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SPECIAL FOCUS
SPECIAL FOCUS
Innovation in Inspection Technology
to Make Significant Gains in Food Safety
Where Accuracy Meets Speed in
Vision Systems
Today’s food manufacturers must inspect every
item on their processing line. Older protocols
may have only required checking for proper
label adherence, providing a “yes or no” answer.
Now, detection solutions deliver more than a
just single piece of a complex puzzle. Vision
systems provide more comprehensive and
precise observations—checking that the right
label is on at the right level, assuring that the
bottle is not broken or chipped and is filled to
the right level, etc.
All together, investment in new inspection
From flying cars to sustainable energy sources, visions of equipment that can detect multiple types of
tomorrow’s most life-enhancing technologies invariably revolve anomalies with greater precision and speed
around more efficient ways to operate. Although some of invites opportunities for cost savings. Firstly,
these solutions lie in a more distant reality, manufacturing’s processors stand to reduce the waste that
accumulates from defective product. Secondly,
pioneers have shaped cutting-edge forms of product inspection they are minimizing the downtime that stems
technology that help processors make significant gains in food from stoppages and fixes required in the event
safety while enhancing efficiency. These recent strides also have of a malfunction or missed inconsistent output,
manufacturers focusing on cost in alignment with capability— maximizing return on investment (ROI). Last,
and niche automation markets, such as machine vision, are but not least, the company avoids a potential
expected to grow even more. According to the 2018 State of the recall and a devastating hit to its brand
Industry US Packaging Machinery Report produced by PMMI, reputation.
the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Improved HMI and Data Analysis
Inspecting, Detecting and Checkweighing Machinery category Eases Operations
is projected to expand from $438 million in 2017, experiencing Smart design isn’t simply limited to the
an 8.6 percent annual growth. mechanics of today’s vision inspection
equipment. The Human-Machine Interface
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