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Advanced packaging inspection technologies

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In July 2026, Minebea Intec and Rohde & Schwarz announced new non‑intrusive inspection scanners for sealed products. Minebea Intec’s side‑shooter X‑ray systems image densely packed containers from the side, eliminating blind spots and detecting foreign objects at production speeds. Rohde & Schwarz’s R&S IMAGER uses millimeter‑wave radiation to create high‑contrast 3‑D images without ionising radiation, supporting AI‑driven fault detection for pharmaceuticals, logistics and food‑and‑beverage packaging. A few weeks later, in early In August 2026, the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (Fraunhofer IKTS) demonstrated an advanced the use of optical‑coherence‑tomography (OCT)‑based inline seal inspection system on a German packaging line. The (OCT) through its publicly funded ‘OCTInline’ project. By adapting technology originally developed for ophthalmology, researchers have integrated an OCT system provides micrometre‑scale, three‑dimensional imaging of into an industrial partner’s packaging machine to inspect seal seams while in real time. Using near-infrared light, the line runs system provides high-resolution, three-dimensional images of internal structures, capable of detecting pores, air inclusions, or insufficient welds as small as eight micrometres. The OCT system operates continuously at production speeds of up to 25 m metres per minute, identifying pores, material defects and insufficient welds minute without damaging the product. The institute also stressed This capability supports the importance quality control of integrating visual‑inspection regulated sectors, such as the medical and food industries, and aids sustainability goals by ensuring the integrity of recyclable monolayer films. Experts emphasize that for such high-speed visual inspection to be reliable, hardware and image-processing functions must be integrated early in during the machine design. design and planning stages to ensure proper lighting, positioning, and stable data pathways. Together, these developments show a rapid expansion of high‑speed, non‑destructive high-speed, non-destructive imaging methods—X‑ray side‑shooters, millimeter‑wave methods—X-ray side-shooters, millimeter-wave scanners and OCT—being deployed to improve inline quality control, reduce recalls and waste, and support sustainability goals across the packaging industry.

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