Flexible solutions

摘要

Omron has helped a customer to create a solution that adds serialisation capabilities to its printed code inspection system that allows for the printing and verification of a unique code onto each package on an e-cigarette packaging line. Increasingly stringent national and international regulations require that packaging - particularly in the food and pharmaceutical sectors - carry unique coding which can be used for tracking and tracing of individual products throughout the supply chain. These codes need to be accurately and precisely printed and positioned on the packaging material without compromising either production speed or print quality. Omron's customer Kraus Maschinenbau, is a designer and manufacturer of friction feeders and specialised systems for the printing and packaging industry. Joachim Kraus, managing director of Kraus Machinenbau, explained more about the core requirements for the serialisation project, "We needed help to develop an optical inspection system that was able to verify GS1 barcodes. It needed to be simple to adjust without additional tools. It also needed to be easy to use, modular, scalable and to deliver reliable and repeatable results."