Alignment of Beverage Cans for Label Application via Vision System
Once beverage cans have been filled, labels are applied on the cans. The cans must be aligned in order to position the labels with millimeter precision. For this purpose, they are separated at high speed over a conveyor belt and turned in a jaw clamping system. A side-mounted vision system consisting of a machine vision camera, lens, ring light and analysis module records several images of the can per second and thus identifies features such as 1D codes or printed patterns. If these are detected and thus the position of the can is detected, the label application is triggered.
Vision Systems
Vision systems solve complex image processing applications. They consist of up to 16 machine vision cameras with C mount lenses, external illumination and a machine vision controller. The suitable software offers numerous evaluation options and a wide range of interfaces make connectivity easier.
