Smiths Detection
has secured a €10m order with Belgian Customs for its screening technology, which has the ability to differentiate between organic and inorganic matter.
The Heimann Cargo Vision (HCV) system, will be deployed over the next 12 months at ports in
Simone Gradassi of Smiths Detection explained that the technology uses high-energy x-rays that can penetrate the thick metal container and enable custom officers to establish whether explosives or drugs are present through a colour-coded image. Two high-energy x-rays are used to scan the container, 9MeV and 6MeV, which produce images that are then merged to produce the colour image.
This is the second contract for container and vehicle inspection systems at Belgian ports to be awarded to Smiths Detection, though the earlier systems did not have material discrimination functionality.
has also ordered the high-energy mobile cargo screening system HCV-mobile that can screen more than 25 loaded trucks and containers per hour and generates high-resolution images of the cargo.
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