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Automation Machinery

We were told, "Manual inspection is impossible with our faster line. How can we automatically inspect and laser mark in one pass"

The customer has several high-speed lines where products needed an FDA lot code and visual inspection before the filling station. Wastech Controls was asked to design and build two inspection stations.

Technical challenges included the ability to inspect multiple container sizes and materials, to read and properly illuminate reflective round shapes, and to acquire and rotate each container 360º during inspection, to laser mark each container with a lot code, and accept or reject as required.

Wastech's solution included high-speed material handling, motion control, machine vision, a diode-pumped YAG laser marking system, color touch-screen HMI, data acquisition, and VFD motor control.
 

Automatic material handling equipment

Machine vision inspection system

 
Wastech worked with various suppliers, including Cognex (the leading supplier of industrial cameras and character recognition software), Lee laser, Allen Bradley (AB) industrial computers and PLCs, AB operator interface HMIs, AB motor controls, and Wastech stainless steel fabrication and material handling.

Wastech engineers designed these machines and wrote the control software to integrate material handling, laser marking, and machine vision inspection. Software included Visual Basic / C++ program development and PLC programming to synchronize high-speed marking and inspection operations.

 

Industrial Waste Treatment

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 Fluoride Reduction / HF
 Separation & Filtration
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 Upgrade Older Systems
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Waste Monitoring and Analysis

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 Leak Detection
  
  

Pump Automation

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 VFD Pump Control
  
  

Chemical Automation

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 SCADA Software
 Chemical Metering Skids
 Chemical Mixing Systems
 Chemical Inventory
 Batching & Blending

 Heat Exchanger Systems
  

Control Panel Fabrication

 UL-listed Control Panels
 Explosion-proof / IS
  
  

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