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tna: Virtual experience
tna will be using a combination of virtual and
augmented reality at this year’s interpack in
Düsseldorf, Germany, to showcase its complete
range of packaging and processing solutions.
Visitors will be transported into a ‘real world’
space, where they’ll get the chance to experience
tna’s leading equipment designs in a multisensual
environment. This will include everything
from tna’s cost-efficient steam peelers and high
performance fryers to its gentle distribution,
accurate seasoning, precise weighing and highspeed
packaging solutions. Using the latest, cutting-edge
technology, visitors will go on a virtual ride that will give them the unique opportunity to fully
immerse themselves into the production process of a complete potato chip line – from start to finish. At the
same time, augmented realty will make it possible to bring individual systems to life and allow visitors to interact
with them to find out more about their specific capabilities and features, creating a truly impactful virtual
experience.
“The food processing and packaging industry has come a long way and technological progress has played a
huge part in this,” comments Alf Taylor, CEO and co-founder of tna. “At tna, we pride ourselves in providing the
industry with cutting-edge solutions that set new standards. We were the first to see what’s possible in terms of
packaging speeds and have never let go of our dedication to innovation. At the same time, our business growth
from single product to an entire line of solutions, means we needed an innovative, exciting way to show our
customers and prospects our full range of start-to-finish solutions. Showing off the capabilities of our advanced
solutions through state-of-the-art technology was therefore the obvious choice.” n
www.tnasolutions.com
Hall 15
Stand B22
Eagle: X-ray and fat analysis systems
Eagle Product Inspection (Eagle), an expert in advanced x-ray product
inspection and fat analysis (FA) systems, will demonstrate its leading x-
ray and fat analysis systems. Specialists will be on hand to advise
customers on the fundamental benefits of purpose-built, high quality and
accurate product inspection systems, coupled with the lowest Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) in the industry.
Hall 13
D12
X-ray and FA systems are now a mainstay in production lines across the
globe, and are frequently placed into the harsh environments associated with
the food industry. Increasingly, customers are looking at the bigger picture
when choosing to invest in capital equipment, and that has led to TCO being
scrutinised more than ever before – particularly when it comes to the
reliability and longevity of a system.
Technology leadership
On display at Eagle’s stand will be examples of its system capabilities, which have evolved to include some of
the most advanced image processing applications associated with product inspection in the world. Rather than
take a one-size-fits-all approach to image processing, Eagle is able to focus on application specific solutions,
allowing detectors to be finely tuned to enhance contaminant detection. Each image created can be
simultaneously interrogated with a wide variety of specialised image processing applications, looking at many
different specific elements within that image without impacting speed, throughput or performance on the line.
Contaminants such as calcified bone, metal fragments, glass shards and some rubber and plastic components
can be detected with incredibly high levels of accuracy, while other measurements, such as weight, component
counts and, in the case of FA systems Chemical Lean (CL) values, can be calculated simultaneously. n
www.eaglepi.com
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