In a method for imaging a container holding a sample, the container is illuminated with a laser sheet that impinges upon the container in a first direction corresponding to a first axis. A plane of the laser sheet is defined by the first axis and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The method also includes capturing, by a camera having an imaging axis that is substantially orthogonal to at least the first axis, an image of the container. The method further includes analyzing, by one or more processors, the image of the container to detect particles within, and/or on an exterior surface of, the container.

Inspection method for inspecting containers, such as bottles, where an image of a container moved past an inspection device is recorded by the inspection device and the recorded image is compared with a reference image, where the reference image is formed from a number of previously recorded images of containers moved past the inspection device and it is determined in dependence of the comparison of the recorded image with the reference image whether the inspection device is operational.

Inspection method for inspecting containers, such as bottles, where an image of a container moved past an inspection device is recorded by the inspection device and the recorded image is compared with a reference image, where the reference image is formed from a number of previously recorded images of containers moved past the inspection device and it is determined in dependence of the comparison of the recorded image with the reference image whether the inspection device is operational.

A method can include: irradiating a container with a measuring beam of an irradiation device at measurement points along a measurement direction, wherein a signal indicative of the wall thickness of the container at each measurement point is obtained by means of an optical detector, wherein by means of an evaluation device, the measurement points are compared with a reference curve that specifies the wall thickness of a reference container along the measurement direction, wherein if the comparison results in agreement between the measurement points and the reference curve it is determined that the wall thickness of the container corresponds to a predefined wall thickness and wherein if the comparison does not result in said agreement it is determined that the wall thickness of the container does not correspond to the predefined wall thickness.

A drug capsule appearance inspection device is provided having a simplified structure so as to have the effect of inspecting the appearance of drug capsules more rapidly and efficiently and reducing costs. To this end, the device includes: a guide plate (10) having a plurality of capsule accommodating grooves (11) formed therein so that drug capsules (P) can be accommodated; and a bottom friction surface (20) that allows the drug capsules (P) to rotate by friction when the guide plate (10) moves horizontally.

A method and a system are disclosed for detecting the features of a water layer in layered enclosures of single unit dose products. Thanks to the method and the system of the invention, the layered enclosures may be manufactured to higher specifications and quality owing to real time control of the features of the water layer between the enclosure layers. The technical advantage of the method of the invention consists in the possibility to detect the features after formation of the layered enclosure is complete—hence inspecting the finished product—and to feed back the detected information to the very water laying device for a real time adjustment of the features of the water layer at the areas where acceptance criteria are not met.

The present disclosure relates to a method for inspecting a container body adapted and configured to hold substrates, comprising the steps of directing light from a light source onto a reflector element positioned within an interior space of the container body, such that the light is reflected to illuminate at least one interior surface of the container body, wherein the light is reflected by the reflector element in a diffuse manner and generating at least one image of the at least one interior surface by means of at least one camera, and evaluating the state of the container body on the basis of the at least one image.

The present disclosure relates to a method for inspecting a container body adapted and configured to hold substrates, comprising the steps of directing light from a light source onto a reflector element positioned within an interior space of the container body, such that the light is reflected to illuminate at least one interior surface of the container body, wherein the light is reflected by the reflector element in a diffuse manner and generating at least one image of the at least one interior surface by means of at least one camera, and evaluating the state of the container body on the basis of the at least one image.

A method of testing the structural integrity of a rigid container comprises performing a sampling process on the rigid container comprising sampling a volume of sample gas from a sampling region associated with the rigid container, wherein the method further comprises performing a detection process comprising producing one or more laser beams for excitation of one or more materials that may be in the volume of sample gas, wherein the one or more materials are representative of a gas and/or vapour and/or a liquid leak from the rigid container and detecting light that has passed through the volume of sample gas, and determining the presence and/or absence and/or amount of said one or more materials in the volume of sample gas based on detected light.

Assemblies (10), devices, and methods are described herein that allow an examiner to inspect a container (12) of liquid product (14) through a bottom wall (18) of the container using a line-of-sight diversion member (28, e.g. beam splitter, mirror or prism). In some forms, the assemblies described herein can be provided with mounts and connecting arms to couple the devices to inspection booths.