Method and system for checking the color quality of preforms
US9638579B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2105/258
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and the corresponding system for checking the color quality of preforms (2) intended for the manufacture of containers, in particular beverage bottles, the preforms (2) being transported to a collection vessel (4) by a transport device (3), and an image of the preforms (2) being made by means of an imaging device (6) and being transmitted to a processing device for checking, in which the preforms (2) are led unsorted into the collection vessel (4) upon leaving the transport device (3), the image being made between the leaving of the transport device (3) and the collection vessel (4), and in which the image is processed by the processing device in such a way that the color quality of the preforms (2) and/or defective preforms (2) are discovered.
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