PICKING LINE AND METHOD FOR INSERTING PRODUCTS INTO A PACKAGING CONTAINER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a picking line for inserting products into a packaging container, having a conveyor belt for the delivery and the transport of products in a transport direction, and at least one picker equipped with a position image processing system for determining the position of the products on the conveyor belt. A quality image processing system is disposed in the transport direction upstream of the at least one picker for checking the products passing the quality image processing system on the conveyor belt in the transport direction for predetermined quality features, and for associating quality information to be transmitted to a picker adjacent downstream of the quality image processing system in the transport direction, serving as a control command for grasping or not grasping the products.
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29 Claims
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10. A picking line for inserting products into a packaging container, having:
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a conveyor belt for supplying and transporting products in a transport direction; at least one picker equipped with a position image processing system for determining the position of the products on the conveyor belt; a quality image processing system disposed upstream of the at least one picker in the transport direction which inspects the products, which pass by the quality image processing system on the conveyor belt in the transport direction, with regard to predetermined quality features, and which associates a piece of quality information that serves as a control command for grasping or not grasping the products, to a subsequent picker downstream of the quality image processing system in the transport direction. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method for inserting products into a packaging container by means of a picking line having a conveyor belt for supplying and transporting products in a transport direction and having at least one picker associated with the conveyor belt, equipped with a position image processing system for determining the position of the products on the conveyor belt, comprising the steps of:
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inspecting the products with a quality image processing system situated upstream of the at least one picker in the transport direction with regard to predetermined quality features, while passing the products by the quality image processing system on the conveyor belt in the transport direction, and associating a piece of quality information that serves as a control command for grasping or not grasping the products, to a subsequent picker downstream of the quality image processing system in the transport direction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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