Consumers’ demands have caused manufacturers to need updated equipment capabilities. However, halted manufacturing due to the pandemic caused a roadblock. Enter refurbished equipment, a lower-cost, more quickly available solution.

To perform well, vision inspection equipment must leverage advancements made in the computing, camera, vision inspection software and lighting worlds to detect defects in beverage products.

Charles Ross & Son introduces its new skid system: the Model VSL-400. 

“Like-new” refurbished equipment enables beverage manufacturers to save about half of what they would spend on new equipment while remaining in lockstep with beverage industry trends.

The oven features an open belt loading zone, an insulated heat zone with recirculated airflow and an open belt unloading zone, the company says.

Operators can set the guides, place the container into the machine, press the footswitch, and the label is applied.

The hard tags provide superior solutions for identifying and tracking beverage kegs, gas cylinders and other curved metal returnable transport items under bulk-reading conditions, the company says.

The inspection system is used by many of the major packagers to inspect beverages and foods packaged using bottles and caps, the company says.

The FlexiPack improves flexibility and overall ease of operations for packing glass bottles in cases while providing total protection of the primary packaging, the company says.

Built on a Vapetelligence software platform, the new pod hardware delivers safety, security and performance that controls dosing, heat, taste and effect, the company says.