TroublePad Ultra high-speed camera for industry and science

• Context:
  The Clairefontaine paper mills and the Hamelin Group manufacture paper for a variety of applications. The paper may be used for the production of exercise books, reams, folders and so on. These sites are equipped with specialised machinery for manufacturing, cutting and assembling sheets. Manufacturing operations are carried out at high speed.
• Problem:
  Sheets are processed in high-speed machines. During operations on this equipment, jams or other problems can sometimes occur. It is therefore useful to identify the cause of these malfunctions.
• Objectives:
  For example, when manufacturing reams of paper, envelopes, exercise books, etc., to prevent machine stoppages caused by paper jams.
• Keywords:
  Paper, jamming, guillotine, sheets, binding, high speed, high-speed video, high-speed camera, high speed, high-speed video

First, a specialised machine arranges and trims large sheets of paper stacked in bundles of 500. This enables the paper to be bundled into reams ready for packaging. These sheet-arranging and finishing operations require the machines to be perfectly calibrated and all components to be in good working order.

The Trouble Pad high-speed camera allows operators to view key moments during stacking and cutting operations. Maintenance technicians have access to slow-motion footage of machine movements. They can pinpoint the fault and quickly adjust settings to correct parameters or intervene to replace components. Slow motion becomes a valuable tool in identifying issues that are impossible to see with the naked eye!

Conclusion: Clairefontaine Paper Mills and the Hamelin Group are able to access information that is invisible to the naked eye, and thanks to slow-motion footage, machine calibration and maintenance operations are made easier. Clairefontaine Paper Mills and the Hamelin Group have been using Trouble Pad at their production sites since 2018.

• Context:
  Many pharmaceutical companies are using increasingly complex production lines, characterised by high output rates and stringent safety standards. Indeed, the production of vaccines, medicines, injectable vials, insulin for diabetic patients, etc., relies on specialised machinery designed to maintain these high production rates. However, high production rates do not always allow for a clear understanding of the mechanical phenomena that may occur during the manufacturing process.
• Problem:
  Vials, blister packs, graduated syringes and applicator tips are made up of numerous sub-components (stamped aluminium foil, seals, glassware, tubing, etc.). Various checks are required to ensure that, once assembled, all these parts comply with the customer’s specifications and that the machine does not deviate from the set parameters. Furthermore, machines may exhibit erratic behaviour during the various operations. Manufacturers use Trouble Pad high-speed cameras to capture phenomena that are impossible to see with the naked eye! Slow motion provides access to new information.
• Objectives:
  The high-speed camera system ensures that machine settings allow for safe, high-speed production, guaranteeing optimal productivity and preventing the machine from drifting. Maintenance teams use slow-motion footage to help them understand what is happening.
• Keywords:
  Caps, lids, liquid, medical, pharmaceutical, high-speed, high-speed video, high-speed camera, high-speed, high-speed video

Conclusion:
Thanks to its user-friendly motion detection capabilities, the Trouble Pad rapid camera system enables technicians to troubleshoot their machinery quickly. Pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Aptar, Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Sanofi and GSK have been using Trouble Pad at their production sites for several months.

• Context:
  Gebo Cermex, SIDEL and ZALKIN specialise in the engineering and manufacture of packaging lines across a wide range of market sectors: from beverages to food and pharmaceutical products, as well as cleaning and hygiene products.
• Problem:
  To facilitate the commissioning and adjustment of machinery prior to dispatch and installation at the end customer’s premises.
• Objectives:
  Quickly adjust machines during production and help identify faults using slow-motion footage.
• Keywords:
  Machine settings, packaging line, high-speed special-purpose machine, high-speed video, high-speed camera, beverages, hygiene…

To ensure that packaging machines being assembled or manufactured operate correctly, numerous adjustments are required. Operators are faced with very rapid movements that are impossible to analyse with the naked eye.

The Trouble Pad high-speed camera allows these movements to be broken down. Technicians can then pinpoint exactly what improvements need to be made using the slow-motion footage.

The machines can then be set up quickly and dispatched for on-site installation as soon as possible.

What’s more, field technicians can take the kit with them to the customer’s premises to save time when carrying out certain delicate adjustments. Slow-motion video footage helps them save valuable time whilst on the move.

Conclusion: Thanks to the Trouble Pad high-speed camera, set-up and adjustment times have been reduced.
Gebo Cermex has been using Trouble Pad since 2018 at its production site in Lisieux. Sidel and Zalkin have several kits enabling technicians to use slow-motion footage on site or on lines currently being installed worldwide. The Trouble Pad slow-motion system is proving to be a valuable asset in all manufacturing processes!

• Context:
  The Hager and Schneider Electric groups are major players in the electrical sector, both of which operate numerous production sites in France and abroad.
  These sites manufacture electrical components (such as circuit breaker components) and are equipped with state-of-the-art production lines.
• Problem:
  Ensure the assembly of components and the stability of finished products (spring assemblies, small metal components, etc.).
• Objectives:
  Adjust machine positioning, improve machine settings, stabilise movements, prevent assembly defects, and calibrate machines on assembly lines.
• Keywords:
  Malfunctions, electrical components, circuit breakers, high speed, high-speed video, high-speed camera

To ensure production quality, technicians must ensure that the production line is not disrupted by sudden movements. Such movements can occur at random. Furthermore, there are numerous product specifications, which require precise machine adjustments with every change in production.

