Visual, Metal Detectable & X-ray (VMX)-plastic
Our high-tech VMX (Visual, Metal detectable & X-ray) plastic is a detectable and food-safe engineering plastic developed in cooperation with the food industry and OEM manufacturers. VMX plastic offers an optimal combination where the engineering plastic’s bright blue colour is detectable in three different ways: visually, by metal detector, and by X-ray. VMX plastic is detectable down to a particle size of just three millimetres and is intended for applications where it is important to ensure that foreign materials do not enter the final product. This enables food companies and manufacturers of machinery and process equipment to meet high demands on product quality and product safety, thereby ensuring increased safety. This is particularly important in the manufacture of foodstuffs such as baby food.
Our VMX plastic is 3-way detectable polymer solutions, which means: Blue colour, metal detectable and X-ray detectable. Our VMX plastics are available in various materials for specific properties, these are: Polyethylene plastic (PE), Polyoxymethylene (POM) and Polyetheretherketone (PEEK). Our VMX plastic is manufactured in sheets and rods.
Plastic in the food industry has many advantages
Plastics in food applications offer a range of advantages compared to metal components. They possess impact resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and low friction, to name a few. Furthermore, plastics can withstand strong chemicals, detergents, and high temperatures, such as in hot water and steam during disinfection and autoclaving. Therefore, plastics are increasingly used in the food industry and in applications where hygiene requirements are high. Another significant advantage is that components and machine elements made of plastic can be made much lighter, thereby contributing to increased efficiency in process lines and equipment, and thus lower energy consumption.
VMX-plast and its advantages
- Visually detectable (blue colour)
- Metal detectable
- Radiopaque
- Can be identified down to only three millimetres (3x3x3)
- Ensuring the process is not contaminated
- Ensures that high demands on product quality and product safety can be met
Plastic in the food industry has many advantages
Plastics in food applications offer a range of advantages compared to metal components. They possess impact resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and low friction, to name a few. Furthermore, plastics can withstand strong chemicals, detergents, and high temperatures, such as in hot water and steam during disinfection and autoclaving. Therefore, plastics are increasingly used in the food industry and in applications where hygiene requirements are high. Another significant advantage is that components and machine elements made of plastic can be made much lighter, thereby contributing to increased efficiency in process lines and equipment, and thus lower energy consumption.
