Sesotec, Bartlett, Ill., developed multi-product software for the RAYCON x-ray systems, allowing several products to run in one program, but with enhanced settings to reduce sensitivity for all simple and homogeneous products.

The new multi-product software automatically detects when product such as ready-made meals with different components (meat, rice and vegetables) is just passing through the scanner and selects a pre-defined parameter set. This means that different products can be transported through the x-ray scanner in "chaotic" order. Individual products are identified by way of defined image characteristics, and the respective settings, e.g. the sensitivity, are automatically selected for the correct product. It is no longer necessary for the operating staff to perform a manual product change, and every individual product is inspected with maximum sensitivity.