The Trouble Pad high-speed camera makes it possible to visualise these movements, which are invisible to the naked eye. Maintenance technicians have access to slow-motion footage of moving mechanical parts. They can pinpoint the fault and take action on specific areas of the machine.

The source of these issues can then be identified and the quality improved. Slow motion is now easily accessible; setting up the Trouble high-speed camera takes just a few minutes!

Conclusion: Thanks to the Trouble Pad high-speed camera, motion detection enables technicians to rectify faults quickly, thereby minimising downtime.
HAGER and Schneider Electric use several Trouble Pad systems across their various production sites.

• Context:
  ROXANE St LEGER (Perenchy 59 site), Eaux Cristaline Group / EVIAN Savoie / BADOIT Saint Galmier / VOLVIC / Les EAUX de MONT ROUCOUS / NIAGARA WATER / NESTLE WATERS / Aqua Sant’Anna / REFRESCO are various production sites in France and abroad, each equipped with numerous high-speed bottling lines; each of these sites has a TROUBLE PAD quick-reference video kit.
• Problem:
  Implementation of a system designed to analyse random occurrences on high-speed bottling and labelling lines.
• Objectives:
  Troubleshoot machine malfunctions, optimise machine settings and reduce production line downtime using slow motion – a tool designed to assist maintenance and production technicians.
• Keywords:
  Malfunctions, traffic jams, high speed, time-lapse video, high-speed camera, high speed, time-lapse video

To maintain production rates, the machines must be perfectly calibrated (production rates of around 50–70,000 bottles per hour). Numerous parameters come into play: new cap design, empty bottle weight, dimensional variations. Random ‘malfunctions’ may occur in the machine cycle, causing production to halt.

The Trouble Pad high-speed video camera allows these misalignments, which are invisible to the naked eye, to be viewed. Slow-motion footage helps maintenance technicians by providing access to slow-motion sequences of moving mechanical parts. They can pinpoint the fault precisely using the Trouble Pad high-speed camera. Furthermore, there may also be a safety risk for staff working with these high-speed machines.

The machine can then be recalibrated quickly and safely. The Trouble Pad high-speed camera is a valuable aid. Slow motion is available in just a few minutes!

Conclusion: Trouble Pad will help reduce production downtime and thereby improve production line productivity.

• Context:
  Moët & Chandon Veuve Clicquot (Epernay/Reims 51), part of the LVMH group, has several production sites in the Marne region and numerous high-speed bottling lines.
• Problem:
  Fitting the wire cages (braided metal wires) and aluminium caps onto the champagne bottles.
• Objectives:
  Troubleshoot machine faults, optimise machine settings, and minimise production line downtime.
• Keywords:
  Malfunctions, traffic jams, high speed, fast-motion video, high-speed camera

To maintain production rates, the machines must be perfectly calibrated. A number of factors come into play: the type and thickness of the capsule, surface finish and dimensional variations. Occasionally, a misalignment may occur in the machine cycle, causing production to halt.

Trouble Pad’s high-speed video feature allows these misalignments – invisible to the naked eye – to be viewed. Maintenance technicians can access slow-motion footage of moving mechanical parts. They can pinpoint the fault precisely thanks to the slow-motion footage.

The machine can then be recalibrated quickly.

Conclusion: Thanks to the Trouble Pad’s slow-motion capability, production downtime has been reduced.
MOET ET CHANDON and Veuve Cliquot have been using the Trouble Pad high-speed camera at their production sites for several years.

• Context:
  Ontex manufactures hygiene products (adult nappies), whilst Kimberly-Clark and Essity produce paper tissues; Ontex, Kimberly-Clark and Essity operate several production sites across Europe. Many manufacturing processes are carried out at high speed: folding, assembly and cutting.
• Problem:
  Assembly of absorbent paper sheets, the constituent parts of adult nappies. Tissue web, cutting, assembly and packaging of tissues or absorbent paper.
• Objectives:
  Ensure that the sheets remain flat before assembling the finished product. Ensure that the stacks of tissues remain in place during the packaging process.
• Keywords:
  Hygiene, medical, sheets, folding, cylinders, rotation, high speed, high-speed video, high-speed camera

To ensure production runs smoothly, a machine is used to cut the paper towels into precise lengths. Technicians must ensure that the ‘rotary machines’ are optimally adjusted so as not to disrupt the transport of the cut sheets.

The Trouble Pad high-speed camera allows the sheet pressed against a rotating cylinder to be viewed on the tablet screen. The ultra-high-speed rotation of successive cylinders can cause the web to fold in on itself. This folding is generally the cause of quality defects in the finished product. Similarly, when manufacturing absorbent paper or tissues, the machines operate at very high speeds and require extremely precise adjustments.

These movements are invisible to the naked eye. Maintenance technicians can view slow-motion footage of moving mechanical parts using video captured with the Trouble PAD high-speed camera. By positioning the Trouble PAD camera, they can pinpoint faults in areas of the machine that are inaccessible to a person. Setting up the camera takes just a few minutes!

The source of these disruptions can then be identified and quality improved.

Conclusion:

Thanks to Trouble Pad and its compact size, the motion detection system enables technicians to visualise the position of the paper web. As a result, defects (such as creases) are detected at an early stage, thereby preventing quality issues in the finished product.

ONTEX has been using Trouble Pad since 2018 at its production sites in France and Spain.

Essity’s sites in Gien, Kunheim and Mannheim are equipped… as is Kimberly-Clark’s site in Rouen.