Inspection of marked codes on cans & other containers

Description

Turnkey in-line solution assembled over an existing conveyor for inspection of marked containers:
· strategy:
· machine vision: image of the marked surface
· inspection: 100% of the units produced, without physi-cally handling them
· technical approach:
· ink jet printing, ink pad, thermal transference, laser…
· (optional) pneumatic rejection of defective units
· inspection:
· applies to visually detectable marked codes
· All kind of codes and text: lot, date, EAN codes, Data-Matrix codes

Canning line:
· high performance lines
· constant flow of inspected cans

Electronic features.

Maximum production 800 cpm. 48.000 cph
Conveyor high speed – 3m/s
1 Camera B/W CCD 1296×964,
Images acquisition card for PCI bus, Euresys, Imaging or the most convenient.
LED based front light: adjustable intensity
Modem, USB, Ethernet, dial-in
Intel Dual-Core Pentium D
WinXP based user interface

Benefits and advantages

In-line inspection of :
100% of the production units
non destructive
free of physical can handling
False accepts ratio is near 0
User friendly interface
Easy to parameterize
Inspection accuracy is adjustable by the user
Only basic training required
Easy and quick format changeover
Remote control (Ethernet )
Online Remote Service from E2M
Production statistics
Management of rejection and upstream signals

Structural features

Camera and lightning system in a stainless steel enclo-sure (as well as a container detector) .
PC and Control Rack (with electronics cards plugging created by E2M, with the power supply, CPU and others I/O modules of input/output for the signals treatment, and manag-ing, computer with a video acquisition card to capture images, Ethernet card, a 17” TFT screen and trackball keyboard

in-line, freestanding, turnkey system:
- vibration free conveyor w/ modular slat
- reject-confirmation system (optional)
- easy installation over existing conveyor