Machinery Update September \ October 2017

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New print head is a value added
but affordable verification option
With heightened
safety standards for
manufacturers and
the need for effective batch
control, ClearView Imaging
will be launching the new
CheckMate Print Head which
is billed as a more accurate
and affordable in-line batch
verification print and vision
solution.
The high-performance
vision solution brings new
security to the verification of
continuous inkjet (cij) product
and batch information on a
huge variety of packaging
formats, designs, colours
and substrates allowing for
controlled batch recalls.
“Global recalls have
devastating cost and brand
image implications for
manufacturers and retailers
alike,” explains ClearView
Imaging managing director
Allan Anderson. “Yet the
market faces continuous
pressure on margins and,
as a result, has difficulty
financially justifying costly
in-line batch-verification
systems,” he says.
The CheckMate Print Head
unit is based on industrial
grade, IP67 smart camera
technology and proven,
patented algorithms built
around dot matrix printing.
It is able to verify legibility
CheckMate Print Head can deliver more effective in-line batch verification
rather than simply comparing
cij codes. The patented system
does not use image preprocessing,
a procedure that is
extremely intolerant of minor
deviations in character and
string separation; and even
more intolerant of incomplete
character prints.
Pre-processing also
introduces its own issues
due to the way it dilates the
printed dots in order to create
complete strokes and strings
for recognition purposes.
Instead, ClearView
Imaging’s technique offers
greater readability of the
codes, says Anderson.
Its patented algorithm
is capable of discerning
individual characters – even
partially printed ones – with
far more accuracy, resulting
in higher quality levels,
improved confidence in the
printed information, low
spurious faults (prints rejected
by the system but are still
legible to the human eye)
and greater peace of mind
for those who rely on lot code
identification should a product
recall ever become necessary.
“The system is the
only in-line print and
verification solution
(comprising the CheckMate
Print Head and a Linx 10
CIJ printer) for £10,000,
including installation and
commissioning,” continues
Anderson. “This makes it
affordable to manufacturers
with already tight margins.”
The CheckMate Print Head
will also work with any cij
printer, making it a viable
retrofit option.
Value engineered to focus
on this application and
designed to mimic the set-up
of the cij printing system,
Anderson believes this simpleto-use
system satisfies the
growing pressure throughout
the industry for reliable but
cost effective solutions to
more effectively verify batch
information printed in-line.
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