ADVERTORIAL: Machine VISION solutions FOR inline inspection in CONFECTIONERY
In the confectionery industry many quality features or product characteristics can only be checked visually. A varying appearance of the products and different error classes are common. Precisely for these reasons, image processing solutions for this area pose a particular challenge. Bi-Ber has been supplying camera systems for confectionery “made in Berlin” for more than 25 years now and has immense experience in this special industry. Examples for Bi-Ber’s solutions are the all-round 2D or 3D inspection of chocolate bars, the quality check of toppings or waffles as well as the product inspection with artificial intelligence (AI). In those applications the vision system carries out the final inspection of e.g. chocolate-coated wafers either in the mould or individually immediately before packing. The chocolate wafers are checked for foreign objects and quality defects. Holes, breakage, smeared coatings, and leaking fillings must be marked as rejects. Up to sixty moulds per minute with a maximum of fifty-four products in each can be inspected or dozens of products per second by using a smart camera and edge learning tools. Bi-Ber vision systems are Windows-based and equipped with modern GigE or USB3 color cameras. They have multilingual firmware and modern software interfaces and functionality.
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Launched in 2011, specialist journal sweets processing(sp) keeps confectionery business professionals informed about all the latest confectionery industry supply sector developments and features detailed articles about international companies and suppliers.
sp is the sister publication of SWEETS GLOBAL NETWORK’s SG-Magazine, the highly regarded and well established international confectionery business journal. sp covers all stages and aspects of the value added chain from material sourcing to production and packaging.
sp readership includes leaders and decision makers in charge of production, R&D, QM, purchasing and supply chain management, as well as chief executives and senior managing partners.
sp appears every two months in English and German. Circulation currently stands at 5,500. 3,000 of our subscribers are based abroad, mostly in other European countries. sp is now also available as an E-paper.
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International confectionery association SWEETS GLOBAL NETWORK e. V. (SG) is an established network of over 300 member companies based in ten countries. SG is the leading communication platform for confectionery professionals in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and beyond. Meanwhile, most companies involved in manufacturing and retailing confectionery (wholesalers, specialist retailers, importers, brokers, producers) are members. All enjoy huge benefits, such as a range of high quality services and invitations to exclusive, member only events. There are an additional 40 supporting members active in the confectionery industry supply sector.
The International Sweets Business Forum in Berlin has taken SG well beyond the traditional territory of conventional training seminars and workshops. Social events, such as the New Year Reception in Munich or the ISM WARM UP held on the eve of the ISM in Cologne now rank as must-attend fixtures in the confectionery business year.
While acknowledging the growing significance of the global information and knowledge community, SG never loses sight of what’s going on at a local level. Articles in SG-Magazin and sweets processing, the SG-Newsletter (several times a week), annual publication of the SG-Directory and worldwide contacts bear witness to the pronounced internationality of the association.