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The research team will also focus on determining the commercial viability of the prototype system by operating it in the plant and establishing its maintenance requirements. In addition, the team will determine the range of defects common to this application and the commonality of each defect type with one another.

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Two types of tests are underway. The first involves screening product with artificial defect generation. This means that one of the packaging machines is modified to create a variety of defective packages that are introduced to the vision system to study detection accuracy. The second test can be described as regular

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Colin Usher, research scientist and project director, feeds a tray pack package to Georgia Tech’s automatic inspection system as co-op student, Parker McGee, looks on. The system is currently undergoing a field trial at a Fieldale Farms’ processing plant. Installed beside a conveyor that handles the output of packages from several sealing machines, the system is being evaluated for its accuracy in identifying defects – such as film tears – in the seals of packages.