Illumination Technology for Machine Vision
Expanded Portfolio for a Wide Range of Industrial Image Processing Applications
Contributions
At the Heart of the Image Acquisition Process
Event Logging System for Application Development and Debugging
Ultra-wide, No-distortion Lenses for Machine Vision Applications
Rectilinear Lenses for Improved Obstacle Detection and Navigation Efficiency
“Easy integration and flexibility are becoming increasingly important”
Interview with Ulf Schulmeyer, Product Manager Merlic at MVTec, and Dr. Stefan Meier, Ecosystem Manager for Industrial Edge at Siemens
“This will be our largest Automate show ever”
Interview with Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
Automate Show 2025: A Detailed Preview
From May 12 to 15, Detroit will host the Automate Show 2025, marking another edition of this pivotal event in robotics and automation. As the largest automation trade show in the Americas, it shows the latest advancements and practical applications across numerous industries
From raw material processing to recycling
Battery production is at the heart of industrial and climate policy worldwide. Indeed, the demand for energy storage systems for electromobility and stationary applications is growing globally as is the importance of efficient, sustainable and regionally independent battery production.
Reinventing laser processing for EVs
Coherent’s Thomas Hofmeister and Majid Abbasi discuss how lasers have played a key role in the transformation of manufacturing in the automotive industry in a new PhotonicsViews article.
Process and product innovation in electric mobility enabled by photonics
At Politecnico di Milano, the Laboratory for Laser Applications, SITEC, looks towards the development of new processes enabling new products and solutions for electric mobility exploiting the increased availability of laser-based manufacturing solutions in the industry.
E-mobility requires new innovations for high-productivity laser welding
Two recent advances in laser welding, described in a PhotonicsViews special issue, have the ability to increase both productivity and part quality for e-mobility applications.
Laser welding with green and infrared lasers
In a study by BLZ researchers, two laser sources – green and IR – were compared for laser welding at identical laser spot sizes. The results are presented in a the PhotonicsViews special issue.
Laser-based welding in lightweight construction
Projects Twin-Weld and MULTISPOT overcome the limitations of fixed bifocal optics and develop a welding head with a matrix of 3 × 3 laser diodes that can be individually controlled.
Laser welding: the game changer in battery production
Battery production in focus: today’s challenges – laser technology as the solution.
An innovative laser decoating for hybrid components
A new high-tech system can dissolve paint on complex 3D components efficiently by laser and the paint can be removed like a film – residue-free and without harmful substances.
A new concept for automotive battery boxes manufacturing
Optical coherence tomography in a laser processing head can accomplish precise real-time post-process control and position adjustment for the filler wire.
High speed laser cutting of EV electrodes
High-quality cut edges are essential to ensure reliable electric connections and prevent defects like spatter and dross, which can cause internal short circuits.
“We want to be the first choice for all engineers”
In conversation with Eric J. Halvorson, Senior Marketing Technology Manager – Automation and Control at DigiKey
On the track of corrosion using machine learning
Evaluate corrosion test panels rapidly and objectively
Do I Really Need Machine Vision?
Selecting Vision Systems for Cobot-Based Quality Applications
Gobo technology improves 3D metrology
Ultra-fast and -robust 3D sensing
Manufacturing Data Platform Showcases Smart Factory Automation
Increasing Efficiency in Production
AI and Optics: Working Hand in Hand for Enhanced Quality Control
Potential of artificial intelligence in machine vision
Deep OCR on the Edge: No buzzword bingo, but real customer benefit
Optical character recognition with AI support
Precise measurement and analysis of the smallest details
Diverse 2D/3D machine vision in macro- and microscopy
1.7 Million Pins per Day: Checking the vehicle electronics
Application of laser scanners in the automotive Industry
“Bringing Together India’s Machine Vision Industry”
Interview with Raghava Kashyapa, Co-Founder of Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA)
Solutions for wire and busbar stripping
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews discusses challenges for busbars in mass production, and high-speed CO₂ laser busbar de-coating methods.
PARMS coating technology for UV to IR laser applications
A new article in PhotonicsViews discusses the production of high-quality oxides-based optical filters with low losses.
Line beam shaping with a tailored anamorphic diffuser
A method for improving the narrow-axis integrated intensity uniformity in laser line beam shaping for partially coherent laser sources is presented in the PhotonicsViews e-Special 1/2025.
How 3D printing can optimize and simplify production processes
3D printing platform enables the on-demand production of high-quality replacement and serial parts at any desired location, in the right quality and quantity
Cobots as a central building block for the future of industry
What do cobot-to-cobot interactions mean, how do they work and what are the advantages?
The 10 trends in automation in 2025
Which trends will define the year 2025? We have listed them for you.
High-Speed, SWIR, and Event-Based Cameras at SPIE Photonics West
Lucid will showcase its latest camera innovations and advanced sensing technologies at SPIE Photonics West, the leading optics and photonics event, taking place from January 28–30, 2025, in San Francisco, California.
SPIE Photonics West 2025: A preview
Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.
Beginning to see the light
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews presents a rigorous far-field model that allows to calculate the reflectance of the via.
