Glass Inspection in Chemical Industry with Profile Projector

Glasses are the most sensitive material and chemical most strengthful too. Glasses are the foremost choice for many industries which manufacture bottles for chemical industries or in the food and beverage industries. That is because the non-reactivity of glass against any chemical makes it the best of all materials for storing toxic fluids. However, the glass material must be flawless, any defect like a burr, thread, air bubbles, or scratches can lead to major issues when glasses are used in chemical industries. In this blog, we will see how the Profile Projector Camera-Based helps in next-level quality inspection.

What kind of defect can generate in Glass that is vital to inspect?

Glass containers made for chemical industries are very thick in their composition. They must deliver higher resistance to any kind of chemical reaction for a long period. Hence, they are made in different kinds of procedures. The bottle are produced using the melted glass blown into a shape of a bottle or container, and this process is repeatedly done to form multiple layers of glass making it thicker at the bottom or using a thicker composition. The bottle undergoes multiple processions during this time and in the production line, it can experience any kind of flaws. Flaws like scratches, air bubble creation or uneven surfacing and even there can be disfigured alignment disturbing the balance of the bottle as a whole.

These flaws can cost a lot to the manufacturer as well as the packaging company. Any kind of flaw can convert into a major loss for the company. A flaw like a disturbed alignment if passed on to the production line can lead to falling off the bottle and breaking the glass and eventually releasing the toxic chemical into the environment. Similarly, air bubble creation in the bottle surface can make the strength of the bottle weaker and with time the bottle can develop a crack in the surface which can again release the content of the bottle into the environment. Also, defects like uneven surfaces can make the bottle fall off, breaking the glass. Such damage can bring dangerous situations for the manufacturing unit as well as the end-user. Hence it is very important to have one solution that can inspect the glass material as a whole for a wide range of defects, flaws and errors before the production process, during the process and after the production.

Next-generation inspection of glass with 2-Dimesional Projector

Profile projector camera-based is two dimensional Vision Inspection System (VIS). It can deliver the most accurate type of quality inspection and in the case of glass, it can not only provide precise but objectified flaw reports. The machine has an inspection floor, where when the sample is to be investigated is kept. The user can see the magnified projection of the sample on the screen into a two-dimensional figure. This can help the user to inspect the portion of the material with high-quality images that can not only show the edges, the distance, the width and the length of the material but can project a wide range of flaws or errors that can develop in a glass bottle. With high magnification projection on a screen, the user cannot miss the tiniest air bubble to major surface alignments and can ensure the highest quality in the complete production line. It is also an efficient PET and preform testing instrument. The machine is designed as per international standards of testing that it can deliver accurate testing data and top of it based on that user development of Excel report of data That can be taken as a reference for future analysis.