Inspection system in hygienic design

   The compact empty bottle inspector Linatronic 735 is suitable for a wide field of applications. The main feature of this inspection system is the consistent realisation of meeting the requirements of hygienic design. This machine is without a table plate, and the open design of its disposal chute allows for possible contaminations or lubricants, as well as glass fragments to be removed downward.    The Slanting exterior surfaces prevent accumulation of contamination, thus improving the basic hygienic conditions in the machine surrounding the newly arranged camera technology is easily accessible-from a central point, the operator can set all main parameters. The well proven IRIS inspection technology is equipped with a software package, which reduces the faulty rejection rate.

   Components of this optimisation software are water drop dectection and monitoring of the camera image, which detects a contamination of the inspection module.

System advantages :

  • Realisation of meeting the requirements of hygienic design with e.g. slanted exterior surfaces, and design without bellow.
  • Central light well for basic station with slanted protection glass
  • Processing of cylindrical and spectical-shaped containers with bottle selection feature
  • Automatic camera image monitoring and operator warning
  • Reduction of faulty rejection rate through object detection with PET containers
  • Maintenance programme with automatic display
 

Principle of operation

   
  • The incoming glass or PET container are pitched to a small container distance using a transfer module, infeed starwheel, infeed worm and belt spacing station

  • Detection of lying, exceesively high, and defective containers in front of the machine infeed with stop function, or dectection of foreign, coloured, and scuffed conforeigns with rejection via pusher
  • Container inspection in the first sidewall module, as well as scuffing ring detection with PET containers
  • Container guidance through the machine with two opposing belt pairs, which are adjustable in distance and height.
  • Removal of blown-off lubricants via disposal chute, and thus avoidance of re-contamination of cleaned containers
  • Residual liquid and residual caustic detection, as well as base, inner wall, and sealing surface inspection
  • Two vario stations, as needed, for the inspection of the lateral neck finish, or the screw thread, or for the detection of chipping at the container base
  • Rotating cylindrical containers with guide belts by approximately 90°
  • After passing the inspection area, the containers are transferred to the discharge conveyor
  • Rejection of faulty containers via pusher, Smartpush or linear rejection unit
  1. Colour detectiion sensor

  2. Height detection P.E.sensor
  3. Contour, height, colour and scuffing detection camera
  4. Vario station
    Lateral neck finish or neck finish
  5. Residual liquid IR
  6. Residual caustic HF
  7. Base, inner sidewall
  8. Vario station Screw thread inspection
  9. Sealing surface
  10. I st sidewall module incl. scuffing and scuffing ring
  11. 2 nd sidewall module
  12. Lateral neck finish Mirror PET/glass

A Machine protection without rejection at infeed (machine stop for excessively high and lying containers)

B Rejection at machine infeed

C Base blowing

D Rejection of broken container

E Rejection of contaminated containers

Empty bottle inspection machine | Inspection system in hygienic design and Principle of operation | Inspection units |

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