The packaging line is the last filter before a product reaches the customer: what fails here fails in the market. Quality inspections on packaging lines with machine vision verify every pack and every box in-line, preventing incomplete, mislabelled or miscoded shipments. Let’s look at what’s checked and how.
What to inspect on a packaging line
In primary and secondary packaging, machine vision checks product presence and position, correct labelling, legible coding (batch and expiry), pack integrity and correct closure. Every non-conforming unit is rejected automatically.
Box inspection
In case packing, box inspection verifies the count and layout of units, the presence of leaflets or accessories, correct closure and the box’s labelling and coding. This prevents incomplete or badly assembled boxes that would trigger logistics complaints. Logistics coding standards, such as those from GS1, make this verification key to traceability.
Benefits of inspecting on the packaging line
Inspecting 100 % at the packaging point cuts returns, protects the relationship with distribution and provides traceability that every box shipped correctly. All without slowing high-throughput lines.
Integration with the line
Machine vision bolts onto the existing line and acts on the reject system, without re-engineering the mechanics. The key is defining well which defect to detect and at what speed.
At AIS Vision Systems we automate packaging inspection with our packaging control solutions. Tell us about your packaging line and we’ll design the inspection to measure.