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1. THE ROLE OF SECURITY SCREENING
EQUIPMENT IN FOOD AND
PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING

2. Introduction
• Screening equipment is a critical element of both the food
and pharmaceutical industries.
• The finished products in both of these industries are held
to the highest standards, and there really is no room for
error during the manufacturing process.

3. Introduction
• However, without the presence of high quality security
screening equipment as part of the process, problems may
arise that affect entire batches of product.
• Security screening equipment helps enables a business to
create its products without worrying about many of the issues
that can affect food and pharmaceutical processing.

4. Non-Metallic Foreign Material
• According to Quadro Processing Equipment, one of the
primary issues that occur during the manufacturing
process of food products is non-metallic foreign material.
This refers to material that gets into the batch of product
but can’t be isolated by using magnetic traps or metal
detectors.
• Without the use of quality security screening equipment,
these foreign materials may end up in the finished product
and affect both quality and safety.

5. The Problem with Conventional
Separators
• Conventionally, separators that utilize a vibrating action
were used to screen out foreign material, but they take up
a lot of space and pose challenges when trying to
integrate them into an existing process.
• It’s also tough to clean them completely, which causes
problems when running different batches of product.

6. Quality Assurance Issues
• One important role that security screening equipment
plays in both the food and pharmaceutical industries is
preventing quality assurance issues.
• Food products have to taste a certain way and have a
certain texture every single time, and if quality starts to
waiver because of the security screening equipment, the
situation won’t be a good one.

7. Quality Assurance Issues
• When companies run into quality assurance problems,
they inevitably lose money because entire shipments are
held back, or they have to do damage control after a
shipment has been sent out.
• Either way, it isn’t good for the company’s bottom line or
reputation.

8. Health & Safety Issues
• What’s even worse for a company’s reputation is if health and safety
issues arise because of the security screening of their product.
• This is especially true of pharmaceutical products, as they actually
have the potential to kill patients if the delumping process isn’t carried
out effectively and the powders aren’t uniform when the drugs are
made.
• Safety problems also have the potential to result in lawsuits that could
threaten much more than just the company’s reputation.

9. Decreased Sales
• Of course, the end result of poor quality and safety issues
is lower sales, which can cost a company valuable market
share, reduce dividends to stock holders and cause
employee layoffs.
• In the end, the role of security screening equipment is to
help keep the whole process rolling along without
interruption and without problems to the final product.

10. What to Look For
• Some things to look for with newer version security
screening equipment includes:
• Machines that can security screen and delump a product without
reducing the particle size.
• A wide variety of screens to handle different sized particles.
• In-line design so it easily fits into any manufacturing system.
• Easy to clean without having to use any specialized equipment.
• Lower than normal power consumption.
• Completely vibration-free.