• Omron Automation Private Limited

Colour Mark Sensor on IOT Platform

Omron Automation, a leading solutions provider for the packaging industry, has introduced a new range of Colour Mark Sensors to enable the food and beverage makers with the right technology for stable detection of colour marks on food packages. The sensors – Photoelectric Sensor E3S-DC Series (E3S-DC) and Colour Fibre Amplifier Unit E3NX-CA Series (E3NX-CA) can detect colour marks, which are printed on glossy or colorful materials and may have only subtle differences in colours – which are currently very difficult to detect. This leads to a considerable reduction in the time necessary to start production and maintenance contributing to an overall enhancement in productivity in the entire packaging process. Key benefits: reliably detecting colour marks on various packaging materials; nine banks to memorize up to nine different colour marks eliminating the need of teaching the sensor for every lot change thus improving productivity; high dynamic range for stable detection even with 99% reflective surface like highly glossy aluminium packaging material; RGB data transmission function for visualisation of colour variation for similar looking marks to avoid line stoppage and downtime required for teaching the sensor; and IoT enabled and the process parameters of the sensors can be monitored to help in predictive maintenance thus increasing the uptime of the packaging process.