Product category:
Vision and Colour Sensors
News Release from: Cognex UK
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 September 2001
Sappi selects Cognex for web inspection
Sappi, the producer of coated, wood-free fine paper, has integrated Cognex's SmartView ICN web inspection system at its Austrian manufacturing facility
Sappi will use the SmartView ICN system to perform quality inspection on its production of fine paper, which is used in high-quality publications such as annual reports, magazines, and brochures The Cognex vision system will inspect the paper for defects such as edge cracks, holes, light spots, oil spots, wrinkles, and dark spots at production speeds of more than 4,000 feet per minute
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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SmartView's Winder Advisor system installed at the re-reeler will use the defect information to stop the winder at severe defect locations, allowing operators to make repairs before the paper goes into the coating machine.
"SmartView allows manufacturers like Sappi to not only inspect defects at full production speeds, but also reduce the number of web breaks and increase winder throughput," said Markku Jaaskelainen, General Manager of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division.
"Process improvements like these are designed to enhance a company's efficiency and product quality, which results in improved overall output." SmartView ICN is a state-of-the-art web inspection system that is used to automatically detect, identify, and display defects in paper and other materials as they are being produced.
Cognex has sold over 100 SmartView ICN systems since its release in February 2000, making it the most successful product launch in the history of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division.
Sappi is the world's leading producer of coated wood-free paper, selling nearly a quarter of the coated wood-free paper in the western world. Request free introductory details about products from Cognex UK ...
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