Comprehensive Optical Inspection for PET Preforms
Delta Engineering teams with Intravis to inspect preform mouth, body, thread and color.
During the recent K 2022 show in Düsseldorf, Delta Engineering of Belgium (U.S. office in Norcross, Ga.) showed of its new DCI 500 optical inspection system for PET preforms. It incorporates various inspection stations from the Intravis PreWatcher Offline system. The DCI 500 inspects the preform mouth, inspects the body and thread for contamination, and performs color inspection using a spectrometer. This system was demonstrated at the Düsseldorf plant of Nissei ASB Machine Co. during the show.
At K 2022, Delta Engineering also introduced a multifunctional inline test system for blow molded containers.
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