IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY WITH MACHINE VISION

AIRPORT BAGGAGE IDENTIFICATION (ID) SOLUTIONS World’s smallest 5MP stand-alone vision system Powerful Cognex vision tool library including new PatMax RedLine™ and JavaScript support High speed communication with Gigabit Ethernet Airport baggage handling systems (BHS) depend on reliable barcode reading solutions to help minimize luggage processing times and enhance system efficiency. 1 Failure to read a bag tag sends that bag through a manual encode process, which requires additional processing time, extra manpower, and additional conveying equipment and tracking of each bag. Baggage processing times are critical to the operational success of both the airline and the airport. Overall customer service is critical to all stakeholders in airport operations, and efficient handling of every bag is paramount to the profitability of each BHS operation. Baggage tag identification challenges: • Baggage orientation and tag position can vary greatly • Optimal reader position is challenging due to varying baggage heights, BHS rights-of- way, building space constraints, and barcode perspectives • Bag tag readability is easily compromised throughout each step of the handling process; transfer bags often present the greatest tag reading challenge Cognex vision technology offers: • Industry-leading read rates—fewer read failures • Image archiving—saves a color image of every bag processed associated with each discreet tag • Lower cost of ownership—DataMan® barcode readers have no moving parts DataMan 300/360 series barcode reader features: • Three resolution options: 800x600, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 • 60 reads per second • Up to 400 ft/min (2.0 m/s) transport speed • Customizable to any application ID Reader redundancy Overlap in the coverage area of each DataMan reader in the system means multiple readers will read each bag tag. Having a low ‘exclusive read rate’ means that an exceptionally low number of bags are read by only a single camera. This assures the BHS operator that if any single reader in the array fails to read, the decrease in the overall read rate of the system will be minimal. Our superior reader coverage insures that each tag has a very high likelihood of being ‘seen’ and then decoded by more than one reader. www.cognex.com/300 AIRPORT BA I I LUTIONS orld’s smallest 5MP stand-alone vision system Powerful Cognex vision to l library including new PatMax RedLine™ and JavaScript sup ort igh speed communication with igabit Ethernet Airport ba gage handling systems (BHS) dep r ing solutions to help minimize lug age proce sing times and enhance system effici . 1 Failure to read a bag tag sends that bag through a manual encode process, which requires a d tional processing time, extra manpower, and a d tional conveying equipment and tracking of each bag. Bag age processing times are critical to the operational success of both the airline and the airport. Overall customer service is critical to all stakeholders in airport operations, and efficient handling of every bag is p ramount to the profitability of each BHS operation. Baggage tag ident fication challenges: • Bag age orien ation and tag position can vary greatly • Optimal reader position is challenging due to varying baggage heights, BHS rights-of- way, building space constraints, and barcode perspectives • Bag tag readability is easily compromised throughout each step of the handling proce s; transfer bags often present the greates tag reading challenge Cognex v sion techn logy offers: • Industry-leading read rates—fewe read failures • Image archiving—saves a c lor image of every bag processed associated with each discr e tag • Lower cost of ownership—DataMan® barcode readers have no moving parts i arcode r • r ti : 00x600, 0 • r • t . / ) tr • t lication I rl i r of each DataMan reader in the system means multiple r r t g. aving a low ‘exclusive read rate’ means that an ex ti r f bags are read by only a single camera. This assures the BHS o r t i l r der in the ar ay fails to read, the decrease in the overall read r t f t ill i i al. Our superior reader coverage insures that each tag has a r i f i g ‘seen’ and then decoded by more than one reader. www.cognex.com/300.c .c /XXX IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY WITH MACHINE VISION In no other industry are the incentives to guarantee product safety, quality and packaging integrity as great as they are in the food and beverage industry. The negative effects of recalls and damage to brand reputation are so acute that food and beverage manufacturers have been on the leading edge of successful deployment and use of machine vision technology to ensure product s fety. As the hallenges b come greater and the stakes higher, food and beverage manufacturers need even more sophisticated machine vision h rdwar an tools to stay compliant with new regulations, ensure customer confi dence and mitigate risks. At the same ti e, these tools need to be easy to use and deliver even more reliable and repeatable results. In this expert guide, we will familiarize you with current provisions and regulations around the world that govern food and beverage manufacturing and id n fy the ore challenges faci g the industry today. Finally, we will tell you about machine vision solutions that will help you produce and distribute the safest and highest quality products possible. Regulations worldwide drive the need for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) In 2014 the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued nearly 400 recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts for reas ns ranging from salmonella to undeclared ingredients like milk, soy, and nuts. And it isn’t just happening in US markets. The International Standards Organization (ISO) includes tracking and labeling requirements for most agricultural products, while Japanese law includes documenting everything from agricultural chemicals to slaughterhouse operations (Abattoir Law). Food producers and packagers are looking at how