Clear vision from Isoma.

Supermarkets are increasingly exacting in their demand for product and packaging perfection, not only for customer safety but also for aesthetically pleasing shelves. The potential costs that manufacturers incur from returned batches can be damaging to both their bottom lines and to carefully cultivated brand reputations, but this can be prevented before the product leaves the factory floor. Isoma, one of the leading suppliers of bottle handling systems and technology has developed a state-of-the-art vision and rejection system to monitor and reject containers or packages with visual abnormalities undetectable to the naked eye. The innovative system also identifies quality issues by checking features such as cap alignment; cap height and colour; colour; label position and bar code verification. Running at the high speeds required for modern manufacturing plants, the easily programmable vision system screens individual camera images against pre-set criteria from a variable datum position. Fully mechanically and electrically integrated into the conveyor system, the Isoma unit incorporates a well-proven, proprietary reject system to reject suspect containers. This unit uses a low impact, 'Mexican Wave' motion to allow efficient removal of faulty containers 'on-line' without interrupting the flow of products. Isoma uniquely offers clients the opportunity to observe the camera system's effectiveness in detecting and rejecting a vast range of potential product and packaging faults with a fully operational test loop facility at its Derbyshire headquarters. Here customers are able to see first hand how the vision system could significantly improve their operating efficiency and evaluate its suitability for their particular packaging requirements. Isoma also provides its customers with a number of services. These include line modification, independent surveys, turnkey project management and full system integration--supported by 24/7 engineering and service back-up team.

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