Case Study: Pharmaceutical manufacturer complies with tamper evident label regulations
Read how ATC's Integration Services Division helped an Irish Pharmaceutical manufacturer to comply with tamper evident label regulations.
The Background
In order to comply with forthcoming regulations requiring manufacturers of prescription medicines to include an anti-tampering device on packaged products, a leading Irish pharmaceutical manufacturer took the decision to apply transparent tamper evident labels on their products. As part of final product inspection the manufacturer decided that they required an automatic inspection system to check for presence of the tamper evident labels on each box.
The Solution
Detecting the presence of transparent labels on white and coloured boxes is quite challenging using standard sensor technology so it was decided that a vision system was the most reliable solution for this application. Based on the Omron vision platform the proposed solution included an FZ controller along with two standard resolution monochrome cameras and external lighting.
The integrated services division at ATC Automation installed and commissioned the vision system ensuring the presence and the alignment of the tamper evident label on the front and back of the carton and also the presence of the label overhang before it is folded on to the underside of the carton. The system was configured so that the carton was rejected at the existing reject station if the tamper evident label was either missing or incorrectly applied.
The Future
The installation of the vision system now ensures that the pharmaceutical manufacturer can reliably detect the presence of the tamper evident labels and comply with forthcoming medicine counterfeit regulations. The system can inspect 200 boxes per minute which meets with both current and forecasted production requirements.
Please call ATC 01 4678303 to discuss your Vision System Integration requirements or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
