Part counting

Part counting with a camera, right on the production line

Part counting with a camera from Robopipe checks that every pack holds the right number of pieces. Operators see at once when a pack is short.

Part counting with a camera

What the camera counts

Part counting with a camera fits wherever a pack must hold an exact number of pieces. Examples from production sites:

  • Capsules in a container. Every container must leave with the right number of capsules.
  • Pieces in a pack. The camera counts the pieces in every pack that passes under it.
  • Fill level. The camera sees when a container or a blister is not full.

Operators see piece counts, the share of OK pieces and the line rate on a display on the floor.

Counting app or camera on the line

A part counting app on a phone counts one pile when somebody takes a photo. That is not enough on a line, where packs come one after another. Robopipe is a fixed camera over the belt. It counts every pack without the operator and sends the result on.

The model learns counting from images of your products. This is computer vision. The guide to machine vision tells you more about the field.

A record for every pack

Robopipe saves an image of every check. When a customer or an auditor asks about a batch, you can find the image. You can export the image archive of OK and NOK pieces for an audit.

The camera quality inspection page describes the camera, the control unit and the rollout. When you also need to check that nothing is missing from the pack, see packaging completeness inspection. The price per camera and month is on the pricing page.

Part counting in production

Part counting FAQ

What if the pieces overlap?

It depends on the product and on how the pieces lie on the belt. The model learns from images of your line. In a demo, we check it on your own samples.

How do operators see the count?

On a display on the floor. It shows piece counts, the share of OK pieces, the most common defects, downtime and the line rate. Managers follow trends in the analytics portal.

How long until counting starts?

AI inspection runs on your line within a single day. You take the images, label them and train the model yourself in the Studio app.

Try part counting on your own packs.

Book a 30-minute demo and we will show you how the camera would count pieces on your line.