KEYENCE is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Measurement Sensors. One of the many industries in which these sensors are being used to radically improve quality inspection abilities is the bottling industry.
Specifically, the TM-X5000 Telecentric Measurement System and the CL-7000 Laser Displacement Sensor are some of the key products used for dimension and thickness checking.
The TM-X5000 system performs silhouette-based analysis for guaranteed accuracy, measuring profile (height and width) to within 5µm. The specially designed telecentric optics improve measurement repeatability by increasing uniformity throughout the field of view. Compared with conventional optical systems, the TM-X5000 series offers about 100 times greater telecentricity (0.0001°).
KEYENCE work with many OEMs and End Users that need to inspect PET bottles of different varieties and shapes. They rely on the high performance of Keyence camera sensors to deliver accurate and repeatable results in short cycle times. The TM-X5000 system is a dual telecentric optical system that negates any concerns about focussing or misalignment. Furthermore, a short exposure time of 25 µs, some 40 times faster than conventional models, achieves high-speed and blur-free measurement of targets as they rotate or pass bottles past the sensors. Distortion-free lenses and sub-pixel processing ensure a measurement position accuracy of ± 0.2µm.
The CL-7000 is then used in conjunction to measure the thickness of the bottle walls. These confocal displacement sensors suffer no influence from heat or electrical noise as the lens is the only part located within the head. This configuration also delivers a tiny form factor that is 1/50th the size and half the weight of conventional systems. Able to perform batch measurement with short cycle times, bottle manufacturers or machine designers can use these sensors to help guarantee their customers’ specifications and increase the value of their offerings.
All KEYENCE Measurement Sensors are designed to be easy to integrate and operate. The accompanying software is powerful and sophisticated in its ability, but easy to use and understand so users can start performing a huge range of ultra-precise measurements with no additional training.
KEYENCE Product Experts are ready to provide free demos to show you why PET bottle manufacturers can massively improve their Quality Inspection abilities.
