Glue Detection Options
Leary’s glue detection solutions enable faster running speeds, with less downtime whilst providing a 100% glue inspection to guarantee product quality.
Leary’s glue detection sensors are designed to detect the smallest of shifts in glue placement at speeds up to 1,200 meters per minute. W. H. Leary has long been at the forefront of glue detection technology, developing the first production viable sensor in 1980, and more recently the high-speed iTAC sensor for overhead glue detection and the M06 microwave sensor for side seam glue wheel detection on printed packaging.
Leary’s overhead glue detection solutions provide accurate inspection of all applied glue patterns, ensuring glue is positioned correctly on the product. They will also ensure no glue is present outside of the target areas, ensuring 100% fit for use products.
Leary’s range of advanced detection sensors provide solutions for both cold and hot melt adhesives, monitoring glue position and volume with options for glue transfer detection and foil board applications.
Leary’s patented AutoGLUE™ closed loop glue detection technology remains the only self-correcting glue detection and correction technology in the marketplace; this exclusive technology ensures glue placement is not only ‘in tolerance’ but is perfectly positioned every time.
Closed Loop Glue Detection and Automatic Correction
Our patented AutoGLUE™ closed-loop intelligent detection and correction technology automatically keeps the glue line positioned exactly on-target at any speed up to 1,200 meters per minute.
Using high-speed glue detection sensors, glue line position is accurately monitored and the information fed back to the Array™ controller unit. The AutoGLUE software then compares the detected glue line (actual) with the programmed glue line (required), should the glue line not be millimeter perfect the system will adapt the glue valve output signal to automatically correct the position of the glue on the run.
The result? Perfect glue pattern placement 100% quality assured.
