GSI „Glass Sliver Inspection“
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GSI is a analysis and inspection system especially conceived for the detection of foreign bodies within bottles in coloured glass and containing thick and dark liquids. The system helps to enhance security in terms of possible glass fragments created by ruptures or cracks after filling and capping phases especially with screw caps. |
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An example of inspection of GSI onto a brown-coloured bottle containing thick and dark liquids. |
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GSI is optimized for the pharmaceutical sector while detecting glass cracks in thick and coloured liquids, but it may be unlimitedly used also for control in fillers and cappers for bottles of wine, beer and dark-coloured drinks.
Inspection machine or the system may be used both out of line in a totally autonomous manner and in line with filler and capper.
GSI is equipped with three high-resolution TV cameras, a special illumination system and a rotation system for a 360-degree analysis of the bottle.
Thanks to its powerful processing technology it may carry out full inspections onto bottles in about 100 ms and identify fragments of 1 mm3.
Within the pharmaceutical sector GSI may be provided - upon request - with technical documentation in compliance with FDA directives and GAMP norms.