An apparatus for inspecting containers, having a transport device which transports the containers along a predefined transport path and an inspection device which inspects a bottom region of the containers, wherein a coating of the bottom region of the containers can be inspected by the inspection device.

Provided is an aseptic filling apparatus which performs sterilization on preforms, and which includes a bottle inspection unit capable of maintaining asepticity with certainty. An aseptic filling apparatus includes an inspection unit where inspection equipment, which inspects a bottle is accommodated in an airtight container so as to prevent the inspection equipment from coming into contact with sterilizer.

The invention relates to a determination process of the presence of a wire-edge at the site of an internal edge of a ring surface (16) of a ring of a container, comprising: lighting of the ring surface (16) of the container from above, by means of a radial light beam at 360 and its observation according to a peripheral observation field formation in a first image zone, of a first principal circle; and of at least one secondary arc of a circle concentric to the first so-called principal circle, and radially offset relative to the latter. search, in said first image zone, of the first so-called principal circle and any first secondary arc of a circle.

The invention also relates to a device for executing such a process and a line comprising such a device.

An inspection device calibration method includes mounting a laser-operated calibration device to a calibration fixture including an adjustable target having alignment indicia; illuminating the adjustable target with laser lien from the calibration device; adjusting the adjustable target to operatively align the alignment indicia with the laser light; removing the calibration device from the calibration fixture; mounting to the calibration fixture, an inspection device including one or more adjustable features; and operating the optical inspection device, including adjusting the inspection device to operatively align the inspection device with the adjustable target.

It is proposed to carry out an optical inspection of preforms (7) by means of at least one camera device (2, 3, 13), in such a way that the preforms (7) are in a relative position to each other that is unchanged in comparison with the injection molding operation.

Systems and methods for detecting syringe seal defects are described, including associated syringe stopper designs having seal areas and indicating areas, as well as associated inspection systems and methods for optical imaging and analysis for syringe seal defects in dry and wet syringes.

Provided is a method for inspecting containers, wherein containers provided with container closures are transported a transport device along a predetermined transport path and inspected a first inspection device during this transport, wherein the inspection device captures at least one first image of at least the container closure of a container an image capture device, and a second image of at least this container closure is captured by an image capture device, wherein a time interval between the capture of the first image and of the second image preferably is less than 10 ms.

An inspection device and method for testing and inspecting integrity of a container (200) is disclosed. The inspection device has an angled member (102) and a viewing member (104) secured to the angled member. Together, the angled and viewing members are configured to hold a container to be analyzed. The inspection device also includes a cradle (106) secured to the angled member, the cradle including a cavity (108) configured to hold the angled member at an angle. The inspection device also includes a light source holder (110) secured to the viewing member, a leg member (112) extending from the light source holder, and at least one light source (114) extending through the light source holder. The light source has a first end extending outwardly from the light source holder and a second end extending within the light source holder from which light projects. The light from the light source is projected toward the viewing member. The viewing member includes at least one viewing window (105). A lens is located between the second end of the light source and the viewing member, and a filter is located between the lens and the viewing member.

Systems and methods for detecting syringe seal defects are described, including associated syringe stopper designs having seal areas and indicating areas, as well as associated inspection systems and methods for optical imaging and analysis for syringe seal defects in dry and wet syringes.

An apparatus (1) for optical inspection of plastic parisons (2) intended to be blow molded to form containers, comprises a conveyor (3) for transporting corresponding parisons (2) along a predetermined path; at an inspection station along the path, each parison (2) is positioned with its axis (208) aligned with a longitudinal reference axis. A stationary camera (7) is provided, with its viewing axis (8) coincident with the longitudinal reference axis, to view the interior of the parison (2); an illuminator (9) is positioned around the viewing axis (8) of the camera (7), to irradiate the outside surface of a mouth end (202) of the parison (2). The camera (7) has a wide-angle lens, to capture an image of an inside surface of the mouth end (202) of the parison (2), representing a screw thread (205) and the identification code (207) of the parison (2), shown in transparency.