M motor CCD camera 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. t hold t sample image processing system

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