Detecting Bottle Caps of Various Colors

Determining whether or not a bottle has a cap requires additional sensing controls when the production line runs products with various colored caps than when sensing like-colored caps. The sensing solution must be able to detect many colors at a specified distance, while ignoring the product inside the bottle.

Board Warp Detection with a Laser Sensor

To detect boards warped beyond a specified tolerance

Board Warp Detection with a QS30

To check lumber for warping

Bond Wire Break Detection with a Fiber Optic Pair

To detect when a bonding wire breaks

Bond Wire Break Detection with a Single Fiber Optic

To monitor the presence or absence of bond wire

Bottle Label Detection

To verify the presence of labels on a bottle

Box Insert Detection

In the pharmaceutical industry where medication is boxed, each unit must contain a product information insert.

Broken Bottle Detection

To check for broken bottles on a conveyor

Cable Jacket Flaw Detection

To sense defects along the length of multiwire cable

Carpet Web Detection

Determining the location of the two edge transitions on carpet web is important in carpet manufacturing: air to selvage and selvage to tufting.

It's much easier and more cost-effective to measure and monitor these transitions while the web is running than risk expensive waste in post-manufacturing inspections.

Carton Detection

To sense boxes anywhere across the width of a roller conveyor, when sensing is only possible from under the conveyor

CD Stack Size Detection

Determine the height of a CD stack at two levels

Color Mark Detection

To position all bottles in the same orientation for label application.

Die Press Protection

To accurately verify the position of tubing, before the die is lowered

Film Roll Break Detection

To detect breaks in film

Glass Flat Panel Detection

To detect the presence of a flat glass panel

Glass Panel Detection

To detect the presence of a clear glass panel

Hard Disk Detection

To detect whether shiny disks are properly seated

Hot Glue Detection on a Package

To identify food packages missing hot sealing glue, before the flaps are closed

Hot Part Detection in Food Preparation

Temperature regulation is an important aspect of many processes within the factory--especially in food manufacturing facilities. In this case, it's imperative for the waffle iron to be hot before the batter is poured into it or the result will be an inconsistently prepared product.

Ink Level Detection in a Printer

Accurate ink level monitoring in printers in imperative to maintain optimal quality. If ink runs out and the printer keeps running, the end product will need to be thrown out. This increases costs not only due to the wasted raw materials, but also because of the cost of recycling or disposing of the paper.

Integrated Circuit Board Detection

To detect the leading edge of a printed circuit board on an indexing conveyor

Integrated Circuit Board Registration Detection

To detect the presence of a registration hole on a printed circuit board

Integrated Circuit Detection in a Plastic Web

To detect missing surface-mount integrated circuits in a plastic tape reel

Integrated Circuit Lead Frame Detection with a D10

To sense the presence of an IC lead frame

Integrated Circuit Lead Frame Detection with a MINI-BEAM

To detect the presence of an integrated circuit lead frame

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with a D11

To detect presence or absence of information printed on a small object

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with a D12

To detect print on an integrated circuit over a large area

Integrated Circuit Print Detection with an R55F

To detect information printed on a small object

Integrated Circuit Tube Detection

To detect the presence of an integrated circuit packaging tube

Inverted Integrated Circuit Detection

To determine if a surface mount IC is improperly placed in a plastic pocket

Inverted Object Detection

To detect a product that has flipped over by measuring small differences in height

Inverted Object Detection with a Compact Ultrasonic Sensor

To detect a product that has flipped over by measuring small differences in height

Inverted Object Detection with an Ultrasonic Sensor

To detect a product that has flipped over by measuring small differences in height

Juice Carton Detection

To verify the presence of juice cartons

Label Detection on Plastic Bottles

To verify the presence of a label on plastic bottles

Label Detection on Wire Spools

To detect a label anywhere on the end of a spool of wire

Large Container Detection

To detect the presence of large containers moving on a conveyor

Lead Frame Detection in a Cassette

To sense the presence of the lead frame in a cassette

Lead Frame Registration Hole Detection

To detect the registration hole in a lead frame

Liquid Detection in Clear Tube

To detect liquid in a transparent tube, without touching the liquid

Liquid Leak Detection with a Q23

Detect a plumbing leak inside a valve box

Liquid Leak Detection with a QS18

To detect a hazardous liquid leaking from pipes inside a valve box

Liquid Soap Level Detection

To monitor the level of soap in a reservoir in a car wash

Long-Range Feature Detection

To detect a small flange from a long distance

Long-Range Position Detection

To instantly measure the location of an automated storage and retrieval shuttle, to track its position

Medicine Bottle Detection for Filling

To detect bottles, regardless of color, as they pass on a conveyor

Metal Wisker Detection on Beverage Cans

To detect metal whiskers on the tops of cans

Mobile Automated Rack Detection

To control the position of mobile storage racks and detect whether an automated fork-lift truck is located between the racks

Object Detection on a Conveyor

To detect the presence of an object on a roller conveyor

Retrofitting for Pallet Detection

When you need to replace sensors to detect the presence of pallets on a conveyor it's important to keep costs down and maintain a high level of accuracy in your pallet detection application.

