Descripción del proyecto
Un detector de rayos X para alimentos seguros
Las inspecciones de seguridad alimentaria no siempre logran detectar la contaminación a tiempo. La detección es un proceso que a menudo requiere varios exámenes en laboratorio. El proyecto XSpectra, financiado con fondos europeos, está desarrollando una tecnología de rayos X capaz de examinar al instante las características fisicoquímicas de los materiales. Esto permitirá a los inspectores detectar inmediatamente cuerpos extraños que no pueden explorarse con la tecnología actual. Basada en la inteligencia artificial, esta tecnología mejora la seguridad, reduce los costes y el tiempo y ayuda a prevenir el desperdicio de alimentos en el sector. El proyecto probará la tecnología del mismo nombre en una línea de producción para dar los últimos toques a un producto industrial para su comercialización.
Objetivo
Xnext is a small Italian high-tech company that has the ambition of revolutionizing the quality inspection in the food sector and the ultimate goal of providing a decisive contribution for the solution of food contamination problems. We aim at succeeding thanks to XSpectra®, the most advanced real time inspection detector. XSpectra® is a disruptive technology as it overcomes all the weaknesses of conventional technologies, thus determining a relevant technological leap compared to all the existing solutions. Based on X-ray multi-spectrum analysis, XSpectra® is capable, like no other technology, to analyze real time the physical-chemical features of the materials and identify foreign bodies currently not detectable. The result of over 8 years of R&D, it’s a very complex system, combining 3 high innovations, all industrialized in-house: Photonics, Nuclear Electronics and Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence Algorithms. XSpectra® is beneficial for the food producers as it improves significantly the production efficiency (minimizing the product batch discard as well as the costs for product recalls); for the consumer as it guarantees the highest safety standards for the quality of foodstuff; for the environment as it helps to reduce significantly the amount of wasted food from the production line. XSpectra® has successfully completed the industrial prototype testing and is now installed for a field test on a production line. At the end of the project we will release the final industrial product and begin the commercialization worldwide. Thanks to high versatility of the system and the chemical-physical characterization capability, XSpectra® can be applied in several other fields: Pharma, Non-Destructive-Tests, material recycling, security controls, just to mention a few. Xnext intends to exploit the cash generation coming from the application in the food sector to support the application of XSpectra® in other sectors that also need to improve the quality standar
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technology
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningdeep learning
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
20127 MILANO
Italia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.