Loma Systems Captures Food Safety

Feb. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Loma Systems, the leading suppliers of metal detection, checkweighing and X-ray inspection equipment, offer one of the most comprehensive, accurate and flexible Data Capture Systems and Ethernet Report Capture Systems on the market today. This compliments their sophisticated range of inspection equipment that is recognised as being at the forefront of food safety inspection equipment.
In order to comply with HACCP, weights and measures and other quality control regimes, it is essential for food manufacturers to maintain full and accurate records of the inspection process and to access this information simply and quickly. Loma Systems OPC and LomaEnet systems are designed to help Quality Managers in the food industry to use their inspection equipment as a management tool as well as a process control.
Loma offers efficient production optimisation through the development of OPC Data Capture System for versatile, fully featured production reports. The system is easily integrated into existing Loma equipment and can be readily accessed from a central computer network making the data immediately available when required or requested.    
The Ethernet based OPC system benefits companies with multiple checkweighers, metal detectors and X-ray systems, as it amalgamates weight, overfill data and contaminant detection performance reports, presenting them centrally in a format that can be easily presented and understood.
Loma OPC is an invaluable management tool that supports comprehensive data analysis. It allows integration into existing SCADA systems that is an industry standard, allowing remote product change. It also gives a detailed overview of performance by presenting data from a particular batch or shift in a range of formats. By gathering information that previously stayed on the production line, it eliminates the need for 'number crunching' data from multiple systems.
The essence of Loma OPC is its simplicity. Loma’s OPC is a tool that can be installed on any of our current range of systems. Using an OPC platform, the information can be pasted into Microsoft Word, Crystal Reports or Excel documents, so sharing of information for non-networked personnel is very easy.
LomaEnet Reports Capture System delivers invaluable product data to networks and can connect to existing or new Loma equipment onto an Ethernet network. Like all Loma’s systems, it is user friendly and highly efficient by eliminating data entry for HACCP and weight compliance. Furthermore, all data collected can be saved to a USB storage device allowing data to be compiled into production reports.
As Ethernet becomes the standard for networking and lines become more automated, user-configurable systems like OPC become essential for HACCP. Products can be set remotely and equipment changed to suite new production runs without the need for operator intervention on the line. With customised screens, the user can define the type of information best suited to the process in order to optimise efficiency and minimise costs.

Simon Spencer, Managing Director of Loma Systems comments, “Loma’s approved Data Capture System easily allows operators to compile accurate and valuable food safety documents to ensure the highest level of product quality is achieved. Loma are pleased to offer a comprehensive data capturing facility that provides peace of mind to food processors and consumers that all quality control measures are met.”

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Note to editors:
Loma Systems is a leading global supplier of metal detection, checkweighing, X-ray inspection, and management information systems that help food manufacturers keep their products safe. Loma is an international operation with direct manufacturing, sales and service bases in the UK, USA, Canada, South America, China, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Czech Republic and Poland.  Loma has a reputation for its robust and reliable machines that are designed to survive even the harshest of production environments.
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