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Contrôle qualité emballage et SPC
PACKAGING & PLASTICS

Quality Control
Intelligent for your Lines

Automate thickness control, monitor your production in real time and trace every reel from process to end customer.

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The challenges of industrial packaging

Insufficient quality control, material waste and suboptimal line performance: packaging and plastics manufacturers face growing demands for productivity and traceability.

Your daily challenges

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Insufficient manual controls

Spot measurements that fail to detect drifts between two inspections.

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Complex reel traceability

Difficult tracking between production, storage and customer shipment.

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High scrap rate

Defect detection too late = material and time waste.

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Costly reactive maintenance

On extrusion lines, unanticipated breakdowns multiply costs by 3.

Our support

Custom SaaS solutions and consultants embedded in your teams

Automated inline control

Continuous measurements with instant alerts on any detected drift.

Real-time SPC

Automatic statistical control charts. Trend detection before the defect occurs.

Complete traceability

Every reel traced: process parameters, inspections, destination customer.

Condition-based maintenance

Vibration and thermal monitoring of your lines. Planned interventions, not reactive ones.

-35%
scrap rate
+25%
line productivity
100%
batches traced
ISO 9001 ISO 22000 BRC/IoP
Thickness control
Real-time SPC
Reel traceability
Line maintenance
Defect detection
Production monitoring
Quality reports
Shipment tracking

Optimize your packaging lines

Free assessment of your quality and traceability processes

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Inline quality

Inline quality control automated

Spot manual inspections let drifts slip through between two measurements. Our inline quality control system continuously monitors every critical parameter of your packaging products, from extrusion to final packaging.

  • Automated dimensional control — continuous measurement of thickness, width and flatness with ultrasonic sensors and gauges, instant alerts on any drift
  • Vision-based defect detection — high-resolution cameras and artificial intelligence algorithms to detect holes, inclusions, marks and surface defects in real time
  • Real-time SPC — automatically generated statistical control charts, trend detection and Nelson rules to anticipate non-conformities
  • Tolerance management — limit configuration by product, customer and standard, with automatic escalation and batch blocking in case of exceedance
1
Diagnostic

Analysis of existing processes, identification of critical control points and definition of quality objectives

1 to 2 weeks
2
Design

Technical architecture, functional mockups, sensor and vision pilot on one line and validation with your teams

2 to 3 weeks
3
Development

Iterative development: dimensional sensors, machine vision, SPC algorithms and alert workflows

4 to 10 weeks
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Deployment & Support

Production deployment, extension to other lines, threshold adjustment and continuous improvement

Ongoing
Tooling & molds

Management of tooling and molds

Molds and tooling represent a major investment in plastics manufacturing. Our platform ensures complete lifecycle tracking, from commissioning to decommissioning, including every maintenance intervention.

  • Mold lifespan tracking — cycle counter per cavity, predictive wear curves and end-of-life alerts to plan replacements
  • Tooling maintenance planning — preventive maintenance schedule based on cycle count, operating hours and failure history
  • Intervention history — complete traceability of every intervention: cleaning, polishing, repair, modification with photos and reports
  • Cost per cavity — total cost of ownership calculation per mold and per cavity, including depreciation, maintenance and spare parts
×3
Mold lifespan
Predictive maintenance
-50%
Tooling downtime
Optimized planning
100%
Mold traceability
Complete history
0
Unexpected breakage
Preventive alerts
Material performance

Optimization of material consumption

Raw materials represent 50 to 70% of production costs in packaging. Our platform tracks every gram of material from silo to shipment, identifies waste sources and optimizes process parameters to reduce offcuts and scrap.

  • Material consumption tracking — automatic weighing at line entry and exit, material yield calculation per work order, product, and team
  • Waste and scrap reduction — scrap cause analysis by Pareto, correlation with process parameters, and identification of improvement drivers
  • Process parameter optimization — temperature, pressure, speed: multivariate analysis to find the optimal operating point between quality and consumption
  • Integrated recycling — tracking of recycled material incorporation rate, recycling flow traceability, and compliance with regulatory requirements
Raw materialPellets · Resins
ExtrusionProcess parameters
Vision / SPCInline inspection
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BiDev Quality PlatformMachine vision · SPC · Dimensional measurements · Automatic sorting
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PackagingPackaging · Palletization
ShippingTraceability · Certificate
RecyclingIncorporation rate
Line performance

Line management in real time

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is the compass of industrial performance. Our platform calculates it in real time, identifies the causes of loss, and guides teams toward the most impactful improvement actions.

  • OEE per machine — automatic calculation of availability, performance, and quality rates per line, machine, and team in real time
  • Micro-stoppage analysis — automatic detection and classification of short stops (< 5 min) often invisible but responsible for 10 to 30% of losses
  • Real-time throughput monitoring — real-time line speed monitoring, comparison with nominal throughput, and slowdown detection
  • Dynamic production planning — optimized work order scheduling based on changeovers, machine availability, and customer priorities
-35%
Scrap
Early detection
+20%
OEE
Real-time monitoring
-25%
Changeover
Optimized SMED
100%
Production traceability
Work orders, batches, teams
-35%
Scrap
and non-conformances
+20%
OEE
line efficiency
-25%
Changeover
time
100%
Traceability
production
The tools we master and integrate

Deep knowledge of the packaging and plastics technology ecosystem, gained through hands-on experience with demanding manufacturers.

Industrial ERP

Production management, purchasing, inventory, and planning

MES

Line monitoring, OEE, batch records, and traceability

Machine vision

Dimensional inspection, defect detection, and sorting

SPC / Metrology

Control charts, capability, and measurements

CMMS

Mold maintenance, tooling, and spare parts

Python

Python

RAD, dashboards, workflows, and integrations

Recycling

Recycled material tracking, incorporation rate, and compliance

Quality / ISO

Control plans, customer audits, and certifications

Return on investment concrete

Before/after comparison on key processes of a packaging and plastics manufacturing site.

In the packaging industry, 15% of product references are sold at a loss without the company even knowing. The average reporting time is 8 days/month, available at D+18.

Concrete ROI for your site

Indicator
Before
With BiDev
Thickness control
Spot measurements
Continuous measurements
Defect detection
Operator visual check
SPC + auto alerts
Reporting close
D+18
D+5
Reel traceability
Paper forms
QR code + history

Does this sound like you?

If you check 3 of these 5 warning signs, it's time to take action.

What our clients ask us

Does real-time SPC replace our existing quality controls?

No, it complements them. SPC continuously monitors and triggers alerts on drifts before they produce defects. Your spot checks are maintained and enriched by inline data.

Can we connect our existing thickness sensors?

Yes. We integrate most sensors on the market (ultrasonic, X-ray, gauges). If your sensors are recent, integration is straightforward. Otherwise, we offer retrofit solutions.

How do you measure the impact on scrap rate?

From the pilot, we measure scrap by line, team and cause. Our clients see a 25 to 40% scrap reduction within the first 3 months thanks to early detection.

Can we track production costs per product reference?

Yes. The platform calculates the actual cost per reference by integrating material, energy, labor, and scrap. You immediately identify unprofitable references.

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your packaging lines?

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