TheiaVu® WD-300 Washdown Vision Measurement System
Protein-Tailored Offline Vision Measurement for Meat & Poultry Processing
The new TheiaVu® WD-300 is KPM Analytics’ answer for meat & poultry packers and processors seeking a better way to enhance their routine product quality checks. Powered by measuraAI™, it assists quality control professionals by obtaining more precise and repeatable product measurement data to improve their production processes.
The TheiaVu® WD-300 combines the measurements of manual tools (calipers, color charts, etc.) into an all-in-one offline solution. This helps companies develop stronger standards for product quality by quantifying product features that are difficult or impossible to measure accurately manually.
Features
- Sanitary design with easy-to-change conveyor belt makes it suitable for meat & poultry processing
- Equipped with measura® 4 Software and the measuraAI™ module, offering a built-in library with 100+ product measurements and advanced tools for anomaly detection, defect analysis, and more.
- Obtain critical data on product features like color, consistency, fat distribution (marbling), breading coverage, calculated weight, etc.
- Easy-to-use, IP69-rated operator interface with integrated PC.
- Interfaces with temperature gauge and scale (optional accessories).
Benefits
- Objective Product Measurements: Quantify specific product features that are difficult to measure manually.
- Cost Savings: Reduce time, labor, and waste from inaccurate product checks.
- Superior Quality Control: Product sampling at every stage of production provides teams QC teams with data they need to improve processes.
- More Data: Collect more measurements faster to better represent production.
Applications
Used in the lab or at-line, the TheiaVu® WD-300 system produces critical measurement data on final products or at various stages of production for both quality and process control.
Measure Quality Where It Matters
Typical Applications Include:
- Incoming Inspection: Inspect raw products for surface features to validate quality.
- Product Research & Development: Quantify the effects of ingredient substitution, supplier changes, product trials, and more.
- Process Improvement through Product Sampling: Validate process performance and quickly diagnose production issues.
- Final Product Inspection: Ensuring compliance with customer demands and accurate product grading.
- Quality Assurance Program Development: Standardize quality assurance programs and promote consistency across multiple locations.
Finished Product Examples:
- Raw meat & poultry
- Cooked meat & poultry (grilled, fried, baked)
- Formed meat & poultry (raw or cooked)
- Steaks
- Jerky
- Bacon
- Fish sticks
- Seafood
Common System Configurations
Communication Throughout the Process
Vision-Based Lane Balancing
How It Works
Compact Machine Vision for Quality Control
TheiaVu® WD-300 is a machine vision system utilizing a selection of high-speed cameras, a laser, and imaging software to detect and measure objects as they move along the built-in conveyor belt.
To Inspect a Product:
- Power on the system
- Select the desired measurement profile using built-in operator interface
- Place the object on the moving conveyor belt
- Instantly view the results on-screen
You can continuously feed multiples of the same product onto the belt without resetting the system and all data will be saved. There is no need for manual note taking or spreadsheets.
Product profiles are easy to adjust or create using the measura® Toolbox module (included). All you need to do is enter your specifications and save. Next time you load the profile, your changes are applied.
Sanitary Design
Built for the Rigors and Demands of Meat & Poultry Processors
A washdown design, the TheiaVu® WD-300 is an advancement in benchtop vision inspection technology to specifically address the needs of meat & poultry processors. Among these advancements is an updated product design that makes cleaning, maintenance, and conveyor belt replacement simpler and streamlined.
TheiaVu® WD-300 is equipped with a 12” wide conveyor, a range of cameras, and efficient LED lighting for standard resolution applications.
Lighting
TheiaVu® WD-300 models are deployed with efficient white polarized LED for accurate color measurement while minimizing the impact of light reflection off product.
Cameras
The TheiaVu® WD-300 includes:
- 1, 2D full color camera with resolutions of approx. 0.2 mm/pix (resolution varies by conveyor width)
- 1, 3D monochromatic profile camera (works with a laser source for 3D profile)
Other Components
- Integrated and adjustable system touchscreen allows for easy operator interaction
- Accessible USB and network connectors allow for easy connection of peripheral devices
- Plugs directly into any standard electrical outlet (120/220VAC)
- Interfaces with a weighing scale or temperature probe to complete your quality assessment needs.
Measurements
The TheiaVu® WD-300 characterizes your products in meaningful ways, including complex details that are difficult and time-consuming with traditional manual methods. Our standard measurement library consists of over 100 basic and advanced algorithms and growing.
Vision Inspection Measurement Capabilities
- Heights: Peak, mean, center, edge
- Diameters: Minimum, maximum, mean
- Slopes: Mean end-to-end, side-to-side
- Surface features: Fat/lean composition and distribution, striations, color, grill marks, breading coverage
- Others: Surface area, volume
- External devices: Product weight, product temperature
- Heights: Peak, mean, center, edge
- Diameters: Minimum, maximum, mean
- Slopes: Mean end-to-end, side-to-side
- Surface features: Fat/lean composition and distribution, striations, color, grill marks, breading coverage
- Others: Surface area, volume
- External devices: Product weight, product temperature
Software
Powerful And Easy to Use measura® Software Suite
With the measura® 4 Software, included with all TheiaVu® WD-300 systems, users can deploy advanced algorithms to analyze visual characteristics and compare data against predefined quality standards to identify variations, abnormalities, foreign materials, and other defects. Each TheiaVu® WD-300 is equipped with the measuraAI™ module, which provides a simple interface that allow users to take advantage of recent developments in artificial intelligence and train their own AI models based on provided templates for their unique products.
measura® Inspection with AI
The measura® Inspection interface provides real-time feedback on scanned products defined by the measura library, including the latest addition of user-trained AI models. It is where users can analyze specific trends, paretos, geometries, product defects, and other features that validate quality and process performance.
- Define your products
- Configure your measurements
- Set limits
- Interactive blob set-up
- Playback recordings
measura® Toolbox with AI
All food products have unique traits that indicate product quality. With custom measurement setup available with the measura® Toolbox, custom measurement setup and now AI systems can be trained to maintain essential product features.
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Anomaly Detection Train your system to identify typical defects and foreign materials. |
Advanced Feature Analysis Obtain quantifiable measurements on specific product features that are vital for product grading. |
Training and Data Handling Tools Support deployment and configuration with purpose-built training environment. |
measura® Analytics
The measura® 4 Analytics module supports data extraction and facilitates the creation of valuable reports, available on-demand or via scheduled delivery. It collects secure data from multiple production lines and various facilities to comprehensively overview your operations.
• Free and paid subscriptions available.
• Measurement data is always secure and accessible whenever it is needed.
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