A mechanism that diverts items identified as outside configured inspection criteria from the normal product flow.
Also called: rejection; reject station; reject mechanism.
Does “reject system” mean removing one tablet or the whole bottle?
Specify the unit. Ejecting an individual product before filling and diverting a filled bottle later have different scopes and interfaces. Neither should be silently substituted for the other in an equipment offer.
State the inspection location, item to be removed and receiving route. Diverting an out-of-weight pack differs from removing an individual tablet upstream. Show which inspection decision controls which physical unit on the line layout.
Name detection, unit association, diversion and removal evidence separately. Inspection, reject timing, a reject station and confirmation may have different inclusion or option status. A command alone does not show what physically reached the reject route.
Specify how the system responds when expected removal cannot be confirmed. Include the feedback interfaces and the fault conditions covered by that response.
Does the reject-bin quantity equal the number of defective units?
Not necessarily. An inspection can mark a conforming unit for rejection, and a physical diversion problem is another possible event. Keep the decision record, the known product condition and the removed unit associated when interpreting reject totals. A bin count alone cannot distinguish inspection error from the intended removal of a nonconforming item.