Barcode verifiers
Barcode technology provides the fast and efficient identification needed in modern logistics, manufacturing, and retail. Modern devices that read barcodes or 2D codes operate quickly and efficiently, but only if the code is of sufficient quality.
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Why Should You Implement Barcode Scanners?
"An illegible or non-compliant barcode can cause real problems in manufacturing, logistics, and retail."
An incorrectly printed code may be rejected by the automatic identification system, delay shipment, halt the labeling process, or result in a complaint from the recipient.
Barcode verifiers allow companies to check the quality of barcodes before a product is released into the market. This enables companies to reduce the risk of errors, improve compliance with business partners’ requirements, and maintain high-quality markings on labels, packaging, and directly on products.
The process of verifying barcodes and 2D codes is particularly important in industries with high quality standards, including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, the automotive industry, logistics, retail, and companies that supply products to large retail chains.
Artur Mumot
Customer Advisor for Barcode Verifiers
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Different symbologies, different devices
Depending on the symbology used in a particular place, it is necessary to use devices adapted specifically to that symbology. Verifiers can read:
- barcodes
- two-dimensional codes
- codes applied by DPM method
Some of the devices we offer can read both one-dimensional codes (barcodes) and two-dimensional codes (2D codes, QR codes). Learn more about our other automation tools.
Selecting the Right Verifier
Selecting the right verification device depends on the type of code, the printing method, the symbol size, the substrate, the customer’s requirements, and whether the inspection is to be performed at a workstation, on a mobile device, or directly on the production line. Inspection of traditional 1D codes may require one type of device, 2D codes another, and direct part marking (DPM) yet another.
At HKK Group, we help you choose the right solution for your specific application—from simple offline stations to advanced code quality control systems for production and labeling processes.
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In-line Code Validation
It is also possible to verify the print quality of a barcode immediately upon completion. Our consultants design and integrate barcode-reading solutions and compare them against the GS1 standard directly on printing machines or label printers. This barcode quality control configuration ensures 100% reliability in guaranteeing that only codes compliant with standards are released into circulation.
In-line verification is effective in situations where code quality control should take place automatically, directly during the production, marking, or labeling process. This solution makes it possible to detect an incorrect code before the product, label, or packaging moves on to the next stage of the process.
Depending on your needs, it is also possible to implement offline solutions—that is, standalone workstations for periodic or ongoing quality control of codes. This model works well, for example, in label printing facilities, quality control departments, and companies that want to verify code compliance before shipping products to customers.
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REA and Axicon Barcode Scanners
- REA VeriCube – the most versatile and option-rich verifier, especially appreciated in direct marking (DPM). Increasingly common in the automotive industry, but also in industries where specific software configuration expectations are required.
- AXICON 15200 and 15500 – verifiers liked for their lightweight design and simple software, especially common in pharmacy and GS1 solutions
- REA VeriMax – a verifier that combines offline and online features, sometimes referred to as a “near line” solution, increasingly appreciated in the industrial sector.
- REA VeriMax Mobile – new quality and possibilities in mobile verification, especially of 2D codes
Of course, all the time solutions dedicated to linear codes have their place in the market, which, due to their lower price and specificity, are still popular with customers
- REA PC-Scan – the highest measurement precision and self-calibration are unique features of this model.
- REA ScanCheck – laser precision, full mobility and the ability to measure both very small codes and codes on logistics packaging.
- Axicon 6100 and 7100 – the next iteration of linear models that have been proven for more than a dozen years, equipped with a unique feature of reading at multiple heights in a single survey.
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