Cheryl Miller posted on August 20, 2015 08:53
Gap Registration, Camera Vision Detect and Reject Technology
Precision detection down to the millimeter
Winneconne, WI - Multi-Conveyor (www.multi-conveyor.com) - Multi-Conveyor recently built a mild-steel constructed conveyor that provides gap registration and bent tip detection for a tubed product. In this video, you will see how the tubes fall directly into position due to the precise pockets designed in the conveyor belt.
The customer requested a detection system to detect a bent nozzle tip that was 4 mm out of center to be rejected. The camera/vision system has the ability to either enlarge or shrink this area of rejection as needed by the customer. This will also detect and reject any tubes that are missing a nozzle all together.
If a bent tip is detected, a stainless steel box-in-box reject pusher will guide the tube into a reject shoot. Box-in-box pushers alleviate pinch points for operator safety. The detection and reject are operated by a smart relay.
The video also shows how the tubes are rejected on the fly for continuous line movement after the camera vision senses a part of the nozzle outside of the defined diameter. Note, the tubes were hand-fed for this video but in normal production each gap registration pocket would be utilized.
There are two Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 40 VFD's on this line that regulate line speed based on parts per minute to coincide with the tube feeder, camera detection and reject system.
About Multi-Conveyor
Multi-Conveyor has successfully produced standard and custom conveyor solutions for Integrators, OEM's, and end-users across multiple markets and industries for over two decades. Specializing in conveyors that assist in packaging food, dairy, pharmaceutical, chemical, industrial, Gap Registration, Camera Vision Detection and Reject Technology Page 2 automotive and material handling industries, our customers report they select Multi-Conveyor for concept/design, engineering skills, high-quality product, best value and prompt delivery schedules.
Multi-Conveyor excels in stainless steel and mild steel construction conveyors for table top chains, modular plastic belts, and fabric belting, are licensed to build Intralox ARB solutions, and provide many types of elevators, lowerators and accumulators. We also design and provide the control devices, systems and panels with our in-house control department.
For more information about Multi-Conveyor, or to get a quote on your next project, call toll-free 1-800- 236-7960, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.multi-conveyor.com.
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(View video link on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y4RAV9hYwlU)
