Engineering Specialists, Inc.(Brief article)

From: Food Engineering | Date: May 1, 2006 | Copyright information

The CodeChecker is a modular system to provide 100% inline verification of product type and/or manufacturing date before further processing or shipment.

Human or process error can lead to the inadvertent labeling or shipping of an unintended consumer good. The consequences for the manufacturer range from large numbers of recalled product to dissatisfied customers and legal actions.

The system described herein "reads" the product information and compares it to a configured, desired value. In the event the codes do not match, a mechanism ejects the incorrect product out of ...

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