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Machine Vision Ensures Quality in Bottle Tops

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Ruth A. Mendonsa

Over 98 percent of bottles sold are returned, thanks to refundable deposits, and each one is refilled and reused by breweries 16 to 18 times. But, the wear and tear can sometimes produce almost undetectable cracks and chips in the bottle-top threads, making the cap hard to remove. The IPS machine vision system inspects for beer bottle thread flaws. Labatt and Image Processing Systems Inc. of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, have embarked on a three-year collaboration to ensure quality bottle tops. They have developed an algorithm-driven machine vision system that inspects bottle threads -- not...Read full article

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