We recently spent an afternoon with the quality assurance team at Fat Head’s Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio. For three years, Fat Head’s has been using the OneVision SeamMate® System to ensure their can seamer is creating air-tight seams. Check out the video to see what Ty had to say about the system and working with the Onevision team.
Automatic Seam Tightness™
Correctly evaluating tightness is critical to maintaining double seam quality, but visually inspecting the coverhook to determine wrinkle rating can be challenging.
OneVision’s newly patented Automatic Seam Tightness™ measurement provides inspectors and quality managers with assurance that the visual coverhook inspection was accurate, or it can serve as an alternative to manual coverhook removal.
During the inspection process, SeamMate® software automatically calculates seam tightness by analyzing the geometry of captured seam images.
The Automatic Seam Tightness measurement is available on all OneVision video modules.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: The OneVision Mini Seam Stripper
Inspecting the double seam is an essential part of beverage canning quality control. Unfortunately, removing the cover hook for inspection is difficult and can lead to hand injuries. We often tell inquiring customers that if you can only invest in one piece of seam quality control canning equipment, start with a seam stripper. A seam stripper makes the labor-intensive endeavor of removing the cover hook a simple and quick process.
Focused on alleviating the difficult process of removing the cover hook by hand, at OneVision we’ve worked hard to develop a superior seam stripper. The Mini Seam Stripper is compact, has a can guide that makes for quick can positioning, and can easily be adapted to strip can sizes 200-307. The Mini Seam Stripper also has a safe start/stop cutting cycle, and a durable drive system means the machine requires little maintenance. Finally, manufacturing our equipment at our headquarters in Ohio allows us to quickly respond to customer feedback and continuously improve on our unique seam stripper design.
Learn more about the OneVision Mini Seam Stripper.