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  It is widely accepted that Metal Detectors are an integral part of almost all Food, Confectionery, Bakery, Snack processing and Pharmaceutical lines. LOCK sets the industry standards in metal detection. LOCK metal detectors find ferrous and non-ferrous metal particles. LOCK systems can also be used to find ferrous metals while ignoring the non-ferrous metals, to indicate when there is iron contamination in the product. For over 50 years LOCK has supplied metal detectors to customers worldwide, providing reliable detection, day after day, in products as diverse as biscuits, chocolates, raw meat and prescription drugs.
  Metal detection is born out of necessity and is unlikely to have occupied more than a fleeting thought in most manufacturers' minds. LOCK provides state-of-the-art Metal Detectors with advance Digital Control

Processing and some of the models available are as under:
 
Met 30+ Metal Detectors
Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors
Met 30+
Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors
Freefall Metal Detector Pipeline Metal Detector System 2000 Conveyor
Freefall Metal Detector Pipeline Metal Detector System 2000 Conveyor
Waferthin Metal Detector Weigh Chek Range  
Waferthin Metal Detector Weigh Chek Range  
 
Automatic Set-up Touchscreen System

100 Product Memory

Virtual Engineer & Modem Support

Automatic Product Tracking

General Sensitivity

Metalised Film

Fail-Safe Reject Mechanism

Security Codes

Status Indicator Lights

RS232/422/485 Datalink & 300 Event Storage

Test Prompt Warning Facility

Lock Datacheck Management System

Throughput Speeds

Membrane Keypad

Easy Clean Design

  Automatic Set-up: The Met 30+ will automatically calibrate for bulk and packaged products as they pass through the system. In this way, optimum performance is ensured and the risk of products being falsely rejected is reduced. No manual setting up of product is required.

100 Product Memory: The Met 30+ has the ability to store up to 100 different product settings in its memory. Once a product is set-up, the operator needs to only select the correct name of the product. All other details for that product (including reject parameters) are retrieved from the memory.

Automatic Product Tracking: Conductive products often vary in effect on the detector during the course of production. The Met 30+ continuously updates the currently selected product compensation settings so as to ensure optimum sensitivity.

Metalised Film: The Met 30+ provides the automatic facility for switching to a Metalised Film Detector to suit products packaged in this material.

Security Codes: Three levels of selectable security codes are provided to restrict menu access to appropriate levels for operator, supervisor and engineer.

RS232/422/485 Datalink & 300 Event Storage: Allows printing of reject reports, networking with PC and Quality Assurance information. Printing can be On Event or On Demand. Detector has the capability to store 300 events in memory.

Lock Datacheck Management System: The Met 30+ incorporates option for remote monitoring of detector performance either individually or as part of a group of detectors.

Membrane Keypad System: The Membrane option offers the user a highly dependable detector which is rugged in harsh environments.

Touchscreen System: Met 30+ detectors may be equipped with a large touchscreen display using state-of-the-art technology. The Touchscreen uses a bright sunlight-readable Electroluminescent (EL) screen. The operating software has been diligently designed to deliver a user-friendly series of menu screens and will display Lock’s unique ADC graphic technology which acts as a ‘window to the detection envelope’, providing operational and maintenance staff with a powerful on-screen diagnostic tool to optimize metal-detection performance.

Virtual Engineer & Modem Support: Provides detailed product ‘signal’ analysis to ensure optimal performance levels. The Met 30+ can also be linked through a modem to Lock service centre for immediate troubleshooting and support.

General Sensitivity: Sensitivity estimates in general are available for different aperture sizes.However actual value for given products can be specified after in-house product testing.

Fail-Safe Reject Options: Lock can deliver a complete range of reject mechanisms to suit all applications. Some of the options available are Airblast Reject, Pusher Reject, Diverter Arm Reject, Lift Flap Reject, Driven Drop Flap Reject, Retracting Band Reject and so on, to name a few.

Status Indicator Lights: These lights indicate the status of the detector, i.e. if the detector is working normally, or metal contamination has been detected, or if Sample Test is due, or the detector has malfunctioned and has gone into permanent reject mode.

Test Prompt Warning Facility: The Met 30+ prompts the operators to perform validation tests at regular intervals (as required by the Quality Control Personnel.) If such tests are not performed within the stipulated time, the machine goes into the Fail-Safe mode indicating that the required tests have not been performed.

Throughput Speeds: A Conveyor Belt speed of 5 m/min. upwards is available as standard for a Met 30+. Lower speeds can be accommodated depending upon the application. In the case of Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors for tablets, a throughput of as high as 30,000 tablets per minute can be achieved.

Easy Clean Design: The Met 30+ can be easily cleaned without much downtime.

  Met 30 + Universal
  Met 30+This detector is used when the product is in the form of individual pieces (biscuits, chocolate bars etc.) It is also used for product packed in packets, pouches, sachets etc.
  Apart from the standard features mentioned above some additional features available are:
   
 

Metal Detectorhf Option:
High Frequency detection is another feature developed by Lock for its established Met 30+ Metal Detector.

hf detector employs a single high frequency, crystal controlled oscillator at 875 Khz. This is four times more than standard detectors within the industry. Designed primarily for snack food and bakery industries, the unit will inspect dry foods such as biscuits or crisps. The Met 30+ hf eliminates the need to reconfigure the settings for each product, reducing downtime whilst increasing efficiency and operating speeds.

3f Option:
Triple Frequency detection is the other feature developed by Lock for its established Met 30+ Metal Detector.

