Look closely
November 1st 2006

Moores Glassworks are using a Mantis and a Lynx optical inspection system from Vision Engineering, to inspect a wide range of specialised glassware and injection moulded plastic items forming intrinsic components for a variety of applications.

During the manufacturing process there are fundamental elements that need to be executed perfectly due to the nature of working with glass.

The inspection criteria includes checking the joint of the stem as well as examining for other defects such as bent or misplaced pins, bubbles, cracks, chips or black lines within the glass to metal seals (a.k.a.. dimples) etc.

To do this they have invested in two Mantis stereo viewers and a Lynx stereo optical inspection system.

"The inspection systems from Vision Engineering provide the team with ergonomic benefits with the 'eyepieceless' technology, improving productivity" explains Bob Jenkins, Quality Manager at Moores.