Food and Beverage Customer Stories

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Kraft Foods saves time by upgrading to DataMan image-based barcode readers

Barbeque bottling line at Kraft Foods turned to Cognex to avoid labeling mix-ups that could lead to expensive recalls and potential liability concerns. DataMan image-based barcode readers achieved 99.9% read rates no matter the orientation or print quality.

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Warsteiner

To ensure the fill quantity matches the stated weight, the Warsteiner brewery, located in Germany, weighs their kegs before and after the filling process. During the process, DataMan® barcode readers ...
Benefit Type Other

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
West Liberty Foods

The West Liberty Foods plant in Tremonton, Utah processes turkey, pork, beef and chicken in a range of packaging options including shaved or fluffed, stack and shingle. The meat produced by the plant ...
Benefit Type Other

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
Tooheys

Integrating a user-friendly vision sensors into a multiple-product bottle crowning line provides a simple solution to fault detecting for leading Australian brewery.Tooheys currently produces more tha...
Benefit Type Other

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type In-Sight
HJ Heinz

As one of the most recognised and respected brands in the world, HJ Heinz produce a wide range of food products for their global consumer market. At their factory in Cumbria in the UK, Baby Milk Powde...
Benefit Type Eliminate Defects

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
Hengstenberg

Grocery chains are including more and more local and regional products on their shelves. In 2015, Hengstenberg, a well-known producer of cucumbers, cabbage, vinegar and mustard, installed a track-and-...
Benefit Type Identification

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
Goody Goody Liquors Inc.

In the state of Texas, a tax stamp must be applied to each liquor bottle sold at the wholesale level, such as to hotels and restaurants. Goody-Goody Liquors Inc., Dallas, Texas, wanted to automate the...
Benefit Type Identification

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
ABB

PickMaster, a productivity enhancing software concept for high speed picking applications - developed by ABB Robotics and based on Cognex vision technologyABB Robotics, a leading global supplier of ro...
Benefit Type Eliminate Defects

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type VisionPro
Kraft Foods Canada

Allergen management is playing an increasingly important role in the packaged foods industry. Manufacturers are taking better care to avoid labeling mix-ups that sometimes lead to expensive recalls an...
Benefit Type Identification

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type DataMan
Knorr

The Knorr sachet packaging plant in Heilbronn, Germany packages millions of products annually such as Fix Spaghetti Bolognese, Fix Goulash and Fix Pot Roast. The plant makes ongoing improvements to it...
Benefit Type Automate Production

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type In-Sight
Rexam Pertainer

Rexam, Sweden: Better bottling thanks to Cognex visionSupplying packaging to the world’s high profile consumer drinks manufacturers is serious business. Rexam is investing in vision to automatically i...
Benefit Type Automate Production

Industry Food and Beverage
Product Type In-Sight