The Met 30+ 3f detector operates at three crystal tuned frequencies - Low, Medium and High. The detector's automatic Frequency selection facility will choose the optimum frequency for the application in hand. For example, when inspecting dry biscuits, the detector will automatically select high frequency, whereas for a product wrapped in metalised film, it will operate at low frequency.

Sizes: A full range of various aperture sizes is available depending on application and product.

 

Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors  

 

Lock has 2 models for the pharmaceutical application:

Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors
To detect contamination in tablets To detect contamination in pharmaceutical powders.

Both the detectors offer exceptionally high sensitivity and are capable of detecting Ferrous, Non-Ferrous and the elusive (extremely hard to detect) Stainless Steel. Contamination in the form of Ferrous, Non-Ferrous and Stainless Steel is detected and also rejected for both the models.


Apart from the standard features mentioned above some additional features available are:

CFR Part-11: Setting the industry standards in metal detection and being one-step ahead of the rest, LOCK has designed a user-friendly industrial PC panel incorporating the CFR Part 11. According to GMP guidelines, the bespoken Windows based software allows Pharmaceutical companies to comply fully with Part 11. The software enables metal detection systems to deliver accurate inspection of tablets, capsules and granules. It implements security access controls, user identification, audit trials, electronic records and signatures, so in the event of contamination, batches can be traced and accounted for .

Metal Detectors EquipmentMetal Detectors EquipmentSealed Reject Valve : Lock has produced a completely sealed detection and reject system for fine Pharmaceutical Powders. Until now there has not been a completely sealed unit available for a dust free production environment. Lock's perfectly sealed valve is a fast acting device and is made from SS. It has a quick release mechanism and can withstand high temperature, washing and sterilization.

  Waferthin Metal Detector
 

The Waferthin Metal Detector, as the name suggests, is extremely thin. It is only 115 mm (4.5") in depth. It is ideal for limited space installation. It is specifically designed to be installed between the scales and vertical form, fill and seal bagmakers. The advance microprocessor design of the Met 30+ electronics enables it to communicate with other control systems for integrated packaging efficiency and total quality assurance.

It is used widely in the Snack Food industry, where the product is filled in packets, pouches or sachets using a Vertical Form Fill Seal machine.

Various mounting arrangements are available like pivot mount or fix mount on a support framework using bolts.

Waferthin Metal Detector
 

Freefall Metal Detector

 

Freefall systems can be installed at the beginning of a production line to inspect materials in bulk powder or granule form, or anywhere in the process where the product is falling freely under gravity e.g. beneath feed hoppers and in pipelines.

High throughput rates coupled with high sensitivity makes Freefall unit ideal for the detection and rejection of metallic contamination in the processing of products like cereals, cocoa, coffee, sugars, dried fruit and vegetables, flour, milk powder products, rice sago, tapioca, chemical granules and powders and plastic pellets, to name a few.

Freefall Metal Detector
  Pipeline Metal Detector
  Pipeline Metal DetectorThe Pipeline Metal Detectors are specifically designed to to detect contamination in products transported by pipeline, especially foodstuffs such as meat, vegetables, preserves, soups, petfoods, dairy products, powders or pastes. They offer unparalleled accuracy in detecting the most challenging metal contaminants such as stainless steel wire. This sensitivity can be relied upon for protection of a wide variety of products at ambient, chilled or high temperatures; across a broad range of flow-rates, and for all industry-standard pipe sizes.
  System 2000 Conveyor
  System 2000 ConveyorThe conveyor, sealed to IP54 or 65, with its quick release rollers allows the replacement of conveyor belts and the cleaning of rollers, skid plates and metal detector with minimum of downtime.The belt comes in the standard width of 200mm, 300mm and 500mm sizes. The fully stainless steel construction alongwith, food grade polyurethene belt, allows for long lasting, hygenic, smooth vibration-free operation. A heavy duty version is also available for products upto 100kgs.
  Weigh Chek Range
 
Weigh Chek Range The WeighChek is a compact design machine permitting installation in most confined of line layouts. It offers real time, rapid reliable and accurate processing of weight signal, to reliably and constantly ensure correct product weight.
It comes in three series viz :

CK: Pack weights from a few grams up to 2.5 kg.
CB: Combined machines from 200 gms to 2.5 kg (includes Lock Met 30+ detector)
CH: For "heavweights" from 2.5kg onwards.
  The userfriendly touch-screen panel, 100 product storage, high speed, real-time processing of weight signal, hygenic fully welded construction, quick and easy to remove belts, and wide range of reject options make it the industries choice.
for further details please contact us at mailto:lock@vedicsystems.com
  "Some of the customers using Lock Metal Detector and other equipment in India are:"
 
1 Britannia   21 Lupin Labs
2 Cadbury (I)  22 Modern Dairy
3 Candico   23 Mother Dairy
4 Cipla   24 Niharika Foods
5 Coca Cola (I) Pvt. Ltd. 25 Novartis
6 Cybernetik Technologies  26 Pakona
7 Dr.Writers 27 Prayag Nutri Foods
8 Everest Spices  28 Pepsico India (FritoLay Division)
9 Eisai Pharma 29 Ranbaxy 
10 Global Green  30 Red River Pharma
11 Gajanana Packaging 31 Royes Foods
12 Himalaya Drugs 32 Sandoz
13 Icon Households 33 Strides
14 ITC Ltd 34 Trio's Chocolates
15 J.B.Mangharam 35 Uttam Biscuits
16 Kellogg India Ltd 36 Vinpack
17 Johnson and Johnson 37 Watson Pharma
18 Joyco India 38 Wockhardt Ltd
19 Leamak Healthcare 39 Wrigley's
20 Lotus Chocolates    
                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
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