Our range of metal detectors and checkweighers is a cut above the competition. Explore our range of products to find which suits your production needs best.
Stealth Metal Detectors use powerful Digital Signal Processing technology and have high sensitivity levels for detecting the smallest ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless-steel contaminants. You can customize the Stealth to suit any application with custom Conveyor Systems and Reject options we manufacture to your specifications.
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Pharmaceutical
Nutraceutical
The Fortress “Big Bag King” sets an untouchable industry standard for sensitivity levels. Reliably detecting 2.0 mm stainless steel within 50-100 lb. bags of dry product is virtually unheard of in other leading systems. Our built-in data collection and Contact Reporter Software automates record keeping for this critical control point.
Vector Big Bag King Conveyor Systems are custom-made from heavy-duty stainless steel to suit any large bag application. The robust conveyors maintain optimal performance under harsh conditions and heavy products and can be customized to withstand washdown environments.
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Nutraceutical
Stealth Gravity Metal Detectors are designed to inspect a wide range of products in free-falling applications. Systems are available with a selection of pipe sizes and reject systems to remove contaminated products from good product flow.
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Plastics
Nuts
Pipeline Systems are manufactured to inspect the inline of pumped liquids and pastes transported through a pipe. Various reject valves, pipe materials, and fittings are available to suit existing lines and product specifications (Temperature, Pressure, Viscosity). All pipeline systems are IP69K rated, ruggedly built to handle the harshest washdown environment.
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The Interceptor DF uses a simultaneous multi-frequency operation that effectively processes the transmission and reception of multiple frequencies continuously over a broad spectrum. Developed with Divergent Field technology, it’s the world’s first metal detector to use multiple field directions. This technology dramatically improves the detection of ultra-thin contaminants often encountered in processing lines, significantly improving detection capabilities.
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Interceptor Metal Detectors improve stainless-steel detection capabilities up to 100%, reducing waste and costly false rejects in challenging applications. Optimized for inspecting more difficult “wet” products such as meat, dairy and other conductive products, the Interceptor simultaneously analyzes multiple frequencies over a broad spectrum to clearly distinguish the signal generated by the product from any metal contaminants.
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Meat products naturally have a high risk of containing metal fragments, which is why Fortress Technology developed the Meat Pump Metal Detection System to fulfill the highest quality standards of the food industry.
The Meat Pump Pipeline System is optimized for inspecting high viscosity meats and other products from culinary vacuum fillers. This precision detector utilizes Digital Signal Processing technology with high sensitivity levels to clearly identify the presence of a metal contaminant.
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Dairy
Sausage Meat
Confectionery
The Stealth Pharmaceutical Metal Detector provides the ideal solution for detecting and rejecting the smallest metal contaminants in tablets and capsules. With its GMP design and construction in line with FDA compliance, the system meets the stringent QA requirements of the pharmaceutical industry.
Contact parts are all removable for easy cleaning. This compact detector can be easily angled and height-adjusted to suit any tablet press configuration. Featuring an electric servo-driven cowbell reject, air is not needed, and it’s suitable for any tablet/capsule size.
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Pharmaceuticals
Ultra-slim Stealth Vertex Metal Detectors are used in specialized packaging applications involving free-falling products. The compact Vertex fits where other metal detectors can’t – typically between a Multi-head Weigher and a Vertical Form Fill & Seal machine (Bagger).
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Potato/Tortilla Chips
Powders/Grain
Sugar
The roll-around Stealth Laboratory Metal Detector Systems are used offline to examine rejected products further. The Lab unit lets you quickly separate metal contaminants from the defective product for further analysis.
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Quality Assurance
Stealth Lumber Metal Detectors are custom manufactured to suit large-scale applications and harsh environments. Ruggedly built, Stealth lumber detectors are suited for scanning an entire log to ensure downstream machinery protection where damage can be extremely costly.
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Lumber
Hay
Bark Chippings
Stealth Surface Web Metal Detection systems are designed to detect metallic fragments in wide, sheeted materials, continuous webs, and other thin products such as textiles, paper, boards, food packaging, box board, poly films or products packaged on a roll/web. Aperture widths can be custom-sized according to specific requirements. For very wide applications, we divide the detector into individual sections for more accurate results and to narrow in on the contaminant location.
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Remote or Integral Controls
Box Board
Sheeted Wood
The Stealth Vent Tube Metal Detector is primarily designed to detect any fallen vent tube and fill tube nozzles in plastic or glass bottles of up to 3 liters/6.5 pints. The convenient retrofit design allows for easy installation into existing bottling lines.
