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Puffer machine

An explosives trace-detection portal machine, also known as a trace portal machine and commonly known as a puffer machine, is a security device that seeks to detect explosives and illegal drugs at airports and other sensitive facilities as a part of airport security screening. The machines are intended as a secondary screening device, used as a…

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Puffer machine

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Puffer machine

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Puffer machine → According, As, At, DHS, GE EntryScan3, GE's Entry Scan, Homeland Security, Liberty, New York, October, Orange County Airport, September, Smith's Sentinels, Statue, Syagen's MS, The, The Department, This, TSA, US
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Puffer machine → According, Delays, Durability, Early, General Electric, Homeland Security Department, IMS, New York Times, Prototypes, Sandia National Laboratories, Science, September, Smiths Detection, Syagen Technology, Technology, The, Trace, United States

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heroininstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text
PCPinstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text
methamphetamineinstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text
and MDMA.The Guardianinstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text
developed by Syagen Technology with preconcentration technology licensed from Sandia National Laboratoriesinstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text
is physically similar but internally differentinstance ofIt can also detect controlled substances0.80text

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