Challenge: Equip logistic commissioning line for tobacco products with presence, type verification, part counting, parcel content checking solution, to automate a variant of pick-to-light commissioning work-flow, execute workflow logic upon queue of database work-orders.
Solution: Array of light-switching, barcode-reading and camera sensors distributed along the commissioning line was devised to count, recognize and verify the packages and boxes, equipment was seamlessly integrated to LabVIEW application, combined with imaging we were able to deploy highly customized workflow management system to communicate with line PLC, database and fulfil work-order queues, prevent mixing of packages between work-orders, speed up the commissioning process, saving on labour cost, reducing the chance of human error.
Author: Robert Modic