Over the past year, Nordenia International AG, of Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a leading international producer and processor of films for flexible packaging applications has been installing AVT’s PrintVision/Argus process control and quality assurance solution at facilities in Germany, Poland and Spain. These orders are in excess of US$1 million.
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Imagine how useful it would be to inspect the entire cylindrical surface of bottles, cans, vials, or cosmetic containers without the need for orientation or accurate positioning. This seemingly impossible capability is what OmniViewTM technology from Cognex provides. OmniView uses 4 cameras to obtain a 360-degree view of all features on the entire surface. It can read barcodes, verify text, inspect graphics and measure features at production line speeds of up to 1,200 parts per minute.
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HPF-Elektronik GmbH from Urbach, Germany, has succeeded in producing what many users in the pharmaceutical industry have demanded for many years: A compact blister inspection system for 100% inspection of content and packaging at top price/performance ratio. The new Camera Inspection System EOK-FA 5 combines all the technical conditions to detect tears, blobs, spots, different lengths, widths, contours, quantities, and fragments or color differences after tablets, dragees or capsules are deposited in PVC or aluminum foil. The system is also equipped for barcode reading (pharmacode, data matrix code, EAN, etc.) and print comparison.
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There is hardly an operational process which is as safe as the packaging process used by pharmaceutical manufacturers. The International Packaging Systems GmbH planned and implemented a complex packaging plant for infusion solution containers for B. Braun Melsungen AG – including automatic controls, palletizing, link to the automated packaging materials supply and automated collection of the packaged product.
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