System and method for automatedly detecting and rejecting cores having a non-conforming core color prior to covering

A method of detecting and rejecting cores having a non-conforming core color while transporting a plurality of cores from a first location to a second location, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of cores to a transport track that is configured to receive each core at a first location on the track and transport each core from the first location toward a second location thereon;
• progressing each core from the first location to the second location while each core is inspected by a color differentiation device that is positioned proximate to or within the transport track and between the first location and second location;
• wherein the color differentiation device:
• (i) inspects core color of each core while progressing on the transport track from the first location toward the second location;
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• (ii) differentiates between a conforming core color and a non-conforming core color while inspecting core color;
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• (iii) directly or indirectly notifies the transport track which cores have the non-conforming core color;
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• wherein the transport track:
• (i) directly or indirectly receives notification from the color differentiation device as to which cores progressing on the transport track have the non-conforming core color;
• (ii) rejects/releases/eliminates any core having the non-conforming core color from the transport track before that core reaches the second location;
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• (iii) progresses cores having a conforming core color to the second location.

A method of detecting and rejecting a core having a non-conforming core color before the core is covered, comprising the steps of:

• loading a core on a transport track at a first location thereof;
• progressing the core on the transport track from the first location toward a second location thereof;
• detecting the core's color and determining whether the core's color is a conforming core color or a non-conforming core color using a color differentiation device that is positioned proximate to or within the transport track while the core progresses between the first location and the second location;
• notifying the transport track before the core reaches the second location if the core has a non-conforming core color;
• wherein the transport track progresses the core to the second location for covering unless notified that the core has a non-conforming core color;
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• wherein the transport track rejects/releases/eliminates the core before it reaches the second location if the transport track is notified that the core has a non-conforming core color.