21.06.2023 • Contributions
inspect award 2023: Vote now and choose the best innovations
The jury of the inspect award 2023 has nominated ten products each in the categories "Vision" and "Automation + Control". Now it's the readers' turn to vote.
The jury of the inspect award 2023 has nominated ten products in each of the categories "Vision" and "Automation + Control". Now it's the readers' turn to choose the best innovation of 2023. (Image: Krakenimages.com/stock.adobe.com, Wiley)
Voting is open from now until September 15, 2023 at www.inspect-award.com. Further details on the nominated products can also be found there. So don't hesitate and cast your vote for the best innovations in machine vision and optical metrology.
The nominees in the Vision category
The CX Metrology Package software tool from Automation Technology enables the integration of 3D sensors, commissioning and an initial evaluation of metrology applications within ten minutes. (Image: Automation Technology)
Baumer's CX.XC industrial cameras offer a solution for high-precision image capture in semiconductor manufacturing by providing temperature stability while maintaining a compact 36 x 36 mm design. (Image: Baumer)
In addition to the Twincat Vision software, Beckhoff Vision now also includes an Ethercat-based hardware portfolio of cameras, lenses and illuminators that can be deeply integrated into the control technology and offer consistent ultra-fast Ethercat communication. (Image: Beckhoff)
The E3Z5247P-MPSW is a viswir mirror zoom lens, also known as a catadioptric zoom lens. (Image: CBC Europe)
With a spectral range of 450-850 nm, the Ultris 5 is the world's smallest hyperspectral snapshot camera with a relay lens and high frame rate (HFR) option. (Image: Cubert)
These 120i Series actively aligned plan-apo microscope objectives provide near diffraction-limited performance over a 1.1-inch sensor format, enabling precise measurements in combination with most machine vision cameras. (Image: Edmund Optics)
With Ueye XC, IDS has launched a compact industrial camera with 13-MP sensor and autofocus that is as easy to operate as a webcam. (Image: IDS)
Lucid's Atlas 10 camera offers 10GigE bandwidth with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) for optimized image transmission. (Image: Lucid)
Specifically designed to detect and handle small parts even in large detection areas, Matrix Vision's BVS 3D-RV1 stereo camera is equipped with advanced 12 MPixel global shutter CMOS sensors. (Matrix Vision)
MBJ Imaging launches an LED series with swir wavelengths. The LED technology can be used efficiently, especially for the heat-sensitive cameras. (Image: MBJ)
The nominees in the Automation & Control category
CLK has developed the Multicheck for identifying foreign bodies in plastic, which is used in multihead weighers for checking the good flow. The optical camera system identifies contaminants by their color. (Image: CLK)
The CIX100 is a turnkey solution for automated technical cleanliness inspection. With one scan, the system can detect contaminants as small as 2.5 µm. (Image: Evident)
The EVK Alpha G100 is an embedded data processing platform for real-time spectral data classification. (Image: EVK)
Extend 3D's interplay of dynamic laser and video projection and tool tracking allows analog and digital processes to be seamlessly linked. (Image: Extend 3D)
The Confocal DT IFD2415 Er confocal compact sensor offers measurement rates up to 25 kHz as well as a resolution from 8 nm in an all-in-one housing with integrated industrial Ethernet. (Image: Micro-Epsilon)
3D Instant Meshing by Photoneo is a software for fast, detailed 3D model creation of small as well as very large objects. (Photoneo)
The Flying Spot Scanner (FSS) provides spectral interferometric measurements for thickness and topography based technology for high-speed, non-contact inspection for many materials and surfaces. (Image: Precitec)
The Si124-LD Plus acoustic camera from Teledyne Flir is used to inspect compressed air leaks in industry. The new version has many additional functions such as Autodistance and Autofilter. (Image: Teledyne Flir)
VMT Clearspace 3D is a 3D vision solution for the detection of foreign objects that detects even the smallest disturbing objects. (Image: VMT)
With the stand-alone Hekutip QC automated inspection system, users telecentrically inspect a pipette tip for parameters such as diameter, burrs and wobble circles with an accuracy of less than 1 μm in the sequence of several camera perspectives. (Image: Ziemann & Urban)
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Ziemann & Urban GmbHAm Bleichbach 28
85452 Moosinning
Germany
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