Machine Vision Inspection for Plastics & Injection Molding
Machine vision inspection for plastics and injection moulding is one of the industries TARKO's inspection approach is built around: injection moulded parts inspected for shape and dimensional defects as they exit the mould.
Why this industry
Injection moulding is sensitive to small process variations. Temperature and pressure swings during a shift can introduce shape deviations, missing features, short shots and flash, often at a scale and speed that make consistent manual inspection difficult.
Applications used in this industry
- Plastic molding shape and dimensional inspection: checking parts against a reference for shape and dimensional errors.
- Short shot and flash detection: for incomplete fills and excess material at parting lines.
How Machine Vision Inspection Fits a Moulding Line
A camera is positioned where parts drop out of the mould. Inference runs locally at the machine, and a pass or fail decision is signalled to the line's existing automation over the plant network, with the customer's integrator handling the programmable logic controller side of that connection.
Running an injection moulding line?
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