The Evolution NEO series of smart inspection machines has received widespread acceptance from the international glass container industry in recent months. IRIS Inspection machines reports 154 planned and completed installations to date, assisting the non-contact, automatic inspection specialist to gain customers and market share.

Evolution NEO’s ability to discriminate intelligently between saleable and non-saleable containers has been widely appreciated, together with its simplified adjustment procedures and reproducibility features. In addition, glassmakers benefit from the equipment’s Industry 4.0 readiness, with the availability of intelligent data for process improvements.

The equipment delivers valuable features that help glass container producers to save time during the manufacturing process. Every setting has been designed to be handled by the machine itself, making the equipment less dependent on human operators. Evolution NEO recognises the article and its exact shape, automatically drawing the inspection zone. This simplifies job changes and reduces the human error factor.

The latest IRIS software release improves inter-operability between Evolution NEO machines and hot end equipment, with the ability to share defect characteristics and defect images in real-time, alerting IS machine operators to instances of critical defect detection.