D-Scan™ Product Attribute Processor a Versatile Window into the Operating Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 25, 2006 International Poultry Exposition—Atlanta, January 25, 2006 -

Automated vision system from FMC FoodTech improves quality and production efficiency for food processors

FMC FoodTech today announced an innovative solution for food processors under pressure to improve quality and to decrease production costs. The D-Scan™ Product Attribute Processor is an automated vision system that enables processors to scan and sort product based upon numerous attributes. The D-Scan system improves raw product yield by using superior product information to direct each piece of raw product to its most profitable use.

The D-Scan System employs the vision system and software from FMC FoodTech’s best-selling DSI Accura® Portioning System to scan raw product upstream of slicers and DSI portioning systems. Industry-proven DSI portioning software evaluates each piece of raw product for use in various finished products, including the affect of slicing.

The raw product can then be sorted according to economically important parameters such as yield or throughput. The sort criteria are automatically adjusted to optimize the value of each piece of breast meat while matching production goals and line capacity. The D-Scan system deals effectively and automatically with variations in incoming product and can be used to determine an optimal bird size for the current sales mix.

A model of FMC FoodTech’s D-Scan Product Attribute Processor, configured for quality assurance inspecting and sorting of finished product, will be available for viewing at IPE in Atlanta, Georgia, January 25 – 28, 2005 in hall C-4 at booth #605.

“At IPE, we will be showcasing a D-Scan system configuration that has already achieved some remarkable line efficiency improvements in customer trials. In one case, the customer was able to see immediate improvements by resolving issues identified by the system,” says Jon Hocker, DSI Product manager for FMC FoodTech. “The D-Scan system has also been instrumental in developing cost effective solutions for some of the newest chicken sandwiches on the market today.”

For more information about the D-Scan Product Attribute Processor, please visit www.fmcfoodtech.com.



About FMC FoodTech

FMC FoodTech is an operating group of the FMC Technologies, Inc. and is headquartered in Chicago, Ill., USA. A market leader in the supply of technology solutions for the global food industry, FMC FoodTech offers integrated solutions across the entire food processing continuum from meat, seafood and poultry, to fruits and vegetables, beverages, juice and milk and convenience foods.

Wherever food is cooked, frozen, packaged, portioned, preserved, processed, squeezed or sterilized, FMC FoodTech provides superior technologies and services to the world's food processors–small and large. The company represents more than 30 highly respected product brand names including Frigoscandia Equipment, Stein, DSI, Citrus Systems, Food Processing Systems, FranRica, Allen Systems and PPM.

For more information on FMC FoodTech, visit the company’s Web site at www.fmcfoodtech.com.