CAM-206
The changeover isn’t finished
Six thirty in the morning, between two production runs. The filler is already set up for the new product, but the table beside it’s still covered with orange labels from the previous format, along with the changeover tools and a box of parts. On the floor, in front of the blue bin, there are a couple of dozen empty bottles of the product they have just stopped making. Five people standing around, waiting to start up.
Turn on IRIS Vision
AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognizes in this scene
- labels from the previous format
- changeover table
- empty packs on the floor
- waste bin
- filler ready to start
What this camera measures
An alert says something’s happening. The reading says how much.
- 60Labels from the previous format
- 28Empty packs on the floor
- 22 minSince it was declared finished
- 06:35Time of the alert
- 5People in the frame
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client’s measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
the changeover is declared finished and material from the previous run is still in the area
Then
- alert the shift manager with the camera, the time and the line
- keep the image of what is still visible and the video of the moment
- keep the alert open until somebody confirms the area is clear
The instruction that set it up«Before we start up, tell me if anything from the previous product is still on the table or on the floor: labels, packs or tooling.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
Starting up with leftovers of the previous product in plain sight is the easiest way for an old label to end up on a new bottle, or for a pack from yesterday’s run to slip onto a pallet going to a different customer. By the time anyone notices, it’s in the warehouse. The changeover is signed off with a checklist; IRIS looks at the room before start-up and flags it if material from the previous format is still where it shouldn’t be.
What people usually ask
Does IRIS certify that the line is clean?
No, and it shouldn’t be put that way. IRIS sees what’s left in plain sight: labels, packs, boxes and tooling from the previous product. A microscopic residue, an allergen trace or a chemical remnant can’t be seen by a camera and is only confirmed by a laboratory test. The camera covers what’s visible, which is a good share of badly closed changeovers, and it says so before start-up.
Who decides what counts as a leftover?
The plant does. IRIS doesn’t write the rules: you tell it what material must not be left in that area when a changeover ends, and when to look. A box of parts on the table can be normal on one line and an alert on another. What IRIS adds is that the same criterion is applied on every shift, including the six in the morning one.
Does IRIS stop the line if it finds leftovers?
No. IRIS raises an alert with the camera, the time and the video; it doesn’t send commands to the machine, it doesn’t block the start-up and it doesn’t call anyone on its own. Whether you start up or clean again is the shift manager’s call. The only thing that changes is that the information arrives before start-up, not after.
Other cameras
- CAM-200 · The line has stopped and nobody knows why
- CAM-201 · Bottles piling up on the accumulation table
- CAM-202 · The line is running and not one bottle goes by
- CAM-203 · A glove on the belt, among the trays
- CAM-204 · A water bottle in the middle of a juice run
- CAM-205 · A label that says the opposite of what is in the bag
A different case every time
Watch what happens. Then watch what IRIS does with it.
Not a recorded video and not a drawing: it’s a summary of the real tool, with a different case each time round. The whole tool doesn’t fit in a box.
- The alert fires
- It lands in the tray
- You open it
- You confirm or dismiss
Next step
What does a mall see beyond the visitor count?
12 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 8 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
What does an airport see before the line forms?
14 cases: 7 raise an alert when something happens and 7 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Sometimes you don’t need an alarm:you need a number.
How many people came in, and when. You draw a line over the image and the camera counts. People counting is approved by the Centro Español de Metrología — Spain’s national metrology institute — through NeuralPax. It’s a Spanish approval: it isn’t equivalent to any U.S. certification and we don’t present it as one. What crosses over is the method. The same line, in the same place, every day.
Tell us your problem and we’ll say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
A person answers, the same working day.