Cosmetics inspection

FEATURES:

• Performed controls: inner and external diameter of the container mouth, dimensions and spoking of the neck, dimensions of the body, spoking of the bottom.
• Advanced statistical analyses with detailed reject typology to help detecting the upstream production process criticalities.
• Charts Viewer application to monitor the temporal progression of the measurements detected by the system during production process based on tolerance thresholds.
• Easy and user-friendly graphical interface with a single touch-screen display to control all machine functions.

The AV Bottle Orientation System is designed to work in combination with the control systems of labeling machines, cappers and in general with all applications that require the orientation of bottles.

FEATURES:

• Line speed of up to 70,000 items per hour, performance is fully insensitive to both the material of the container and the type of liquid contained.
• Orientation accuracy: below 1°
• Easy to use with automatic format change system with no need of operator setup.

The system inspects a wide range of features: color, shape, presence and integrity supporting up to 40 different check areas. The AV Package Integrity Control can ensure the highest reliability thanks to real time-embedded technology and the total absence of critical components such as hard disks.

• Smart and efficient due to a wizard tool that guides the operator along the phases of format creation.
• Illumination, product color selection and positioning are completely automatically optimized.
• It has a user-friendly interface and provides advanced statistical analysis with detailed reject typology identification.

It can also be equipped with Linescan technology which is based on a linear sensor that is synchronized with an encoder and the camera reconstructs the image line by line. A seamless image is therefore reconstructed and the printing on demand foil is continuously inspected.

FEATURES:

• High performance: the image processors, to cope the most demanding applications, based on a real-time operating system and parallel computing.
• Modular and scalable: the software is designed for 100% control of printed material such as foils, cartons, tubes and leaflets depending on inspection needs.
• Unique: thanks to a special patented algorithm that automatically calculates the inspection parameters, the reference image can be imported directly from the original PDF file.

AV PRINTING INSPECTOR HIGHLIGHTS:

AV Printing Inspector is composed by four software modules to meet all inspecton requirements in the packaging line, to optimize performances and value for money.

1) TOTAL LAYOUT CONTROL

This software is designed for 100% control of printed material such as foils, but also cartons, tubes and leaflets depending on the inspection needs. The high resolutions provided by linescan cameras detects even the smallest printing defects, such as the one derived from the clogging of individual nozzles during online printing.

Available controls: logo, critical printing areas, variable data, OCR/OCV, 1 and 2D codes

PDF file import: the reference image can be imported directly from the original file

Automatic detection and tracking of the controlled items: to avoid false rejects

Typical detected items: spots, stains, smears, poor printing, light or dark lines, missing lines

2) PRINT QUALITY CONTROL

This software is designed to assure integrity of fixed and variable data and 1&2D codes on packaging materials such as cartons or labels.

Available controls: serialized, variable and fixed data, OCR/OCV, 1&2D codes and Pharmacode

OCR/OCV: detects missing, mismatched or different fonts comparing with the learning conditions

Translations compensation: it compensates vertical, horizontal and rotary translations (±10°)

Reading and recognition reliability: it is ensured with all printing technologies on any type of support

3) EASY CHECK

A sophisticated imaging library of algorithms performs the physical controls on the cartons.

Flaps closure: detects not perfectly closed cartons before the next printing stage avoiding machine jamming and improving the throughput of Track & Trace process

Label and seal verification: it verifies presence, correct application and positioning on the carton

Easy to use: custom controls can be easily configured according to Customer requirements

4) CODE READER

An efficient and easy to use software to read all 1&2D barcodes which is typically coupled with a smart camera to obtain areliable controls at unbeatable costs.

FEATURES:

The AV Label Checker provides maximum accuracy thanks to high resolution cameras in a fixed position which generate a single image on which the system can analyze and detect any cosmetic fault of the label or label application. The AV Label Checker is also easy to use being based on self-learning algorithms; operation is managed through pre-set recipes, to guarantee reproducible and reliable inspection performance.

• Accuracy rate less than 0.5 mm²
• The system can detect the presence and readability of specific critical areas of the label such as barcode, data matrix, QR code
• The system can perform OCR controls, identifying defects smaller than 0.5 mm² at a speed of 30 thousand labels per hour for a single camera