Reduce Changeover Time by 20% Without Losing Product

Beverage bottling line switching from one drink to another, with Laminar sensors detecting the exact transition to minimize waste and downtime.”

The Hidden Costs of Every Changeover

Rising SKU complexity demands shorter runs, faster turnarounds, and tighter orchestration. But every changeover still carries hidden loss — product sent to drain before the line stabilizes. Preserving both schedule and yield requires changeovers driven by precision, not guesswork.

The problem with changeover efficiency is that there is an inherent loss of productivity while your automation switches from one SKU to the next. The luxury of running just a single SKU on a line is changing fast with more recent market demands.

Agility is a key to managing schedules, especially when SKU counts increase and your customers demand shorter batches with greater variety. Meeting your production goals and keeping up with demand is a fine balancing act.

Laminar monitoring box mounted on a factory wall with connected cables, collecting and transmitting live Clean-in-Place and changeover data.

Precise Process for Less Changeover Time

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More Fillable Product, Less Loss

Our Changeover & Product Loss Prevention models pinpoint safe cutover at the head and tail of the process, advising the PLC to bottle good product (with rising input costs) and not flush it down the drain.

Faster Changeovers, More Production Efficiency

Not only are you lowering your product loss and saving on input costs, but our Changeover AI Agent is precise in switching your SKUs efficiently, allowing the process to run 15% to 20% faster. Every minute saved is a minute of extra filling time, resulting in more product shipped per shift.

Run an Agile Factory

Take on the operational challenge of running smaller batches to meet your customers' demands. With our changeover models, you can be assured of running the fastest possible changeover period with minimal product loss. Gain over 20% speed and get more production flexibility.

Detect exact SKU cutover.

Eliminate waste.

Reduce downtime.

No Added Headcount.

Laminar’s spectral sensors build unique spectral signatures within sub-seconds. Our ML models instantly advise the PLC to take the right action.

Easy to install and integrate into your PLC/SCADA and network, the solution is designed to be up and running within days, reporting efficiency and cost savings in real-time on our Insights platform.

Reduce Product Loss & Downtime

Our patented Spectral Sensors build unique spectral signatures for every fuild passing through your pipes.

Our SKU switching models continuously monitor your fluids and recommend action to your PLC at the precise moment needed.

Caustic Soda

Oil

Mayo

Water

Laminar inline spectral sensor attached to a stainless steel production pipe, built with sanitary fittings for food and beverage environments and enabling AI-driven process optimization.

We solve SKU changeovers.

A global beverage company reclaimed an average of 25% time from each process cycle. Learn how in our case study.

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Ready to Autonomously Optimize Product Changeovers?

Laminar is used by 6 of the top 10 F&B brands and is deployed in beverage, sauces, dairy, dressings.

Reduce changeover time by 20% — See it live.

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Winland Foods is committed to exceeding consumer expectations with a high-quality food experience from the field to the table. Innovation is a critical pillar of our mission to provide superior value, and we've partnered with Laminar to enhance production flexibility with insights previously invisible to the naked eye.

Leveraging their machine learning technology, we expect to enhance our production agility, reduce waste, and gain greater capacity so we can continue to deliver more world-class quality and value to our customers.

Das Menon | Winland Foods, Sr. Director, Continuous Improvement

Laminar has industrialized exceptional technology that delivers results not found anywhere else in the market. The ability to generate real-time spectral fingerprints for each fluid and determine the liquid signature enhances our efforts to develop the best products and meet market demands.

Their team is a true partner in our shared goal to identify productivity opportunities and use cases that are distinctive to their technology. We're excited to leverage Laminar in creative ways that support our innovation goals, which give us our advantage in the marketplace.

Process Engineering Director | Market-Leading Snack Food Company

Our partnership [with H2Ok] has allowed for an 18% reduction in downtime during cleaning, which increases productivity and lowers costs in the supply chain. We have also saved 40% of a cleaning cycle's water consumption by using the technology.

Supply Chain Director | Unilever