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Markt Schwaben, September 2010
Never Lose Track – 360° at a Glance
Locate, read and verify the serialized 2D code for cylindrical containers, every time, regardless of bottle orientation – a real challenge for packagers.
Seidenader
Vision, a leading supplier for inspection technology to the pharmaceutical industry, has met this challenge by developing a module to check cylindrical objects around their entire surface: the SV360.
Manyof today’s pharmaceutical products are primary packaged in round, opaque plastic bottles. The requirement to verify a serialized code on the bottle or to check the presence of labels, the positioning of labels / logos or the presence of tamper evidence tags, makes it necessary to scan the entire body of the bottle after the labeling process.
Pendingglobal regulations and corporate initiatives to secure the supply chain and protect consumers from counterfeit products, are leading packagers to apply serialized 2D codes to their bottled products, when those bottles are the lowest unit of sale. Tracking those serialized containers to the bundle or case, in order to capture aggregation data for full traceability of products at all packaging levels, pose a unique challenge on the packaging line.
Withthe new SV360 solution, these bottles can be checked on-the-fly, capturing a 360 degree view of the unoriented bottle on the conveyor. The inspection module can be integrated anywhere on the conveyor, typically at the infeed of the bundler or case packer, for speeds of up to 400 containers/minute. By using a six camera solution, and positioning the cameras 60 degrees apart, the SV360 locates, reads, and verifies the 2D code every time by capturing six individual images of the bottle as it passes through the inspection module.
TheSeidenader SVIM, a high performance vision processor, takes these images which overlap, analyzes each individual image or “stitches“ them together to create one image to be analyzed. The codes are read, verified and documented in the database to the next level of aggregation.
TheSV360 is the answer to addressing aggregation handling for e-pedigree requirements, when integrated with Seidenader’s track and trace concept on the packaging line. Seidenader’s T&TSolution combines database management, coding systems, code reading technology, and material handling systems to provide a customized solution for existing packaging lines as well as for new equipment.
About Seidenader Vision GmbH:
Seidenader Vision GmbH has been developing and selling vision systems for all fields of industrial in-process quality inspection for almost 25 years. With more than 70 highly qualified specialists Seidenader Vision counts among the few most important companies of the machine vision business. The strict focusing on the requirements of the pharmaceutical and engineering industry has lead to the genesis of a product which offers unequalled opportunities concerning versatility and steadiness. Vision systems made by Seidenader – very well known and valued in the pharmaceutical industry – now are applied more and more often in other industrial sectors (automotive, beverage, cosmetic, glass manufacturing, etc.), too.
SeidenaderVision, former SVResearch, is part of the Seidenader Group with the head office in Markt Schwaben near Munich.
Press contact:
Seidenader Vision GmbH
Heidrun Sing
Lilienthalstr. 8, D-85570 Markt Schwaben
Tel. +49 8121 802-486
Fax +49 8121 802-100
e-mail: heidrun.sing@seidenader.de
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