Beverage and Drink Industry

Optical inspection and defect detection for cans, glass bottles and PET bottles

Empty or filled beverages in cans, glass bottles and PET bottles.
Rates of up to 150 000 units per hour.
Automatic SKU changeover, no need to reconfigure the inspection program between SKUs.
Detects rogue and foreign cans before they ship. Unique in the market.
Compatible with standard production lines.
Cost effective compared to legacy solutions.
Small inspection station takes less than 1 square meter of space.

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Date label verification

Validate best before/expiry and batch codes with advanced OCR.
Any number of characters.
Up-to 150000 units / hour.

Label verification

Verify label presence and orientation

Rogue / foreign can detection

Verifies every filled can’s identity, catching mismatched drinks in preprinted cans. A unique solution in the market.

Fallen can detection

Detect fallen or broken cans.

Yield & Throughput

Monitor OEE, count units, and identify bottlenecks instantly via camera feeds.

Eliminating Rogue Cans: High-Speed QA in Beverage Manufacturing

A global beverage manufacturer spent 15 years trying to reliably intercept “rogue cans” on their high-speed filling lines. Discover how MarshallAI deployed a minimal latency edge vision system to inspect 2,500 cans per minute, preventing mismatched products and costly mechanical jams with near-perfect precision.

Beverage industry Quality assurance

Color Detection & Verification

Identifies and verifies color against a defined reference, catching mismatched product, print, packaging or paint color.
Anomaly & Defect Detection

Flags trained deviations including damage, contamination, or irregularities that were not explicitly programmed in advance.
OCR & Code Reading

Reads and verifies printed or embossed text, including best before dates, batch codes, and serial numbers, even on curved, metal or low contrast surfaces. 1D barcodes, and 2D codes such as DataMatrix and QR.
Object Counting & Enumeration

Counts units, parts, or occurrences within a frame or across a production run.
Real-Time Actuation & Control

Triggers a physical or digital response, such as a reject arm, gate, or PLC signal, automatically from a detection event. Human-in-the-loop control also possible.