What are the Benefits of Empty Bottle Inspection Before the Filler?
Empty bottle inspection (also known as EBI) ensures that glass and refillable PET bottles are clean, free of damages, and free of contaminants before they move to the filler on your product line. Rejecting contaminated or flawed containers before they reach the filler helps to reduce expensive product waste as well as avoid container leaks or breaks, which could result in serious downtime.
When choosing an Empty Bottle Inspection solution, it’s important that it includes:
- The ability to track and monitor results through an advanced human-machine interface
- Optical technology that is powerful enough to capture even minute defects, without false rejects
- A thorough inspection of sidewalls, base, finish, and thread
- The ability to keep up with high-speed lines
- Fast changeover to reduce downtime on the line
- Reduction of product waste and false rejects
OMNIVISION 4 with INTELLECT (OV4) is FILTEC’s all-surface, Empty Glass Bottle and refPET Inspection System that detects foreign objects and flaws in the base, sidewall, finish, and threads of empty transparent containers. With speeds of over 84,000 bottles per hour, OV4 has the most powerful and fastest image-processing technology in the market.
The OMNIVISION 4 performs a thorough inspection for every surface of every container and rejects imperfect bottles before they have a chance to reach the filler. This protects your products and customers from:
Mold Growth
Residual and Caustic Liquids
Contaminates
OMNIVISION 4 – QR Code Inspection Features
Enhance traceability and production line efficiency with FILTEC’s OMNIVISION 4 (OV4), now equipped with integrated QR Code reading capabilities.
360° contact-free inspection of QR Codes and Data Matrixes using high-resolution LINESCAN imaging
Seamless integration with laser or inkjet marking systems immediately after the blow molder
Real-time code verification for presence, readability, accuracy, and alignment
INTELLECT platform-enabled, supporting RFID login, test bottle tracking, and user-friendly touchscreen interface
Modular vision inspection design for flexible deployment across REFPet and glass lines
The INTELLECT user interface includes:
- Active parameter change log
- Easy inspection setting adjustments
- Screen data history
- Remote access
- Menu-guided bottle change overs
- Spare parts lists
- Troubleshooting guide
- Configurable user screens for controlled access levels
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