Danish supplier showcases advanced vision systems at IFFA 2019
TriVision will be showcasing quality control systems for the food industry at IFFA 2019. The Danish supplier is presenting industrial vision systems with highly developed software. Among other things, they are used to detect incorrectly placed labels or damaged packaging.
12 April 2019
Advanced vision technology characterises the „SmartInspector“ from TriVision. (Image: TriVision)
TriVision will be showcasing quality control systems for the food industry at IFFA 2019. The Danish supplier is presenting industrial vision systems with highly developed software. Among other things, they are used to detect incorrectly placed labels or damaged packaging.
The focus of the TriVision-The main focus of the company's presentation at the trade fair in Frankfurt is on the products „VisioPointer“ and „SmartInspector“. However, the company, which was founded in 1999, is also announcing software applications for Industry 4.0.
Jesper Bach, CEO at Trivision (Image: TriVision)
„There is great interest in effective, uncomplicated video technology for quality control in the international meat industry. Germany ranks third worldwide in the use of industrial robots and will therefore be able to benefit as much as possible from this tried-and-tested video technology.“. Jesper Bach, CEO of Trivision
Compact vision system recognises damaged packaging
Measuring 80 x 80 x 125 centimetres, the compact VisioPointer-The system is used to process up to six products per second. Damage to packaging, incorrect labelling, incorrect dates and other quality errors. It can be used for Inspection tasks can be used in many areas of food production.
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„SmartInspector“ is a solution developed in cooperation with the pork exporter „Danish Crown“ has been developed. Danish Crown was looking for an inspection solution to check product packaging for various meat products for the Chinese market. The company ships 24 full containers of these goods to the People's Republic every day.
With SmartInspector, TriVision has realised a quality control system that can check the information on the Chinese-language Packaging labels per OCR-character recognition with the production data. The quality of the labels is also checked.
Thanks to its compact dimensions, the „VisioPointer“ can be easily integrated into existing production lines. (Image: TriVision)
Quality control saves expensive complaints
„If we discover even a single packaging error that would lead to a full container being rejected and a fine being imposed, we have the Acquisition costs of the control system already covered,“ describes IT consultant Steffen Jørgensen Danish Crown the economic benefits of the system. This also provides Danish Crown with detailed quality documentation, which the company can use to respond to any complaints
VisioPointer was integrated into existing production line
The Danish-Swedish dairy co-operative Arla Foods relies on TriVision video technology to recognise faulty packaging. The Aarhus-based company is building on the VisioPointer-system. Among other things, this recognises soiling on the Sealing, quality defects and incorrect labelling at an early stage.
Arla Food found the compact dimensions of the VisioPointer useful. The system was implemented in an existing production plant. Changes to the Production line were not necessary. The cameras and the software are easy to use, writes TriVision, referring to 20 years of experience in the production of this technology.
