X-Ray CT Observation of Seals of Food Product Packaging

Introduction

The various types of commercial food product packaging are designed for ease of use and superior aesthetic design, while at the same time trying to reduce environmental impact and ensure or improve safety. Given these design constraints, the seal portion of packaging is one of the most technically important areas, where ensuring a reliable tight seal is extremely important in terms of safety and quality assurance. Since X-ray CT systems are able to nondestructively observe the internal structure of packaging, it is a popular method of observing the seal status. Therefore, this issue describes several examples of observing the seal area. In this case, an SMX-100CT-SV3 Shimadzu Microfocus X-Ray CT System, which is suitable for objects with relatively low density, was used for observations.

October 22, 2010 GMT