Bucher Emhart Glass, leading supplier of glass forming and inspection technologies, has launched the latest evolution in inspection technologies. Powered by SCOUT is not just software. While it is true that SCOUT is software, it also is the platform that will be the foundation for current and future inspection technology improvements.

Bucher Emhart Glass, the leading supplier for glass forming and inspection technologies launches the latest evolution in inspection technologies – SCOUT. Offering, at present, better lighting, higher resolution optics, faster and more powerful processors, advanced inspection algorithms and a simplified user interface, it will, in the future, be the platform that will be the foundation for current and future inspection technology improvements.

Bucher Emhart Glass recently led a project to create the first quad gob arcuate pneumatic IS machine, in partnership with SGD Kipfenberg, as Leo Diehm and Rainer Becker explain. The story is based on the fact that the 54mm quad gob had become ‘orphaned’. This technology was based on 4¼in section boxes, originally designed and produced in-house by SGD/Bormioli during the 1960s. Since the designers were no longer developing it, the parts and mechanisms became obsolete and it was not supported by a machine supplier.

Since its introduction a little over five years ago, customers have provided valuable feedback for enhancements and extra features to Bucher Emhart Glass FlexRadar. Combined with experience gained in the field, advances in technology and the evolution of the glass container industry, these suggestions have prompted several changes to the equipment, with an eye towards the future of hot end process improvement, as Philippe Spiteri explains.

Bucher Emhart Glass, the leading supplier of glass-container equipment, has been bringing some significant new product features to its FleXinspect inline inspection portfolio. We look at the most recent addition, the FleXinspect M, and explore the new handling capabilities of the flagship FleXinspect T.

Garij Göhrich outlines how the role of the Purchasing Manager has never been easy, and considers a number of questions the manager should regard before making a purchasing decision.