Web Processes
  Tension Control
  Edge Control
    Wide Cloth
    Heavy Rubber Sheet
  Hole Detection
  End Of Roll
  Tear Detection
  Wire Break Detection

Position Check
  Process Automation
    Machine Processing Check
    Car Wash
    Automatic Spraying
    Dish Inspection
    Automatic Door
    Filling With Multiple Ingredients
    Photo Finish
  Clearance Warning
    Large Area Clearance
    Die Casting
    Automatic Press
      Fixed Ejection Path
      Flying Ejection Path
    Automatic Extruder
    Tunnel Conveyor
    Fallen Bottle
    Protruding Loose Parts
    Vehicle Over Height Detector
    Converging Conveyors
  Product Inspection

Counting
  Automatic Delivery By Count
  Stacking To Count
  Awkward Gaps Or Timing
    Small Gap Between Parts
    High Speed Small Objects
    Short Dark Time
    High Speed Steel Sheets
  Awkward Materials Or Objects
    Transparent Objects
    Register Marks
    Foil Labels
    Laundry
    Metal Parts Though Chute
  Direction Detection
  Prescaling

Sorting
  Carton Routing
  Positional Board Sorting
  Sizing Potatoes
  Diverting Equal Batches
  Delayed Eject
    By Time
    By Count

Orientation
  Asymmetrical Containers
  Symmetrical Tubes
  Page Skew

Packaging
  Carton Sealing
  Fill By Weight
  Spacing Glue Deposits

Process Speed
  Void Detection
    Parts Interrupt Beam
    Parts Reflect Beam
  Jam Up Detection
    Conveyor Jam Up
    Jam Up Without Reflectors
    Jam Up With Delayed Restart
  Space Adjustment
  Product Under Speed
  Shaft Rpm

Detecting People
  Surveillance
  Teller Window Customer Detection
  Drive Through Customer Detection
  Restrooms
  Showers

Operate To Size
  Cut To Length
  Automatic Pallet Wrapping
  Trash Compactor
  Stack To Size
  Winding Roll To Length

Level Detection
  Dry Bin Level
  Liquid Level
  Clear Containers

Load Change

Common Circuits
  Standard Hookup
  Parallel Ac
  Programmable Controller
  Parallel Logic Dc
  Pulsed Alarm

Product Inspection

Quality control can be easily automated using photoelectric controls.

For example, a pair of photoelectric beams can be used to eject aerosol containers with a missing button. One light beam is directed across the conveyor belt and is used to locate the can. The other light beam is directed towards the position of the button and performs the inspection.

If no button is present, the container is diverted for manual re-processing.

The locator control is set to energize its logic output when the beam is obscured (dark mode). This output is used to control power to the inspector light source. When the leading edge of a can breaks the locator beam, the inspector LED is momentarily turned on.

The inspector control is set to operate when the beam is not obscured by the can nozzle (light mode). This control operates the eject mechanism. If the inspector beam is unbroken, a spray can is missing a nozzle and is ejected.

Inspection can be done at extremely high speed and is not dependent on the line speed or container spacing.

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Parts

Technology

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