they can use track and trace technologies to document food production automatically and give their management team better insight at all levels of the supply chain in real time. Barcodes are a traditional solution to track and trace operations, but consumers cannot read barcodes. As a result, many producers are turning to optical character recognition (OCR) technology using vision systems that can read alphanumeric text, as well as 1-D and 2-D Data Matrix codes, to track food and beverages from raw materials to packaged product at high speeds and with greater accuracy than manual inspection or barcodes alone. Allergen Management Mislabeled allergens cause expensive food product recalls because packaged foods are required to list common food allergens such as milk, eggs, and peanuts that are in the product or may have come in contact with the product. Primary allergen management applications include: • Verify the correct label and check position • Detect errors on rolls of labels • Match package to product • Read codes and verify text on fl exible fi lms and packages • Read 1-D and 2-D (Data Matrix) codes and text on labels • Read barcodes and text on fl at, curved or shiny surfaces • Read and verify 2-D codes printed direct on a product or container surface Food Safety Modernization Act: US Gets Serious About Food Safety The US Food Safety Modernization Act includes 19 new provisions that will impact the food-processing industry. Several of those provisions are expected to increase demand for machine vision to help ensure that companies are preventing food contamination rather than responding to it. Upon request, the FDA will gain expanded access to food production facility records. The agency may obtain records for tracking purposes or if there is reason to suspect a potential public health risk. In addition, the FDA, in coordination with the produce industry, will create a new method of effectively tracking and tracing fruits and vegetables to ensure that any contaminated produce is located and recalled in a safe nd timely m nner. These new regulations apply to both domestic and foreign food producers selling food in the US. To fi nd out more visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website: www.fda.gov Food Traceability, Brand Protection, Code Quality, Compliance, and Recall Management Improve food safety and reduce liability exposure Existing and pending food traceability legislation in many global regions require that facilities have systems in place to provide a trail of information that follows each food item through the supply chain. To ensure food safety and effi cient recalls, manufacturers must be able to identify and locate any item in the food supply chain and quickly trace back its source “one step”, and trace forward to its destination “one step.” To achieve this, many companies are implementing 2-D barcodes, vision systems, and image-based ID readers as key components in a simple yet robust one up/one back database process for traceability. Data Matrix has been adopted as standard in many applications. It allows the storage of more information such as manufacturer, product ID, lot number, expiry, and even a unique serial number on virtually any fi nished good. Brand Protection Serial number aggregation for supply chain security and product authentication at the point of sale can help prevent counterfeiting, diversion and sale of product through unauthorized channels. These applications generally seek item-level serialization on every package and Data Matrix has been adopted as standard. Code Quality and Package Compliance As you prepare for compliance with global barcoding requirements, it’s important to keep in mind that compliance requires much more than simply reading a code on a label or package. To support traceability, it is fi rst essential to verify code quality and validate that all of the encoded data is accurate and correctly formatted. Cognex verifi ers and vision systems can be used to grade code quality and create a complete identifi cation and data verifi cation solution for food and beverage labels and packages. 2 © Copyright 2015, Cognex Corporation. All information in this document is subject to change without notice. All Rights Reserved. The Cognex logo, Cognex.com, and Cognex are registered trademarks of Cognex Corporation. Lit. 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Baggage processing times are critical to the operational success of both the airline and the airport. Overall customer service is critical to all stakeholders in airport operations, and efficient handling of every b g is paramount to the profitability of each BHS operation. Baggage tag identification challenges: • Baggage orientation and tag position can vary greatly • Optimal reader position is challenging due to varying baggage heights, BHS rights-of- way, building space constraints, and barcode perspectives • Bag tag readability is easily compromised throughout each step of the handling process; transfer bags often present the greatest tag reading challenge Cognex vision technology offers: • Industry-leading read rates—fewer read failures • Image archiving—saves a color image of every bag processed associated with each discreet tag • Lower cost of ownership—DataMan® barcode readers have no moving parts DataMan 300/360 series barcode reader features: • Three resolution options: 800x600, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 • 60 reads per second • Up to 400 ft/min (2.0 m/s) transport speed • Customizable to any application ID Reader redundancy Overlap in the coverage area of each DataMan reader in the system means multiple readers will read each bag tag. Having a low ‘exclusive read rate’ means that an exceptionally low number of bags are read by only a single camera. This assures the BHS operator that if any single reader in the array fails to read, the decrease in the overall read rate of the system will be minimal. Our superior reader coverage insures that each tag has a very high likelihood of being ‘seen’ and then decoded by more than one reader. www.cognex.com/300