CAM-290

Glass has broken on the curve and the line keeps running

Afternoon shift on the filling floor. On the curve of the conveyor a pile of vials has smashed: glass on the belt and liquid full of fragments on the floor right underneath. The line has not stopped, so the vials behind keep rolling into the curve. Three people in gowns, hairnets and gloves are working around it; the nearest one is a step away from the puddle. IRIS sees the breakage, the glass on the floor and the line still running.

CAM-290 · FILLING LINE · GLASS BREAKAGE

What IRIS understands

What it recognises in this scene

broken vials on the curve
glass and liquid on the floor
conveyor of filled vials
operator next to the spill
filling machine

What this camera measures

An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.

3 mintime since the breakage
11broken vials counted
46vials through since the breakage
3people in the room
16:42time of the alert

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.

broken glass or spilled liquid appears on the belt or on the floor of the filling line

Then

alerts the shift lead and the quality lead for that room
saves the video from the minute before the breakage
logs the exact time and how many vials have gone through the curve since

The instruction that set it up«Alert me the moment a vial breaks on the filling line, even if the belt keeps running.»

What changes

What changes for whoever answers for the plant

A glass breakage on a filling line is never just one lost vial. Until somebody notices, more units keep passing through the same curve, and afterwards someone has to decide how many to pull. With the alert as it happens, the shift lead has the exact time, the video from the second before and the number of units that have gone through since. That turns an argument about what to check into a concrete list. And the floor gets cleaned before anyone walks through it.

What people usually ask

Does IRIS stop the line when it sees broken glass?

No. IRIS raises the alert and saves the footage; stopping the line is decided by a person or by the machine control itself. The camera does not command the equipment: it delivers the alert, the exact time and the video so whoever runs the room can decide right away, with the scene in front of them.

Can the camera guarantee that no fragment is left behind?

No. A camera sees the glass that is in plain sight, on the belt or on the floor. Fragments hidden inside a machine or under equipment are found by physical inspection, and the status of the product is decided by quality. What IRIS adds is the exact minute and the image of what happened.

Does the alert help narrow down which product has to be checked?

Yes. IRIS marks the time of the breakage and counts how many units have gone through the curve since. With that time and that figure, the team knows which stretch of the batch to pull, instead of checking the whole thing just in case or relying on what someone remembers the next day.

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