Empty bottle inspector for beverage industry
Ensure flawless quality control by thoroughly inspecting empty bottles for defects, contamination, and residual liquids, safeguarding the integrity of your fill line and the safety of your end products.

Inspects and Sorts Empty Bottles
The HEUFT InLine II IS Empty Bottle Inspector from HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH excels in providing comprehensive inspection solutions for beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Designed for seamless integration into high-speed production lines, it combines optical and sensor technologies to identify potential contaminants and defects in empty bottles, such as debris, structural flaws, and residual liquids, before filling. It inspects up to 84,000 bottles per hour, ensuring consistent product quality and safety. The system is highly automated, featuring PLC control and remote monitoring capabilities. Its design enhances hygienic operations with HEUFTCleanDesign, minimizing cleaning time and maintenance efforts. The equipment is built with corrosion-resistant materials, ideal for varying operational conditions, and offers customizable features for specialized inspection needs.
Benefits
- Enhances product safety by preventing contamination through precise defect detection.
- Boosts line efficiency with continuous inspection of up to 84,000 bottles per hour.
- Minimizes operational interruptions with automated, servo-controlled adjustments during production changeovers.
- Ensures easy compliance with hygiene standards through HEUFTCleanDesign construction.
- Facilitates resource savings by reducing manual intervention with integrated audiovisual user guidance.
- Applications
- Food,Beverages,Empty bottles,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Beer bottles,Sauce bottles,Medicine bottles,Supplement bottles,Wine bottles,Olive oil bottles,Mineral water bottles,Ketchup bottles,Syrup bottles,Cosmetic serum bottles,Soft drink bottles,Juice bottles,Shampoo bottles,Milk bottles,Nutraceutical bottles
- Steps before
- Bottle collection,Presorting,Initial cleaning
- Steps after
- Filling,Capping,Labelling,Final packaging
- Input ingredients
- empty bottles,defective bottles,deviating bottles,non-brand bottles,bottles with foreign objects,bottles with defects,bottles with contamination,bottles with residual liquids
- Output ingredients
- suitable empty bottles,homogeneous supply of empty bottles,inspected empty bottles,faulty bottles removed,clean empty bottles,safe and fillable empty bottles
- Market info
- HEUFT is known for its expertise in inline quality inspection systems and automation solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, with a reputation for innovation and reliability in ensuring product safety and integrity.
- Inspection speed
- Up to 84,000 bottles/hour
- Automation
- Highly automated
- Optical inspection
- 360° sidewall,base,finish,and thread inspection
- Image processing
- HEUFTreflexx A.I. real-time
- Residual liquid detection
- High frequency and infrared sensors
- Rejection systems
- Single-segment and multi-segment
- Integration
- Fully integrated and compact design
- Servo technology
- Precise alignment
- Hygiene design
- HEUFTCleanDesign
- Automation level
- Highly automated / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Changeover time
- Automated / Servo-controlled adjustment
- CIP/SIP
- Optimised for hygiene
- Cleaning method
- Hygienically optimised construction
- Cleanability
- Optimized for hygienic cleaning
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Suitable for various cleaning agents
- Density/particle size
- Appropriate for empty bottles and glass materials
- Container type
- Glass
- Inspection purpose
- Empty bottle inspection
- Compact footprint
- Compact design for tight installation spaces
- Control panel type
- Self-explanatory user interface,step-by-step audiovisual assistance
- Discharge method
- Automatic rejection systems for faulty containers
- Frame design
- Open without frame or machine table
- Integration
- Fully integrated detection modules
- Maintenance
- Minimum cleaning and maintenance
- Servo technology
- Precise servo-controlled rotation and adjustment
- Transport system
- Space-saving linear design with no frame
- Control panel type
- HEUFTNaVi user guidance
- Integration possibilities
- HEUFTSPECTRUM II platform
- Customizable inspection modules
- Sidewall,base,thread inspections
- Modular design
- Expandable with additional detection technologies
- Automated adjustments
- Servo-controlled conveyor belt adjustments