Monitoring and Quality Control

Monitoring

The digital sealing technology allows the capture of various data points during sealing and visualization in a dashboard. This enables traceability of the sealing parameters over an extended period:

Comprehensive process analysis
Documentation of the sealing process in accordance with FDA requirements
Insight into long-term effects

In-Line Quality Control

Through AI-powered analysis of power consumption and temperature at the sealing head, anomalies within the sealing process can be effectively detected. Defective seals identified through this method can then be automatically rejected from the production line. For rigid packaging applications, the following types of defects can be reliably detected:

Missing, duplicate, or misaligned lids
Lids sticking to the heating element
Product contamination or debris in the sealing area

Success Stories

While others are still talking about Industry 4.0, Vandemoortele is already producing with self-learning quality control — and planning to roll it out at additional sites.
In cooperation with machine manufacturer Grunwald, Vandemoortele designed a new 5-lane Grunwald Foodliner for filling and sealing margarine cups in two different formats. One thing was clear from the start: the machine had to be mono-PP ready. The standard “headspace heating” quality control method would have significantly reduced cycle rates when processing mono-materials. That’s why Grunwald proposed using sealing heads from watttron™, which offer top-tier sealing quality for all lid materials — with integrated quality control.

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