Teledyne TapTone, a leading manufacturer of package inspection systems for the food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, has developed a low-cost vision sensor for cap inspection.

Teledyne TapTone, a leading manufacturer of package inspection systems for the food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, has developed a low-cost vision sensor for cap inspection. The sensor, sold under the brand name CapVu, is a non-contact inspection sensor designed to detect missing caps, high caps, cocked or tilted caps, and missing tamper rings. The sensor incorporates a high-speed digital camera and LED back light housed in a stainless steel enclosure. The sensor mounts on a variable height stand that is cantilevered over the customer’s existing conveyor.

“The sensor offers a few significant advantages for customers over traditional cap inspection sensors and other vision systems. The CapVu sensor is more accurate that traditional bifurcated or thru-beam sensors because it incorporates a high speed digital camera and software that’s capable of analyzing closures at extremely high speeds. It is also a fraction of the cost of full vision systems, making it affordable for many production lines that, until now, have been unable to benefit from vision technology,” says Rick Reardon, product line manager.

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