The Vision Inspection System is positioned alongside a single-lane conveyor that is transporting containers from a filling machine towards the Spot-Pak® system. Before a container gains entry to the infeed lanes on the SP-500 Loader, the system compares the product’s visual image against a quality-standard algorithm in software to determine whether the item is suitable for distribution packaging. When a defective container is identified, the verification software activates a nondestructive reject mechanism to softly direct non-conforming package onto a sidetrack conveyor where they can be manually inspected for root cause analysis or re-introduced into the product stream, thereby reducing waste.

Initial applications include inspecting closures on tapered cup containers for cultured dairy and other food products.

Highlights

1. Closure types = plastic over caps, opaque sealed lids, or both (combined)
2. One or two Cognex Insight 1501 camera(s) + backlighting, depending upon application requirements
3. Camera placement options = horizontal side-view, vertical top-down, or both, depending upon application requirements
4. Inspects up to 500 containers per minute (application dependent)
5. Station with 36” divert conveyor mounts directly to an existing single-lane conveyor
6. Rigid stainless steel construction
7. NEMA 4 components and enclosures
8. 7” Color touch screen HMI provides real-time feedback on inspection status
9. Failed image logging capability to external storage media
10. Software stores and recalls quality-standard algorithms for up to 999 containers
11. Adjusts reject set points for each inspection to ensure only non-compliant projects are rejected