PTI To Launch Seal-Scan Ultrasound Inspection System At WestPack

The company claims that the Seal-Scan has been a successful inspection solution for many types of pouches and flexible packaging. Applications included in the system are: medical device pouches (joint replacements, stents and catheterization devices), pharmaceutical pouches (transdermal patches, wound care products, dressings) and food pouches (seafood, pet food and other retortable products).

Jesse Sklar, sales manager of PTI, said: “Seal-Scan detects common pouch seal defects that can contribute to poor seal integrity and affect product quality, sterility and shelf-life. For packagers and processors, the key is to be able to identify and correct problems before package integrity gets out of control, and Seal-Scan technology is an excellent solution for both quality and process control.”

Seal-Scan systems utilize non-contact airborne ultrasound to detect various types of seal defects in porous and non-porous materials. The company said that Seal-Scan offers improved detection capability from manual visual inspection, seal verification and common defect detection (all channel defects, wrinkles, inclusions, weak seals, partial seals), non-subjective results that are repeatable and quantitative traceable data.

PTI Inspection Systems also offers Seal-Scan solutions for online seal integrity inspection. Seal-Scan Models 540 and 550 are two configurations that provide 100% in process seal integrity testing for pouches.

“Most package related product recalls are due to common in-process defects that are not reliably detected by offline or inline visual inspection methods. The Seal-Scan 525 also provides the advantage of identifying the location and type of seal defects which assists in determining how, when and why package seals fail. The Seal-Scan 525 serves as an offline analytical tool for in-depth heat seal analysis that also pinpoints optimum sealing conditions: eg temperature, dwell time, etc,” added Mr Sklar.