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 & 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 & Beverage
Product Type DataMan
Sun Pacific

The produce industry is moving to implement a systematic, industry-wide approach to closely track where fresh produce comes from and where it goes. One of the great challenges in this effort is the au...
Benefit Type Identification

Industry Food & Beverage
Product Type VisionPro
Syscona Kontrollsysteme

In a strained economic situation, it is more important than ever to be able to optimize processes and make them more efficient. The Expert ETK inspection system, integrated with Cognex Vision technolo...
Benefit Type Verify Assembly

Industry Food & Beverage
Product Type In-Sight
Panidea

After the installation of robotics and Cognex VisionPro® vision software, Panidea is able to quickly and easily adapt to consumer demand. The Italian producers need to package three different shapes o...
Benefit Type Other

Industry Food & Beverage
Product Type VisionPro
Unilever

By changing over from manual to automatic packaging operations, the Unilever plant in Ansbach, Germany, has been able to increase throughput and achieve quick-change versatility on their sausage produ...
Benefit Type Eliminate Defects

Industry Food & Beverage
Product Type VisionPro
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 & Beverage
Product Type DataMan
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 & 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 & 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 technology ABB Robotics, a leading global supplier of r...
Benefit Type Eliminate Defects

Industry Food & Beverage
Product Type VisionPro