand for food while ensuring its quality and safety is a challenge facing the food industry. Sara Ziliani PhD, Industrial Applications at Hamamatsu Photonics, presents two inspection techniques in this webinar recording; the first is based on adopting SWIR imaging and spectroscopy with InGaAs sensors, cameras, and spectrometers, and the second using X-ray imaging technology.
A busy conveyor belt in a food production facility sorts a variety of colorful fresh fruits efficiently.
With a global population of 7.9 billion and a projected growth to nearly 10 billion by 2050, food companies must keep up with the increasing demand for food while ensuring a sustainable and safe food supply. Constantly optimizing the food selection and inspection process along the entire production chain is essential.
Machine vision technology enables companies in the food supply chain to automate inspection processes and minimize food selection and packaging errors. This technology can detect defects often invisible to the human eye, ensuring higher quality and consistency. Additionally, it identifies foreign objects such as metal, stones, plastics, and glass shards, which must be removed to prevent damage to processing machinery and, more importantly, to protect the consumer.
Hamamatsu Photonics is a leading company in the design, development, and production of optoelectronic components and systems. It is proud to work with industries worldwide to achieve their machine vision requirements.
