Swisslog Italia S.p.a.

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Luca Natali

Ivan Prestia

Flavio Este

Ricardo Cali

Robert William Emmett

Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez

Jerome Uthurry

Lorenzo Spagna

Robert Emmett

Massimiliano Bertoldo

Fabrizio Golinelli

Andreas Löb

Enrico Guidotti

Andreas LÖB

Dirk Günter Reimann

Matteo Franceschi

Nicola Micheli

Michele Cicioni

The invention relates to a method for optical analysis of a component of an aerosol generating article, the method comprising: —providing a component of an aerosol generating article defining a first end and a second end, the component comprising: o an aerosol forming substrate; o a susceptor in thermal contact with the aerosol forming substrate; —providing a first polarized camera including a sensor to detect polarization information of electromagnetic radiation; —illuminating the component by electromagnetic radiation; —detecting transmitted, infected or refracted electromagnetic radiation from the component by the first polarized camera; —generating a first image of the first end of the component by the first polarized camera, the first image being formed by a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels containing polarization information about the detected electromagnetic radiation; and—detecting in the first image a position of the susceptor.

Method and system for optical analysis of a component of an aerosol generating article

An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a substrate cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an electromagnetic field generator including a solid state radio frequency (RF) transistor and being configured to generate a RF electromagnetic field in the substrate cavity. A method for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided. An aerosol-generating article is also provided.

Aerosol-generating system and method using dielectric heating

A unit-dose medicament inspection system and method provide for the obtainment of an image of a receptacle after a corresponding filling operation in which a predetermined unit-dose medicament was to have been located in the receptacle. The image may be processed to extract image data that may be compared with stored data corresponding with a predetermined unit-dose medicament. Size, configuration and other features of objects located within a receptacle may be included with the extracted image data and compared with corresponding stored data to determine whether a given receptacle includes the intended medicament and/or whether the medicament located within the receptacle is an acceptable condition. Receptacle attributes may also be inspected for compliance with predetermined configuration parameters.

System and method for packaged medicament inspection

Device for separating products grouped in blister packs with a plurality of pockets. The device includes a system for identifying the positions of the pockets relative to the edge of the blister pack. The system for identifying the positions of the pockets relative to the edge of the blister pack includes a three-dimensional profiling device and/or a photometric stereo viewing system.

Method and device for separating products grouped in blister packs

An inspection assembly for inspecting an at least partially transparent single-dose casing of the envelope type, in which there is arranged a substantially transparent container for containing a substantially transparent liquid. The assembly includes a substantially point-like light source and a diffusive screen. The container is provided between the light source and the diffusive screen, which is a side of the casing itself, in order to project onto the screen a profile of luminous intensity that is recorded.

Inspection device and method for a single-dose casing for a substantially transparent container for a substantially transparent liquid

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Lugo, Italy

Luca Natali