This vision system is used to inspect multipacks of drinks bottles, providing an early warning of faulty product which could otherwise go to market.
A high resolution Cognex In-Sight unit incorporates two large diffuse fluorescent panel lights, illuminating the multipacks and allowing the bottle lid shapes to stand out from the shrinkwrap.
A Cognex In-Sight 5403 can detect missing bottles using a combination of Blob and PatMax® tools.
The system can perform the following functions:
- Warn of problems at packaging stations
- Prevent unnecessary labelling of unacceptable product
- Prevent unacceptable product reaching market
Features of the system:
- High performance, high resolution In-Sight vision sensors
- Robust camera housings to IP67
- Washdown LED Panel Lights
- Robust inspection tools to identify failure mode
- Simple HMI showing bottles to allow reject images to be displayed
- Simple interface to line PLC allowing rejected bottles to be tracked through to reject stations