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Water
Juice
Soft drinks
Beverages
Beer
Stealth Modular Surface Metal Detectors are custom manufactured to inspect wide sheeted materials off a roll or continuous web such as paper, textiles, and boxboard. The modular system uses a unique rail-mounted design with a quick removal feature which enables each module to be independently placed, repositioned, removed and replaced, even while a web is present. The modular design can be expanded to fit any web width, and the modular detector is durable and easy to service. It is an extremely versatile system suitable for high-speed and high-performance processes.
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Non-Wovens
Boxboard
Rubber
Sheeted Wood
Stealth Ferrous-In-Foil Metal Detectors overlook the presence of aluminum foil and other non-ferrous metals in fresh or frozen packaged products, successfully detecting ferrous metals such as iron and steel. Digital Signal Processing technology is utilized with high sensitivity levels to detect the smallest ferrous contaminants.
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Aluminum Casting Inspection
The Stealth Multi-Aperture Metal Detector is a compact system that fulfills all performance specifications and cuts the equipment footprint by over 50%, optimizing factory floor space. The unit also has a lane-independent reject that sharpens operational efficiencies, drastically reducing the cost of waste per reject event.
This metal detector sets a new industry standard for performance with multiple apertures in a singular rugged body. With a dedicated smaller aperture for each lane, the range is more sensitive to smaller metal particles, detecting ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel metal.
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Packaged Products
Stick Packs
Naturaceutical
Condiments
Confectionery
Phantom Metal Detectors detect ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless-steel contaminants using precision Digital Signal Processing Technology. A wide variety of aperture sizes are available to suit any application. An extra rugged casing is utilized for increased stability and performance in harsh environments. The Phantom’s high-quality build and straightforward interface enhance ease of use for the operator.
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Powders/
Grains
The Fortress “Big Bag King” sets an untouchable industry standard for sensitivity levels. With its uncanny ability to reliably detect 2.0 mm stainless steel within 50-100 lb. bags of dry product, we’ve set the standard for other leading systems.
Vector Big Bag King Conveyor Systems are custom-made from heavy-duty stainless steel suitable for multiple large bag applications. The robust conveyors are built to maintain optimal performance under harsh conditions and withstand washdown environments.
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Grain
Spices
Confectionery
Phantom Gravity Metal Detectors are designed to inspect a wide range of products for free-falling applications. Systems are available with a selection of pipe sizes, and its Diverter Valve reject system easily moves contaminated products into a reject tank.
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Powders/
Grains
Plastics
Pipeline Systems are made for inspecting pumped liquids and pastes transported through a pipe in line. Various reject valves, pipe materials, and fittings available today suit existing lines and product specifications (Temperature, Pressure, Viscosity). All pipeline systems are IP69K rated and ruggedly built to handle the harshest washdown environment.
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The Phantom Pharmaceutical Metal Detectors provide the ideal solution for detecting and rejecting the smallest metal contaminants in tablets and capsules. Its current GMP design and construction are suited to FDA compliance, so the system meets the stringent QA requirements of the pharmaceutical industry.
This compact detector is easily angled and height-adjusted to suit any tablet press configuration. Its features include an electric servo-driven cowbell reject that eliminates the need for air, so it’s suitable for any tablet/capsule size.
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Tablets
Capsules
Nutraceuticals
Pharmaceuticals
Bubble Gum
Ultra-slim Phantom Vertex Metal Detectors are used in specialized packaging applications involving free-falling products. The compact Vertex fits where other metal detectors can’t – typically between a Multi-head Weigher and a Vertical Form Fill & Seal machine (Bagger).
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Confectionery
Phantom Lumber Metal Detectors are custom manufactured to suit large-scale applications and harsh environments. Ruggedly built, Stealth lumber detectors are suited for scanning entire logs to ensure downstream machinery protection where damage can be costly.
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Lumber
Hay
Bark Chippings
Machinery Protection
Phantom Ferrous In-Foil detectors are custom manufactured to suit any In-Foil Application. They successfully detect ferrous metals such as iron and steel and overlook aluminum foil and other non-ferrous metals in fresh or frozen packaged products. Its Digital Signal Processing technology possesses high sensitivity levels and is used to detect the smallest ferrous contaminants.
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Foil Tray Packaged Products
Aluminum Wrapped Products
The Phantom Vent Tube Metal Detectors are designed primarily to detect fallen vent tubes and fill tube nozzles in filled plastic or glass bottles of up to 3 liters/6.5 pints. Its convenient retrofit design allows for easy installation into existing bottling lines.
