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Beverage Industry article on packaging inspection equipment.
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When "gremlins" plague a packaging line and threaten to compromise efficiencies, manufacturers can also turn to a video recording of the production line to determine the root cause of quality and production issues, says Jim Dechman, president and chief executive officer, Monitoring Technology Corp. (MTC), Fairfax, Va. "It’s good to catch an issue before it ships to the consumer, but it is better to fix the problem permanently so it doesn’t happen again," he says.
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Packaging World Procter and Gamble captures high-tech assistance.
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Troubleshooting problems such as line jams in packaging operations just got easier at the Brown Summit, NC, plant of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble. Installed at the plant were two new high-speed video systems called 20/20 Hindsight. They're used on three packaging lines ...
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Packaging Digest Troubleshooting machine maladies.
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To ensure that the equipment meets all expectations where Brenton and its customers are concerned, Brenton fine-tunes, calibrates and tests each machine thoroughly before they leave the factory floor with the aid of the 20/20 Hindsight system from Monitoring Technology Corp.
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Packaging Digest Of packaging lines and racing cars.
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Solving production and quality issues requires the ability to actually see the problem occur. With today's high-speed equipment, staring at a suspected problem area waiting for a failure and then guessing at corrective action is both inefficient and time-consuming. 20/20 Hindsight eliminates wasted time and money by utilizing a patented technology to record digital video while storing up to 48 continuous hours, even while simultaneously reviewing previously recorded events.
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Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News
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When Monitoring Technology came up with 20/20 Hindsight, Dechman knew that it would work for packaging. "The system is designed for easy use on the line 24 hours a day," he says. "It is another set of eyes that a production or maintenance person can use to quickly determine the cause of jams or off-quality production. They just point the camera at the problem area and walk away. After the equipment jams, they scroll back through the video and replay the jam in slow motion. No wiring is required."
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Learn How Miller Brewing Uses 20/20 Hindsight
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High-speed video monitoring to identify the root cause of packaging line snafus is paying big dividends at the Trenton, OH, plant of Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing. Difficulties last summer on a can line are among the issues that made the new monitoring system so appealing.
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PackExpo.Com Unilever solves packaging issues using 20/20 Hindsight High-Speed Video.
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Unilever's assessment of 20/20 Hindsight: "The ability to utilize the scanback viewer frame-by-frame has been the largest benefit from this investment. We've been able to move frame-by-frame through high speed bar soap packaging processes to identify the root cause of equipment stops that we never would have seen by our naked eye."
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