Rapiscan Systems, Inc has launched the Rapiscan Eagle T60. It’s a trailer mounted, drive through, X-ray cargo inspection system for deployment at ports, border crossings and checkpoints. The product, which helps detect contraband and threats such as explosives, weapons or narcotics in cargo, provides it is claimed high throughput of vehicles and cargo scanned and reduced operating costs for operators.
Deployed according to the makers in minutes in response to changing operational requirements, the T60 uses the firm’s 6 MeV X-ray imaging. The system has two portal scan modes, a high energy scan, where only cargo is scanned as it moves through the inspection tunnel at 3-8km/h, or, with the optional CabScan mode, a low energy, low dose X-ray source is used to scan the drivers cab, switching automatically to a high energy source after the cab area has moved through the 5.1m high inspection boom.
The unit, which can be used in all weather the makers say, can be towed to an inspection site so that vehicles can be scanned as they drive through the deployed boom, whilst up to four on-board operators can review the scanned X-ray images in the inspection office to facilitate scanning at ports and cargo locations.
The Eagle T60 offers 310mm of Steel Penetration and a Wire Resolution of 1mm, with optional Material Separation Technology.
Frank Baldwin, Managing Director at Rapiscan Systems UK, said: “Scanning cargo and vehicles at a busy port, border crossing or any inspection site can be a demanding and costly operation. The need for a rapid deployment of a solution at challenging sites across the globe to effectively scan dense cargo at high volumes is of paramount importance to customs inspectors.
“With the T60 we are addressing this need through the in-house development of a mobile solution that can be deployed at any customer site quickly and effectively, whilst retaining a high volume of throughput. The T60 is one of the most user friendly, robust and flexible solutions on the market.”
