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Used
Food, pharmaceutical and textile metal detectors
buyers guide.
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Used
Food, pharmaceutical and textile metal detectors
buyers guide.
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Before purchasing a used metal detector, you must ask a potential seller the following questions:
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Is my product a conductive or non-conductive product? Industrial food metal
detectors have to be tuned to your product, therefore a suitable operating frequency
must be chosen that is suited to your product, as frequency aids in the
sensitivity capabilities of the detector, it's important that the detector
you buy has the correct operating frequency for your product.
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What
frequency will the industrial metal detector have to be set to, to successfully detect
Non-Magnetic Stainless steel, Non Ferrous and Ferrous contaminants in my product?
This
depends on the product type, temperature, conductivity and the product size,
we may ask for a product sample if we think it's necessary before final
tuning. This is very important, as your clients may have stipulated that you
need a metal detector capable of detecting a 1 mm metal test sample in
Non-Ferrous, Ferrous and Stainless Steel.
PLEASE NOTE: Three identical metal detectors with the same product aperture sizes running at 3 different frequencies will all have different sensitivity capabilities!
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What
temperature is your product? Knowing
the product temperature will help us select the correct frequency and mode for your used industrial metal detectors .
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Is
the installation location electrically noisy? The
position of the installation should be chosen carefully, care should be
taken to keep the metal free area clear of moving objects, close contact
with electrical noise radiating devices such as a variable speed drives
should be avoided.
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Will
the metal detector be washed down? Damage
can occur with water when cleaning if the wrong metal detector is chosen
for the application. Not all can be washed down!
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Will
there be a warranty? We provide a
6-month parts and labor warranty to all our reconditioned food,
pharmaceutical and textile metal detectors. We also provide on-site start
up, ongoing service and support, AIB Calibrations to satisfy your HACCP
requirements.
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I be able to get our used metal detectors repaired quickly in a
breakdown situation?
Typically less than
24hrs. We also offer spare part packages and 24/7 telephone technical
support.
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Will
I need to have my detectors
calibrated? Calibrations
are very important in the life of a metal detector, we recommend at least annually. We also stock test samples in ferrous non-ferrous and grade 316 stainless steel.
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Is
one brand better than the other? Without
question!
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How much do spare parts cost? The spares prices of all leading brands of metal detectors vary quite allot, check into this before you purchase a particular brand, electronic control panels can cost as much as $4900.
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Fastec
Services LLC
Fast, efficient service and repair of Goring-Kerr, Safeline, Fortress, Cintex, Loma and Lock metal detectors and conveyor systems 469 Lindberg Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 Tel: 843-406-9745 Fax: 843-406-1686 |
