Vision & Identification

Pepperl+Fuchs: Technical developments are frequently characterized by the need to compromise. The new PCV positioning system is one of the rare examples where it is futile to look for deficiencies and limitations. It is based on modern...

Pepperl+Fuchs: Sheet verification is becoming an increasingly important task for quality assurance in printing post-production. The BIS510 from Pepperl+Fuchs contains a powerful sensor specially designed for detecting incorrectly fed sheets. Many...

Cognex Corporation: To become an international player, a business needs two things: top quality and high productivity. Arndt Fenstertechnik GmbH & Co. KG from Gattendorf, Germany, combines both to perfection in its new cutting centre in which...

Cognex Corporation: Larger and larger wind power turbines are bringing the forces of nature under control. The main structures, the powerful tower and rotors, are supported by parts that play a less obvious, but no less important role: bolts. As...

Leuze electronic: The LSIS 462i smart camera is a true all-rounder. It masters the reading of codes as well as blob analysis for monitoring for presence and completeness and type, position and orientation of objects. Blob stands for "binary large...

Cognex Corporation: With the recent introduction of 1DMax™, a totally new 1D code reading algorithm which sets a new standard for 1D code reading performance, Cognex now offers the most comprehensive range of 1D barcode and 2D Data Matrix code...

Cognex Corporation has introduced the In-Sight® 5605, a high-resolution, self-contained vision system offering unprecedented power and flexibility for applications that require visualization of very small defects, even in a large field of view....

Cognex Corporation has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView® operator interface to any VGA display. VisionView VGA is a low-cost DIN rail-mount adapter that provides direct VGA output for the VisionView application software, allowing...

Baumer: GigE Vision cameras from Baumer now contain extended firmware with advanced functions that increase their versatility and usefulness. For example, the new release provides innovative functions like Timer and Multicast. The Timer function...

Cognex Corporation announced a new release of VisionPro®, the company’s popular, hardware-independent machine vision software. VisionPro 6.1 expands operating system coverage by including support for Microsoft® Windows® 7. Other...

Baumer: For automated industrial inspection machines and vision systems, Baumer has introduced the revolutionary GigE Trigger device designed to control single-camera or multi-camera setups, eliminating the need for hardware triggers and greatly...

Micro-Epsilon has extended its range of thermoIMAGER TIM infrared cameras. Due to further research and development of the TIM system using new components and a modified FPA detector, the cost of the camera has been reduced significantly. The...

Cognex Corporation: Innovative Automation was contracted by one of their long-standing customers, a world leader in electromechanical actuators and emission control devices, to design and build an assembly line to produce a new actuator. This unit...

Cognex Corporation: An electronics manufacturer produces thousands of different part numbers of high value electronic products intermixed on the same assembly line. The large number of different products built on the line, coupled with the fact...