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Water
Juice
Wine
Beer
The roll-around Phantom Laboratory Metal Detector Systems are used offline to examine rejected products from in-line conveyors or free-fall systems. The Lab unit allows for quick separation of metal contaminants from rejected products for further analysis.
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Phantom Surface Web Metal Detection systems are designed to detect metallic fragments in wide, sheeted materials, continuous webs, and other thin products like textiles, paper, boards, food packaging, boxboard, poly films or products packaged on a roll/web.
Aperture widths can be custom-sized according to specific requirements, and the detector can be split into individual sections for very wide applications. This ensures more accurate results and narrows in on the contaminant location.
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Sheeted Wood
Our revolutionary Halo system is an automatic metal detector testing device ideal for applications where manual testing is complex due to access, position, access to the product flow, environmental conditions, etc. We designed Halo to test ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless-steel samples on all Fortress metal detectors. Automatic testing saves time, money, labor, and removes the risk of human error and workplace injury at critical control points on a manufacturing line.
Halo is suitable for any Fortress metal detector. Its typically added at the point of manufacture, but users can also add it to some existing systems.
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Suitable with any Fortress metal detector
The Raptor is a highly accurate, fully integrated checkweighing system designed explicitly for high-care food production environments.
The Raptor is employed to verify the weight of each product and reject non-conforming packs. The system was designed, engineered, and constructed to the highest care/food grade engineering standards. It is capable of processing packaged products up to 8 kg.
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The Raptor XL is a highly accurate, fully integrated caseweighing system specifically designed to suit any large bag or case application.
The Raptor XL is employed to verify the weight of each product within tolerances or using another weighing system. It was designed, engineered, and constructed to the highest care/food grade engineering standards. Available modular reject stations accurately remove non-conforming packs from production flow.
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The Raptor is a highly accurate, fully integrated checkweighing and metal detection combination system designed explicitly for high-care food production environments.
The Raptor Combination System can be used at any stage in your process to safely, reliably, and accurately inspect 100% of your products. Multiple end-of-line inspection processes can be carried out and controlled in one highly compact system when paired with an industry-leading Stealth or Interceptor metal detector.
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Vector Conveyor Systems are Fortress Technology’s standardized conveyor design and are custom manufactured to meet the end user’s needs and the unique application with shorter lead times. The heavy-duty stainless-steel conveyors maintain optimal performance under harsh conditions and heavy products with options for withstanding harsh environments.
Designed to transport heavy boxes or bags of product, Vector Large Bag Conveyor Systems are made from stainless steel and are custom manufactured to suit harsh applications, including washdown environments.
Food plants with stringent sanitation requirements, such as meat producers, may require a Sanitary Conveyor. The Vector Sanitary Conveyor uses Fortress Technology’s standard conveyor concept but, with angled framing and open construction to withstand washdown environments, promote drying time and minimizing bacteria traps – Following AMI design concepts where applicable.
Custom Conveyors are tailored to each specific application and are customized by Fortress Technology’s Engineering team to the product handling requirement, dimensional restrictions, and installation location.
Fortress Technology will design a bespoke conveyor system that meets the specified requirements for increased sanitation requirements and unique applications that require a custom conveyor. The Custom Conveyor uses angled framing and open construction to withstand washdown environments.
Located on the conveyor opposite the reject area, the Air Blast reject device is a nozzle that will release a sudden burst of air to blow a product off the conveyor belt and into a reject bin. The Air Blast reject is most effective with fast-moving packaged products weighing less than two pounds, such as light packs of biscuits or chocolate bars.
Suitable for any product where automatic reject is not necessary, but generally used for heavy products that run at low rates up to 55 lbs. A Belt Stop Alarm reject will stop the conveyor belt upon metal detection and sound an alarm so that the operator is audibly notified of product rejection. The operator can then safely remove the product from the conveyor belt for inspection with an offline metal detector.
Upon detection, the Diverter reject device actuates a paddle to redirect product flow diagonally across the belt and into a locked reject bin. The paddle then pivots across the belt for the following products to continue to be conveyed down the production line. It is best suited for medium to light packaged products with low pack weights of less than 15 lbs.
As a product moves over the Dropnose section of the conveyor, the belt will pivot downwards, and products will drop down into a reject bin or onto another conveyor. The pivoting section will then rise back up to resume the transfer of products along the production line. The Dropnose reject is ideal for products such as large 50-100 lb bags that run at lower speeds.
