PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2017

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 08/17 www.petpla.net 60 Intravis presents various hardware and software solutions for this “closed loop” at multiple partner booths where closures and preforms will be pro- duced live on site. In addition to the CapWatcher III for the quality control of closures, Intravis will be introduc- ing a world premiere: Intravis will showcase its LayerWatcher com- bined with the PreWatcher III. This is claimed to allow for the inspection of barrier layers as well as comprehen- sive 100% quality control of preforms – all in one as an inline solution. The immediate feedback of quality data to the injection moulding machine pro- vides an even greater influence than before on the production process of preforms with barrier layers. Showcasing the Sample-PreWatcher After successful co-exhibitions with several partners at past Drink- tec participations, Intravis will have this year their own booth as a go-to location for their customers. The company will be presenting its latest generation of the Sample-PreWatcher. The system designed for comprehen- sive quality control of preforms and established both as an inline and lab system was again upgraded with mul- tiple innovations. The most significant upgrade is the new lighting concept of the Sample- PreWatcher providing optimum quality control, especially of opaque pre- forms. The trend towards increased production of PET packaging and the use of different material and colour mixtures is therefore optimally sup- ported. In addition, the dust suppression is a feature which has resulted in a positive feedback in several applica- tions at customer sites and is now Intravis presents “Closed Loop” The eyes of Industry 4.0 Intravis, a vision inspection expert for the plastic packaging industry headquartered in Aachen, Germany will be represented for the first time with their own booth at Drinktec. The vision system supplier is taking the opportunity to present a closed loop link between the vision inspection system and the injection moulding machine. Industry 4.0 continues to inspire our industry. In plastic packaging manufacturing it stands for the fusion of state-of-the-art IT and current pro- duction technologies. The goal is to achieve an even higher cost and time efficiency in production as well as maintaining the highest product qual- ity. Intravis supports the latter through the most recent inspection technol- ogy including hardware and software updates. “Closed loop” implemented for the first time In cooperation with Husky Injec- tion Molding Systems (Hall A4-338), Netstal-Maschinen AG (Hall A4-321) and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plas- tics Machinery GmbH (Hall A4-123), Intravis is presenting various solu- tions for a closed loop link between a vision inspection system and an injection moulding machine. This means that all quality-relevant infor- mation of newly produced objects captured by the vision inspection system is first collected in data pack- ets, analysed and summarised into trends. These analyses and trends are subsequently reported directly to the injection moulding machine in data packets using a standard inter- face, for example based on OPC UA, helping to regulate the manufacturing process. Implementation in the sense of Industry 4.0 means the operator no longer has to intervene as the injection moulding machine regulates itself with the help of the analysis results. Hall A4 - Booth 344