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Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2004

Detecting date code defects

Focusing on optical character recognition&#44 the Omron F210 CF date verification vision sensor monitors printed codes for readability and rejects packages with undreadable&#44 incomplete&#44 or missing codes.
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It also alerts system operators of defects so that corrections can be made quickly. Enables 100% inspection of codes inline and automatically updates date codes daily without operator intervention. Set-up and changeover can be done through a hand-held keypad rather than a PC.

SOURCE: http://www.packworld.com/controls/strategy/detecting-date-code-defects