The Flap Gate reject uses a flap that, upon detection, pivots outward, directing products with the back side of the flap into the reject area located under the outfeed end of the conveyor. With the flap in its normal position, the product flows off the top side of the flap and onto the downstream equipment. This reject device is best suited to bulk flow unpackaged or loose lightweight products.
Best suited for medium to large products such as bulk bags or boxes, the Kicker reject uses a paddle on a linear actuator to push the defected product off the conveyor belt. This reject option is ideal for packaged products under 30 lbs., such as bags of pet food or flour. Heavy duty options are available for heavier products that run at relatively low rates.
A step up from the Kicker reject device, the Heavy-Duty Kicker is robust and designed to push large, heavy products such as large bags off the conveyor belt. Upon rejection, a transverse paddle on a guided actuator arrangement is activated to remove products over 30 lbs. from production.
The Bi-directional Sweeper reject uses a paddle positioned over the width of the conveyor to sweep rejected products across the belt. The paddles remain in position till the next rejected product arrives, where it will sweep across the belt in the opposite direction and reside there.
The Overhead Sweep reject uses a paddle located above the products conveyed through the production line. Upon rejection, the paddle sweeps across the width of the belt to eject products into a reject area or bin. Upon removing the product from the line, the paddle immediately returns to its home position. The Overhead Sweep reject is a suitable option where a standard kicker may be cumbersome due to the reject cylinder protruding from the system. It is effective to use with Discreet products up to 30 lbs.
Upon detection of a defective product, the exit roller will retract, exposing a void where the product will fall into a reject area or bin. This reject type is relatively gentle and limits potential product trapping when correctly set up. This type of reject is ideal for a wide range of product types, whether packaged, unpackaged, discrete or bulk flow.
Effective for bulk flow product applications, the Reversing reject comprises an inspection belt that waterfalls the product onto the reject belt. Upon rejection, the belt will reverse direction for a suitable time to reject all products into a reject area usually located under the outfeed of the inspection belt. This reject can be implemented with a switch to reverse automatically during product testing and handle most bulk flow applications.
Where end users would like to handle the rejection of product, the inspection system will not have a reject device. Upon detection of metal contaminants, the system will provide a signal via programmable potential free contacts. These signals can be utilized by PLC’s, reject devices, audible/visual alarms etc. Multiple contacts can be programmed to work with the same different, sources and timings.
The Lift-nose reject is best used with discreet products relatively low in height. Upon detection, the in-feed end of the conveyor belt lifts and exposes a reject area underneath the reject conveyor. Product transfers from the feeding conveyor directly into the reject area as the lift-nose conveyor returns to its home position before the next good pack approaches.
Contact 4.0 automatically collects real-time data from enabled Fortress Technology metal detectors and checkweighers. View live event logs and remotely monitor the status of all network-connected systems from an easily accessible webpage – no need for additional software.
Document performance verifications and create comprehensive reports ideal for quality assurance record keeping and food safety compliance.
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Applicable to all industries
Contact Reporter Software comes with all versions of Stealth and Interceptor metal detectors supporting them as an effective critical point. This easy-to-use, plug-and-play software complies with stringent HACCP and GFSI standards. Data is transferred from the detector to your computer using the USB drive that comes with it. The data output provides fully traceable QA information – detailing all metal detector events, including rejects, faults, performance verifications, settings changes and more.
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Applicable to all industries
Contact Manager Software automatically facilitates data collection from your Fortress Technology metal detector through a built-in Ethernet port connected to your network. Contact Manager Software simplifies the data collection process as it does not require manual USB transfer of information. It is installed separately and works in conjunction with Contact Reporter Software to generate detailed performance reports and record metal detection events from remote systems for quality assurance.
The Ethernet/IP Adapter enables two-way communication and control of your Fortress systems over your facility’s network utilizing Ethernet Industrial Protocol. It easily integrates your metal detector and/or checkweigher with automated facilities to enable communication with networked equipment and ensure one cohesive, smart operation.
Collect real-time performance data and push parameters to your system for remote setup and monitoring. You can also use the Ethernet/IP Adapter to integrate your metal detector and/or checkweigher into a larger system with a single point of control user interface.
The OPC/UA Adapter facilitates information exchange for your Fortress Systems, internal network and entire plant to communicate in one integrated system. It opens data “tags” that collect settings and parameters over the network in real-time to auto-populate your internal database structure with the captured data. The OPC/UA Adapter interface integrates seamlessly with factory data systems, providing secure access to data through client applications. It also allows the connection of multiple metal detectors.
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