Method and System for Checking the Color Quality of Preforms
First Claim
1. A method of checking the color quality of preforms intended for the manufacture of containers, in particular beverage bottles, the preforms being transported by a transport device into a collection vessel, and an image of the preforms being made by an imaging device and being transmitted to a processing device for checking,whereinthe preforms are led in an unordered way into a collection vessel upon leaving the transport device, the image being made between the leaving of the transport device and the collection vessel,the image being processed by the processing device in such a way that the color quality of the preforms is checked and/or defective preforms discovered.
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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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1. A method of checking the color quality of preforms intended for the manufacture of containers, in particular beverage bottles, the preforms being transported by a transport device into a collection vessel, and an image of the preforms being made by an imaging device and being transmitted to a processing device for checking,
wherein the preforms are led in an unordered way into a collection vessel upon leaving the transport device, the image being made between the leaving of the transport device and the collection vessel, the image being processed by the processing device in such a way that the color quality of the preforms is checked and/or defective preforms discovered.
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13. A system of checking the color quality of preforms intended for the manufacture of containers, comprising a transport device for transporting preforms into a collection vessel and an imaging device for making an image of the preforms and for transmitting this image to a processing device for checking,
wherein the preforms are able to be led into the collection vessel unsorted upon leaving the transport device, the image being made between the leaving of the transport device and the collection vessel, and the image being able to be processed by the processing device in such a way that the color quality of the preforms are checked and/or defective preforms are able to be discovered.
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