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So Many Labels, So Little Time... Just Use CheckerL
OTE Group, based in the Netherlands, produce and export special hydrating, cleaning and lubricating fluids for the lens care market. In addition to their three product lines, the OTE Group offers more than 1000 products that customers can private label for resale. These products are delivered to all parts of the world, and the OTE Group wants to ensure that all bottles reach their destinations in perfect condition and in good time.
OTE also face the strict requirements of the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Quality control had always been assessed manually by the naked eye. But when faced with the challenge of boosting their quality, the company decided to deploy the Cognex Checker to ensure that the production code is present and to check if the label is on the bottle. Using Checker ensures that quality control is improved meaning better traceability and faster more reliable production. The OTE Group maintain high quality standards conforming to ISO standards for filling and manufacturing, so they cannot afford to take chances.
Checker: Reliable part detection even on high-speed production lines
Cognex vision sensors are the simple, affordable solution for verifying the presence of product and packaging features. Essentially a versatile "multi-sensor", a single Checker detects features that would require multiple photoelectric sensors, or may be outside of the capabilities of photoelectric sensors.
Netherlands based Cognex partner, Digitron, provided OTE with the vision sensor solution necessary to solve their application. Three Checkers were installed on their packaging line to perform the tasks of checking for the presence of a code printed on the bottom of each bottle and simultaneously check for the presence of the label. The first Checker is used to detect the presence of a code by checking for the print on the bottom of the bottle. If a code is missing, the line is stopped.
