Cognex OmniView 360° inspection system

The OmniView 360° inspection system has been upgraded and now includes colour and 5 MP high-resolution cameras. OmniView allows detailed inspection and verification of unoriented wine and juice bottles, canned goods, pharmaceutical vials and other cylindrical packages on the production line. Using the Windows 7, 64 bit PCs, OmniView technology inspects products at up to 1200 parts/min without disrupting bottling and packaging lines.

OmniView can help to minimise product recalls and protect brand image by ensuring product quality, help control process by identifying defects early and track parts through the supply chain by reading labels and codes. It uses four cameras positioned around the conveyor to capture views of all sides of a product. These are mapped into a 3D model using Cognex vision technology and then inspected using Cognex’s VisionPro software library. An additional fifth camera can be used to confirm that the lid or cap matches the label on the front of the package.

Now with full colour inspection, OmniView 5.0 lets manufacturing plants inspect colour logos, match the cap and label colours and confirm the colour of bottle contents. It also provides operators with an appealing colour display.

Using cameras that are up to 5 MP in resolution, OmniView can perform detailed inspections on slower lines. The higher resolution can also be used to image tall bottles in a single field of view, while retaining enough resolution to clearly read small print or Data Matrix codes.