Antares Vision

The skills developed in a decade of activity in the pharmaceutical industry have opened the doors to some of the world’s top food and beverage groups for Antares Vision, whose aim is to increase applications developed for this sector and expand collaborations with industrial PC manufacturers.

Empty and Filled Containers
In the specific field of Beverage, glass in particular, the GIS (Glass Inspection System) is a software suite designed for dimensional and cosmetic analysis of empty glass containers such as ampoules, syringes, vials, bottles. GIS is born to be integrated on existing lines, safeguarding the quality of beverage before the filling process. Talking about filled containers, Antares Vision propose the inspection and detection of any fault of container and content with ACI (Antares Container Inspector: shape verification and impurity control on containers) and CLC (Cap Level Control: fill level inspection and correct bottle capping

An innovative - and patented - system for labelling is BOS (Bottle Orientation System), designed to orient bottles during the labelling phase. Its goal is to meet the increasingly complex requirements that have emerged in the bottling industry. The evolution of marketing and consumption patterns has led to an increased use of glass and PET bottles, with studied shapes, engraved or embossed logos, especially for limited production. There are already special bottle labelling machines on the market that require costly investment and long set up times, which are not justifiable for small lots or for third party manufacturers.

Another cutting-edge technology in the field of vision controls for food and beverage is the inspection of labels, a critical stage in primary and secondary packaging, not only for the information that labels provide and for traceability, but also for exquisitely aesthetic aspects. Antares Vision has developed solutions designed specifically for the labelling industry dedicated to food packaging, for example the ALC (Antares Label Check), a system which is able to check the correct positioning and measurements of labels on the package inline. An exclusive feature of ALC is the ability to detect label measurements as well.

The Track & Trace systems have until now been mainly applied to pharmaceutical serialization, also considering the national regulations that are making it mandatory in several countries. However, they are destined to become increasingly relevant in the food industry. Even in the absence of legislation imposing serialization of food, this industry will gradually adopt standard tracking rules and Antares Vision is not only one of the leading companies in the world in the development of Track & Trace systems, but it is the only one that manages the tracking of the entire production chain by integrating logistics warehouse management. Many manufacturers are still turning, for traceability solutions, to generic software houses or seeking to develop software internally, often without possessing proper expertise and without considering the existence of industry specialists. But the industry’s reception to Track and Trace systems will greatly increase, especially because they allow the individual tracking of any defective or contaminated product and a quick withdrawal from the market, avoiding the loss of entire batches.