Station
Barcode tunnel.
Barcode readers on an open frame around the conveyor, so a code is read on whichever side of the case or carton it faces. A case with no read, the wrong code, or the wrong product is rejected before it reaches the pallet.
Key specifications
- Readers
- Barcode readers and light on an open frame around the conveyor.
- Views covered
- Whichever side of the case or carton the code faces.
- Typical checks
- No-reads, smeared or missing date and lot codes, mixed products, case codes that do not match the run.
- Decision
- Each read is checked against the active product.
- Output
- A no-read or mismatch is rejected before the pallet. Every read is logged.
- Industries
- Packaging, food, pharmaceutical, medical devices.
Next step
Start with your line.
Tell us what you make and what is getting through. Start with a feasibility study.
Every station is tuned and reported on two numbers kept apart: false rejects, good packs thrown out, and escapes, bad packs let through.
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