IFFA 2025: Multivac to demonstrate how AI maximises the quality and efficiency of packaging processes
Multivac will showcase an AI-powered vision system that can recognise packs containing various meat bits at this year’s IFFA in Frankfurt. To ensure that every pack is appropriately branded, the Multivac labelling and printing system receives the relevant information based on the contents of the pack.
Rising quality demands and high processing speeds, as well as the need to meet ever more complex labelling requirements, provide the food industry with challenges, which make automated inspection systems essential.
By using artificial intelligence (AI), Multivac (Hall 12.1, Stand A 41) says that the efficiency and precision of such systems can be maximised – and even very complex inspection or classification tasks can be mastered quickly and reliably.
In addition to the inspection of packs, labels and print, AI-supported vision systems can also meet the requirements for quality control and identification of food products. They can even classify products according to defined criteria, as well as inspect portions and check packs for correct content and completeness. This means that they make a crucial contribution to increasing line efficiency, and therefore also raising the production capacity.
“Our AI-supported vision systems are configured individually, and they are integrated seamlessly into the customer’s processing or packaging operation,“ explains Christine Oehls, product manager for VisionSystems at Multivac marking & inspection. “The path to an AI-supported vision solution begins with intensive consultation and a feasibility study for the particular application. The data is then collected when the machine is put into service: Examples of the images are taken under actual production conditions and classified. An AI model is trained and perfected based on this classified data collection. We accompany the customer throughout the entire life cycle of the system, by adjusting the existing models or creating new AI models.“
Multivac also argues that one of the advantages of an AI-supported vision solution is the automated, precise and consistently reliable inspection and identification of products or packs.
The production capacity can also be raised by increasing the line efficiency. The brand and image are protected. Early detection of even the smallest discrepancies, as well as rapid intervention to eliminate a problem, ensure that the maximum process reliability is achieved.
