Agro Dutch Industries (Chandigarh, India; www.agro-dutch.com) produces 85% of the mushrooms grown and exported in the country. Argo Dutch is expanding operations to include the manufacture of its own cans to ensure high-quality products and expand export sales and because cans make up to 20% of the cost of the final product.
The company recently chose Applied Vision (Akron, OH, USA; www.appliedvision.com) to design and manufacture the inspection system for a new line. The operation will include India's first full-aperture, easy-open end line and will be fitted with Applied Vision's Genius inspection system based on digital Gigabit Ethernet technology. The Genius Food End Inspection System can automatically detect defects such as compound skips, foreign objects, dents, scratches, and curl defects. Integrated alarm functions also notify the operator of process trends so the cause of the defects can be identified and corrected, reducing overall spoilage.
