A missing state seal or a cap that's poorly closed — or missing altogether — can easily slip through on an automated line running thousands of bottles an hour. Aptagram SealGuard is computer-vision software built to catch exactly that, on the line, before it ever leaves the plant — before the bottles are even cased, in fact.
Built to keep the line moving
Every stopped line costs money, so SealGuard is designed to work at line speed rather than force one. A camera trained on your line reads every bottle as it passes and flags non-conformities the instant they happen — an operator can act before a bad case ever reaches a truck, instead of finding out from a customer complaint, or worse, a fine.
What SealGuard checks
Two things, done reliably: state seal presence and cap or closure verification — across dozens of bottle shapes and glass colors. Non-conformities trigger line-stop, audible, and configurable email alerts, and results feed back into your management software: production statistics, non-conformity reporting, and images linked to customer orders.
It's extendable to other product-specific checks, case by case, once the core detection is proven on your line.
Proven on real lines: Zanin 1895
Zanin 1895 — a historic Italian distillery producing over three million bottles across more than fifty products — runs two high-automation lines at thousands of bottles an hour each. At that speed, a small share of production needed rework: a missing or misapplied state seal, a missing cap, or a case shipped with a missing bottle. Occasional, but unacceptable for a distillery built on product perfection, and previously catchable only by having someone watch the line.
An advanced camera was installed over the line and interfaced with SealGuard. The system now flags anomalies to the operator as they happen, removing the need for a constantly attentive line watcher.