Development of a packing-leak tester by high-accuracy force detection

Nowadays, a safety improvement of food has been demanded strongly. Therefore, various inspections are used in the foods manufacturing process. A packing leak test is one of the inspections. To detect a packing leak, automatic online inspection systems have been required. In this research, a leak inspection system using high accuracy force detection is proposed. By using the proposed system, packing leak test is achieved at high speed and space-saving, although the conventional methods are low speed or large space. Thereby, automation of a leak inspection process progresses, and the contribution to the improvement in safety of food is expected. The validity of the proposed system is confirmed through the experiments.