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In The Winery
Automated Inspection Systems Offer
Consistency, Reliability and Measurable
Results By: Gerald Dlubala
R esearch shows that wine purchases are on the specific aspects of your winery’s production
primarily made based on the bottle’s over-
and operational speed.
all shelf presence, meaning the label, the
brand, the story behind that brand and total aes- “Typically, wineries will perform different inspec-
thetic appeal. Every part of that shelf appearance tions based on their output and line speed,” said
is geared toward having the consumer pick your Rick Reardon, General Manager, FT System North
bottle from all the other choices in front of them. America. “A smaller winery where every bottle is
By incorporating automated inspection systems touched by hand may only do a visual inspection,
into your winery’s filling and packaging operation, but this isn’t practical as line speeds increase, so
you can present a consistently reliable product the winery usually moves to automated inspection
that will build brand awareness, product recogni- systems. Commonly used automated inspections
tion and consumer trust. The types of automated include incoming glass inspections, fill level with
inspections are varied, so the ones that are right cap/cork inspections, label inspections and case or
and most economical for your winery will depend packaging inspections. The most common are the
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