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The FBI
The FBI (Filled Bottle Inspector)
can detect even the tiniest
particles of glass and other
foreign objects. 'It's really a
very simple principle,' explains
Berco Landman of Fleineken
Technical Services, one of the
co-inventors of this revolution
ary bottle inspection system.
'The bottle is spun at high
speed on a carousel and sud
denly stopped. A camera then
takes 18 pictures of the
still-rotating contents in
0.7 seconds. These are
analysed and compared by a
computer, which gives the
alarm if it detects any particles'.
Trials with the FBI system have
been successful and further
mechanical improvements will
be made in 2003. In view of its
importance for product safety,
Fleineken plans to give other
bottling plant operators access
to this patented system, which
will be built in partnership with
other companies.
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