A jam at one station ripples down the line. Boxes back up, products tip over, machines fight against the blockage. Vision catches the jam in the second it forms — not after a minute of cascading problems — and triggers the right interlock to halt the right zone.
Photoelectric jam sensors only see what's directly between the emitter and receiver. Vision sees the whole zone — products stacking, products tipping, products in the wrong orientation. The earlier the catch, the smaller the recovery.
Photoelectrics catch a jam *after* it's already a stack. Vision catches the precursor — the irregular spacing, the tipped product, the unusual height profile — before the stack forms. We add a vision layer overhead that flags anomalies and triggers your existing interlock circuit through a clean dry contact.
Specify the IX-AS/01 at every transition zone — corners, merges, accumulation, transfer points. Each camera reports product flow telemetry to the line PLC; jams are caught before they form. Combined with multi-camera flow analysis, you get a real-time map of the entire conveyor's health.
Continuous overhead view of the conveyor zone. Each camera handles one transition.
AI sees product spacing, orientation, and stacking. Flags anomalies before a jam forms.
Verdict to PLC interlock in <100 ms. Zone stops; upstream feeds slow or halt.
Image of the event sent to operator HMI. Reset interlock once cleared.
Tell us your line, your existing equipment, and your tolerance window. We'll come back with a retrofit assessment, a greenfield specification, and a rough cost estimate within two business days.