The PSD400 on-line Press Security Device, has been designed to meet the ever increasing need for panel manufacturers (particleboard, OSB and MDF) to identify in the formed mat, impurities such as tiny pebbles, stones, metal and other high density foreign bodies like plastic and lumps of glue from the wood. Real time detection and elimination of these impurities at pre-press outfeed, especially in the case of thin panels, will protect and safeguard press and steel belts. The device is also able to measure the density distributed over the entire width of the mat. This measurement is essential for correcting forming density distribution and consequently for optimizing production quality and reducing costs related to excess material at the same time.