05.06.2024 • Contributions
inspect award 2024: The nominees have been announced and voting has begun
The jury of the inspect award 2024 has nominated ten products in each of the categories “Vision” and “Automation + Control”. Online voting is now open.
The jury of the inspect award 2024 has nominated ten products in each of the categories “Vision” and “Automation + Control”. Now it's up to the readers of inspect and www.wileyindustrynews.com to choose the best innovation of 2024. Voting is open from now until September 13, 2024 at www.inspect-award.com.
The jury of the inspect award 2024 has nominated ten products in each of the categories “Vision” and “Automation + Control”. Voting is now open until September 13, 2024 at www.inspect-award.de. (Image: carballo - stock.adobe.com)
The nominees in the Vision category
Autovimation supplies a complete, hygienic mounting system that complies with the strict EHEDG specifications, consisting of Dolphin and Shark camera and Piranha laser protection housings as well as hygienic feet, 90° elbows and T-pieces for 30 mm tubes. (Image: Autovimation)
The Baumer IXG industrial cameras are a complete image acquisition solution for industrial machine vision. What is new is this all-in-one concept of a GigE camera with simultaneous integration of camera, segmented lighting, lens, autofocus and display elements. (Image: Baumer)
Blickfeld QbProtect combines lidar hardware and software and offers an end-to-end solution for detecting threats and generating alarms for many industries. 3D lidar also works in darkness and adverse weather conditions thanks to the laser technology used. (Image: Blickfeld)
The UAV series lenses from Edmund Optics are compact, lightweight and robust. They can withstand temperature fluctuations, shocks and vibrations while maintaining high image quality. (Edmund Optics)
AI.SEE automates quality control with the intelligence of artificial neural networks and the precision of modern image processing. Smart cameras and AI-based evaluation tools check every component for minor deviations - without any manual effort. (Image: Elunic)
IDS NXT Malibu is the first industrial camera to combine on-camera AI with compression via ISP and video streaming via RTSP. This means that the camera outputs compressed video in full HD, which can be displayed on end devices via the RTSP protocol. (Image: IDS)
The Triton HDR camera with Lucid's Altaview adaptive tone mapping has a 24-bit raw data input, which enables adaptive tone mapping with high bit depth in the camera. This technology ensures consistently high image quality and is therefore suitable for HDR applications. (Image: Lucid)
Tokay from Maxlab is a modular embedded vision platform for quick and easy implementation of customized vision systems. Its small size, weight and power consumption make it an affordable solution. (Image: Maxlab)
Smart Vision Lights' hidden-strobe technology enables high-speed image capture without the visual interference of strobe effects - with visible light and without the need for additional equipment. (Smart Vision Lights)
Ximu models with global shutter and rolling shutter sensors are available for a wide range of applications. Even with very short exposure times and poor lighting conditions, they achieve high resolution and low image noise. (Image: Ximea)
The nominees in the Automation & Control category
The AIT Smartgate Plus is a scanning device that automatically scans and records all 1D and 2D codes on a pallet while it is on a forklift truck or conveyor belt. With very short working distances and at speeds of up to 4 km/h, the codes can be read during operation. (Image: AIT Goehner)
Thanks to the use of less expensive optics and sensors and the support of lasers with a wavelength of 660 nm of class 2M, the 3D sensors of the ECS series are available at a low price without compromising on reliability. (Image: Automation Technology)
The Radarimager from Balluff is an industrial 3D imaging system. It is based on radar technology and is capable of scanning products without damaging or influencing them - independent of the environment and without harmful radiation. (Image: Balluff)
Hamamatsu Photonics has developed the compact and affordable C16767MA UV micro-spectrometer. It can be used to equip smaller and less expensive water quality measuring devices, which can then be installed in large numbers at measuring points on site. (Image: Hamamatsu)
The Hexagon Smartscan VR800 is a 3D white light scanner for inspection applications. The technical innovation is the projector zoom in combination with a carbon fiber structure, which ensures high accuracy and stability of the scanner. (Image: Hexagon)
The 3D Profile Unit from Micro-Epsilon enables the calculation of up to eight profile sensors and thus the creation of true 3D geometries of complex targets with just one system. The measurement setup is also flexible with regard to the arrangement of the sensors. (Image: Micro-Epsilon)
The Xelity IP67 Hybrid Switch from Murrelektronik simplifies the planning and installation of machine vision applications. It combines power supply and communication interfaces in one device. Up to four cameras can be connected to one device. (Image: Murrelektronik)
MVTec Software has brought the possibilities of machine vision to the Siemens Industrial Edge ecosystem. The “Anomaly Detection for Visual Inspection” app helps users to solve complex inspection tasks quickly and easily with AI. (Image: MVTec)
Users regularly become a bottleneck in non-destructive testing processes. Visiconsult has solved this challenge with Compass, an AI-supported tool for automatic defect detection that can be used as an assistant or autonomously. (Image: Visiconsult)
The laser distance sensors of the P3 series are far more than just a technical update of the established CP series from Wenglor. With Triple-A technology, the manufacturer has integrated three technological components that increase the performance of the sensors. (Image: Wenglor)
Vote now and select the best innovations in machine vision and optical metrology of 2024.
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