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2022-08-29
Color Sensor Application | Syringe Cap Presence and Misalignment Detection
Project Background:
A medical device manufacturer assembles syringe needles with automatic capping equipment. During high-speed capping, caps can be missed or skewed; the customer wanted to detect missing or misaligned caps and alarm immediately.
Goal: Accurately detect cap presence and cap misalignment, and trigger an alarm on abnormality.
Solution:
This solution uses the Atonm Color Sensor CL1 with CLH-L41 detector heads. The sensor is trained to the cap color; when a needle passes the detection zone, the sensor quickly identifies the cap color. If the detected color matches, the part is accepted; otherwise an alarm is issued and the conveyor stops, allowing operators to handle the defective unit.
Atonm Color Sensor CL1 supports 16-bit RGB computation and high-speed response (200 μs), providing stable color detection even for subtle color differences.
