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3D sensing can be used in warehouses for inspecting packages and for palletisation


will soon become the go-to vision system on food processing lines in the future,’ confirmed Jahn.


Raise a bottle Danish firm Novio Packaging has turned to machine vision to achieve a flexible quality inspection system that can cope with changes in the types of bottles it produces. Using a vision solution supplied by


Omron, Novio Packaging is now able to cope with rapid changeovers and can meet customer demands for a wider portfolio, involving smaller but more variable batches. Tis also helps to avoid any delays in the development of new products. Novio initially explored systems that


proved to be ineffective, as they were insufficiently accurate and users couldn’t make adjustments or programme the software themselves. It was looking for a solution that could successfully eliminate defects down to one bottle out of 100,000. Te solution from Omron combines the


firm’s FH vision system, as well as its FQ2 cameras. Te system incorporates lights and cameras set at different angles from all sides so that they can detect any defects, such as scratches or dust, that would affect the quality of a bottle. Any bottle identified as having defects is automatically discarded. Te Omron vision system is very precise,


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scalable, and adaptable, and can easily cope with changes in production. It also has a single software program that Novio employees can configure with ease. Peter Lykke, Novio Packaging’s technical


manager, said: ‘After I’ve carried out the basic programming and set up the cameras, our technical staff can easily adjust the program for new types of bottles themselves.’ Tis saves Novio time and money, with no need to call in a specialist or a systems integrator to handle any changes. Ease of programming is something that


‘Many end-of-line packing stations are automated with processing in excess of 100 packs a minute’


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