Braille Tester
DOMAS Braille Tester is specially design for measuring the dot size, dot spacing and dot height of braille alphabet on pharmaceutical packaging. As of 1 September 2006, it is mandatory for all pharmaceutical packaging be labelled in Braille. The DOMAS Braille Tester allows assessment of all characters of the Braille alphabet
DOMAS Braille Tester is specially design for measuring the dot size, dot spacing and dot height of braille alphabet on pharmaceutical packaging.
Since 1st September 2006 pharmaceutical legislation has made it mandatory for Braille labelling on pharmaceutical packaging. This in turn entails testing the Braille embossing at the board mill that manufactures the folding boxboard or at the incoming goods department of the contract pharmaceutical packager.
The DOMAS Braille Tester is designed for rapidly and reliably testing the Braille embossing and the height of the Braille dots, both in preparation of Brailling, for producing the Braille labelling or for testing the embossing punch.
Features
- Ease of operation, high degree of user friendliness
- Determination of the position and height of the raised dots in a single operation
- Optimised phase shift technology used for optical height determination
- Results of measurement are available within seconds
- Results and statistics are stored automatically, protocols can be printed simply and easily
- Rugged construction for use in a production environment, no moving parts
- High measurement reliability, even if samples are heavily printed
Technical solution
Embossing guidelines stored in a PDF file are used to determine the accuracy with which the Braille label is positioned on the respective package and whether the Braille dots have the prescribed height. Not only does the instrument detect whether there are embossed dots missing or not raised enough, it detects supernumerary dots as well, since all these errors can cause text to be misinterpreted.
In addition to measuring the raised Braille dots on the individual folding box (minimum, maximum, average), the system also makes it possible to statistically record the time and type of any errors or defects that are detected, allocating them of course to the respective folding box series.
The measuring system consists of the following components:
- Measuring unit with a camera, projection means and white light source
- PC, monitor, keyboard and mouse
- Device to ensure precise positioning of the sample
Settings are entered and the system is operated via computer mouse and monitor and can be learnt intuitively within a few minutes. Guidelines for the minimum height of the raised Braille dots can be set by the manufacturer. After a sample run which is easily carried out and ensures reproducible results, the measurement run can be initiated by a mouse click. Additional operator intervention is not necessary for a series of measurements.
Technical data
- Measurement area – approx. 140 x 60 mm
- Resolution – approx. 292 dpi
- Measuring time – approx. 8 – 10 s (without intervention)
- Operating system – WINDOW-PC (special configuration)
Physical specification:
- Dimensions – 660 x 880 x 1220 mm
- Weight – approx. 20 kg