We recently spent an afternoon with the quality assurance team at Fat Head’s Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio. For three years, Fat Head’s has been using the OneVision SeamMate® System to ensure their can seamer is creating air-tight seams. Check out the video to see what Ty had to say about the system and working with the Onevision team.
Automatic Seam Tightness™
Correctly evaluating tightness is critical to maintaining double seam quality, but visually inspecting the coverhook to determine wrinkle rating can be challenging.
OneVision’s newly patented Automatic Seam Tightness™ measurement provides inspectors and quality managers with assurance that the visual coverhook inspection was accurate, or it can serve as an alternative to manual coverhook removal.
During the inspection process, SeamMate® software automatically calculates seam tightness by analyzing the geometry of captured seam images.
The Automatic Seam Tightness measurement is available on all OneVision video modules.
Craft Brewers Conference
OneVision is excited to be exhibiting at the 2021 Craft Brewers Conference on September 9-12 in Denver, CO!
OneVision’s North American Sales and Services Manager, Kevin, and Sales-Services Engineer, Jose, will be in attendance ready to answer all your double seam questions and to demo OneVision seam inspection systems.
This year we will be offering a free can seam analysis at our booth, #5046. Bring an empty can and we’ll cut the double seam and visually inspect for any issues on the spot. If you forget to bring your can to the show, stop by and sign up for a free can seam analysis mailing. We’ll send you a prepaid box to ship us two cans to inspect at no charge.
We’ll see you at the conference!
NEW All-In-One SeamMate® Craft Beverage System Demonstration Video
We can keep telling you that dozens of breweries are utilizing the SeamMate® System to ensure their seamers are creating good quality seams. However, often the best way to understand a product is to see it in action.
Our newest demonstration video outlines the can seam inspection equipment included in our All-In-One SeamMate® Craft Beverage package and walks you through the steps of a typical beverage can inspection. In the video you will learn how the All-In-One System enables you efficiently measure countersink, seam thickness, and optically view the seam to measure bodyhook, coverhook, double seam height, and overlap.
Canning in 2020
Popularity - Canning in the craft beverage industry was on the rise, pre-pandemic. In the below chart, weeks 1-11 reflect what was becoming the norm in package mix breakout for the craft beverage industry, with cans making up 60% of the total market. However, with draft dropping off completely for most breweries in weeks 12-20 due to COVID-19 restrictions, cans further grew in popularity. As breweries begin to once again offer on-premise experiences, it will be interesting to see how the percentages shakeout. It is likely that cans will continue to outpace bottle usage with draft trending back up to around 8%.
Can Shortage - Cans are so popular right now, sourcing has become a major pain point for breweries. As a result of heightened demand, Ball Corporation will build two new specialty beverage aluminum can plants in the U.S. next year. In the short-term, however, many breweries are left sourcing cans internationally or panic-posting on social media to try and score a pallet of the coveted aluminum container.
Canning Line Buyer’s Guide - Our friends over at Craft Brewing Business, put together a convenient Craft Beer Canning Line Buyer’s Guide for anyone looking to install their first canning line or upgrade their existing setup in 2020. We were happy to provide information about the essential process of can seam evaluation and overview our all-in-one craft beverage system for inclusion in the guide.