Pallet Shrink-Wrapping Detection

To inspect objects being shrink-wrapped for product presence/absence, to trigger the wrapping mechanism to reverse and complete the shrink-wrap process

Parcel Detection

To sense random-sized parcels on a roller conveyor

Personnel Protection with Fixed Blanking and Reduced Resolution

To protect hands and fingers from the hazardous parts of a carton erector while allowing flat cartons into the machine

Polybag Seal Detection

Plastic bags are manufactured in a continuous web, with a seal and perforation between bags. Since the plastic is clear, it can be very difficult for traditional sensors to detect the perforations between the plastic bags in order to determine when to separate them.

Product Detection

To detect the presence of two cupcakes—one from each row—on shiny metal mesh conveyors

Registration Hole Detection in Film Processing

To maintain film registration as the film is developed

Registration Mark Detection

To detect registration marks on food packages

Registration Mark Detection on a Clear Web

To detect of a printed mark on a continuous web of clear or translucent material for accurate control of downstream cutoff

Robotic Position Monitoring

To provide proximity information to an assembly robot control

Shipping Label Detection on Cartons

To detect the presence or absence of a white label on a cardboard carton

Small, Flat Object Detection

To accurately detect flat objects passing on a conveyor

Small Part Detection

To detect extremely small parts as they fall through a web of sensing beams

Splice Detection in a Paper Roll

Identifying splices on a roll of paper quickly and reliably is vital, as it is now common to come across multiple splices on one roll. Splices and other defects need to be detected so they are not included as a part of the final product.

Stack Height and Adhesive Bead Detection

To verify that adhesive is being applied properly to trays of IP chips and to monitor the stack heights of completed trays of product

Tamper-Proof Seal Detection

To accurately sense the leading or trailing edge of clear safety seals for application over bottle caps

Thread Break Detection

To detect broken threads on a loom

Thread Hole Detection

To verify, from a distance, that bolt threads have been cut into holes in a manifold

Tinted Bottle Detection

To detect tinted glass bottles on a conveyor in a beer (or other bottled beverage) bottling line

Vehicle Detection at a Loading Dock

To detect when a truck backs up to a dock, triggering a light inside the warehouse that signals the truck's arrival

Vehicle Detection in a Car Wash with a Wireless Network

To detect a vehicle as it approaches the door of a car wash

Vehicle Detection in a Self-Serve Car Wash

To detect when a car or truck enters or leaves a self-serve car wash

Vehicle Position in Automatic Car Wash

Detecting vehicles in automated car washes presents many unique challenges, several due to extreme conditions. Ever-present water (sometimes at extremely high pressure), variations in temperature, the presence of sunlight, reflective surfaces, mist and steam, and the constant cycling of machine movement are factors that all must be considered when applying the proper sensor used to position a vehicle correctly.

Vehicle Separation

To detect vehicle separation in an Automated Vehicle Classification (AVC) system

Wafer Cassette Detection under Water

To sense the presence of a wafer cassette on a conveyor submerged in water

Wafer Cassette Detection with a MINI-BEAM

To sense the presence of wafer cassettes on a conveyor

Wafer Center Detection

To determine the center of a wafer on a robotic arm

Wafer Detection

To reliably detect wafers of different colors

Wafer Detection on Robotic Arm

To detect a wafer on a robotic arm in a vacuum chamber

Wafer Flatness Detection

To verify that the wafer is perpendicular to the sensing axis

Wafer Protrusion and Home Position Detection

To verify that no wafer protrudes from the outer limits of a cassette, and indicate that the robot is in home position.

Wafer Protrusion Detection

To detect when a wafer is protruding from a wafer cassette

Washer Cap Detection

To verify that a washer reservoir cap is present and within acceptable rotational limits

Web Break Detection

To detect a broken web in the dryer section of a paper-making machine

Web Break Detection Using Fiber Optics

To monitor the integrity of web material after die-cutting