ZAIC DESIGN Automation Products

CardFeed 100

Hardware Features

Compact
Compact, quiet, mobile

Controls
Industrial PLC-controlled card handling system

Compute
Integrated Windows 11 PC with display

Power
Standard 120VAC power (no air compressor required)

Printing:
Non-contact inkjet printer

Calibration
Automatic spectro calibration

Capacity
Removable card magazine holds 150+ Leneta drawdown cards

Spectro compatibility
Datacolor Spectro 1000 (shown in renders / deck). Configurable to other spectrometer models

Scanning
USB barcode scanner

Flexible materials
Configurable to handle other materials, including fabric and plastic samples


Process Flow

After the spectro is automatically calibrated the CardFeed 100:

  1. Picks color samples from card magazine
  2. Reads sample ID using bar code scanner
  3. Brings sample to spectro for color measurement
  4. Prints color measurement results on card using
    non-contact inkjet print head
  5. Places measured color sample in Pass/Fail/Review bins based on measurement result

Software Features

  • Includes custom CardFeed QC app
  • No internet connection required
  • One-click operation
  • Accepts user’s XML color data set
  • Automatically saves measurement results to XML output file
  • User-configurable color tolerance