The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for coating pharmaceutical vessels, e.g. with a coating set that includes an oxygen barrier layer, that reduce the amount of particles present on the coated vessels. The present disclosure also relates to methods and systems for removing particles from vessels, e.g. after a coating is applied to an inner surface of the vessel. The present disclosure also relates to methods and systems for inspecting pharmaceutical vessels for particles prior to filling using machine based visual analysis. Each of the above may be controlled and performed by one or more processors, thereby enabling a fully automated coating, cleaning, and/or inspecting operation for pharmaceutical vessels.

An analyzer, and a method and an apparatus for detecting liquid overflowing from a container that the analyzer comprises, are provided. The method according to the present invention for detecting liquid overflowing from a container in the analyzer, includes a step of judging that liquid is overflowing from at least one container if the difference between a standard deviation of absorbance of the liquid measured at a plurality of points of a container at time T1 and a standard deviation of absorbance of the liquid measured at a plurality of points in said container at time T2 is greater than a predetermined threshold value.

An inspection system having a light source, a mirror sensor, and an image sensor. The mirror assembly is aligned with the camera; the light is reflected from the container to the camera, and the camera creates multiple images of the container at a viewing angle. The multiple images are analyzed to detect defects.

An apparatus for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein is disclosed. A radiation source generates exciting radiation, and the exciting radiation is directed onto the inner wall of a container and excites dirt to be detected in such a way that the dirt emits luminescent radiation. At least one device detects the luminescent radiation emitted by the dirt, and another device analyzes the detected luminescent radiation. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein.

Method for optically inspecting containers, where the containers are transported to an inspection unit with an illumination unit and with a camera, where light emitted from a planar light-emitting surface of the illumination unit is transmitted or reflected via said containers, where the camera records in at least one camera image at least one of the respective containers and the light transmitted or reflected via them, where the light emitted from the light-emitting surface is locally encoded on the basis of a wavelength property and is recorded by the camera in such a way that different emission locations of the light-emitting surface can be distinguished from one another in the at least one camera image, and that the image processing unit evaluates the at least one camera image for location information of the emission locations, in order to distinguish the defects from the foreign objects.

A robotic inspection platform comprises a robotic arm, an imager, and a controller. The controller causes the robotic arm to retrieve, using its end effector, a container, and to manipulate the container such that the container is sequentially placed in a plurality of orientations while in view of the imager. The controller also causes the imager to capture images, with each of the images being captured while the container is in a respective one of the orientations. The controller also determines one or more attributes of the container, and/or a sample within the container, by analyzing the images using a pattern recognition model and, based on the attribute(s), determines whether the container and/or sample satisfies one or more criteria. If the container and/or sample fails to satisfy the criteria, the controller causes the robotic arm to place the container in an area (e.g., bin) reserved for rejected containers and/or samples.

Disclosed are a foreign matter inspection device and a foreign matter inspection method, in which the accurate inspection of foreign matter is performed using captured images by continuous shooting in the state in which a movement locus due to the falling caused by the movement of the foreign matter along the inner wall of a container from the horizontal direction of the container as a result of rotation is formed so as to be long. A rotating device is provided with a rotation control means for executing the rotational motion in which container holding members for holding the container in a horizontal manner or at a constant inclination angle relative to the horizontal axis of the container, and the container are rotated at an angle of 60 or more, and then stopped, wherein a foreign matter detection means detects the foreign matter according to the movement locus of the foreign matter, which is formed using the captured images obtained by the continuous shooting for each rotational motion at constant time.

An optical inspection method for containers. A container is at least partly illuminated or transilluminated with light of an illuminating device and captured from different viewing directions (R4-R6) as a camera image in each case by at least one camera. In a first image analysis step, first image information of a first inspection zone (A) of the container, for example a stain on a container front face, is ascertained from at least two of the camera images by stereoscopically pairing image points. In a second image analysis step, an individual camera image of the two camera images is analyzed, wherein the first image information is first excluded and second image information of a second inspection zone (B) of the container, for example a crack of a container rear face, is then ascertained.

A water inspection apparatus includes an injector, a suction unit, and a water measurement unit. The injector injects a drying gas into a bottle. The suction unit sucks the drying gas from the bottle. The water measurement unit measures the water concentration of the drying gas sucked by the suction unit.

Medical syringe barrels having the inner surface coated with cured silicone oil are used for calibration and detection of silicone oil in medical syringe barrels. Calibration standards as provided in this invention allow for quick determination how well a lubrication system for lubricating medical syringe barrels with silicone oil is working.