Transform your metal packaging
measurement processes

Learn about the pioneering, automatic gauges transforming the world of can and end manufacturing – designed to enhance accuracy, reduce waste, and improve operational efficiency across the industry.  

The landscape

For can and end makers, pursuing innovative approaches that seek to reduce waste, optimize resource allocation, and maintain the required volume of high-quality throughput is essential. However, without the technological tools to ensure precise, efficient measurement in product inspection, industry professionals will face a continued battle with wasted resources, operator bias and the manufacture of defective products.  

Global demand for metal packaging continues to rise. And this puts can and end makers under pressure to strengthen operations and ensure that manufacturing targets can be met. On top of the industry demand, metal packaging professionals are facing broader challenges surrounding supply chain delays, rising costs, and pressure to improve the sustainability of end-to-end operations. 

That’s where we come in. 

As a global metal packaging test and measurement partner, it’s our job to protect the integrity of our customers’ brand and product. And Torus’ Z606 Automatic Score Inspection Gauge and Z345 Automatic Color Inspection Gauge offer powerful solutions to these challenges, providing manufacturers with the means to automate processes, cut costs, and ensure the highest level of quality control.

Benefits of the gauges include: 

• Enhanced precision and repeatability through automated measurements, removing operator influence and improving efficiency  
• Improved utilization of resources as manual intervention isn’t required to feed automated systems, freeing up the operator for more valuable contributions 
• Reduced waste as thorough measurement is facilitated, eliminating the output of defective products that would be rejected 
• Data gathering to facilitate analysis of tools and ensure a robust testing approach that eliminates any risk to reputation from defective products

The Torus Z606 Automatic Score Inspection Gauge at a glance

The Torus Z606 Automatic Score Gauge enables the highest accuracy, repeatability, and usability for the measurement of score residual of can ends. The score on a can end directly impacts a customer’s ability to open the product safely, quickly and is a critical parameter for end manufacturers. The innovative gauge automates the testing process, reducing labor and eliminating operator bias. 

Key Features: 

• Measures score residual with extreme precision to reduce defective products 
• Standardizes the testing process across global plants 
• Reduces operational costs and boosts efficiency 
• Provides predictive information for manufacturing tools to help increase tool life  

Watch the Z606 in action

The Torus Z345 Automatic Color Inspection Gauge at a glance 

The Z345 is the world’s leading automatic color and artwork inspection system to integrate X-Rite® technology. Designed for decorated aluminum and steel beverage cans, the Z345 allows for high-resolution color scanning and inspection at pre-defined checkpoints, capable of inspecting body diameter, straight walled, and finished products. 

Key Features: 

• Protects brand reputation by ensuring that defective products do not reach the end of the production line 
• Automates a manual process and collates measurements to provide more process data 
• Offers in-line integration, increasing through-put and data generation 
• Reduces the hold for inspection time, allowing a faster production process 

Watch the Z345 in action

“These launches mark a step forward in automation for metal packaging. The Torus Z606 and Torus Z345 bring new score gauge and color inspection capabilities to manufacturers looking to maintain 

high quality standards despite tightening resources. 

Our recent research – surveying 380 food and beverage packaging professionals across the globe – revealed that companies are predominantly already, or plan on, taking an innovative approach. At Industrial Physics, we’re committed to supporting innovation through technology that delivers accuracy, efficiency, and reliability to these professionals.”

Darren Hawkings, Sales Manager

Why does this matter now?

Metal packaging professionals are facing the pressure to not only meet the growing global can production required, but to do so while managing industry-wide challenges that threaten the strength of operations.  

Many are evaluating innovative approaches to overcome these challenges, but investment in testing and measurement technology can be overlooked despite the significant benefits it can deliver around cost savings, waste reduction and resource allocation.    

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