For exact distance measurements, laser triangulation sensors are the means of choice. For direct integration into the manufacturing environment, one manufacturer now presents laser sensors with Ethercat and Ethernet/IP interfaces. This combines precision and integrability in a very compact sensor.
To master the main challenges of electrode inspection tasks, namely the speed of the process and the need to identify ever smaller defects, cameras must be able to keep up with the production speed of the machines. This requires a high line rate while providing enough sensitivity to allow the use of short exposure times, and sufficient pixels to cover as wide a field of view as possible.
Until recently, robotics had been used in the individual production steps. Kuka has created a mobile robot that is also responsible for transporting the highly sensitive wafers from station to station. On board the robot is an image processing system from Cognex that is high-performing yet compact in size.
In order to respond to the popular cake frosting in the US, a start-up company developed an automatic cake labeling system that relies on the currently fastest 3D sensor in the market developed in Germany. The sensor features a new resolution.
14.09.22 - Droplet-based microfluidics is a technique that is widely used for experiments and manipulation of substances in the microliter range. The reaction process is usually fast. It is therefore necessary to display and evaluate the movement in temporal and spatial resolution.
15.09.22 - Photoneo wants to present its new 3D color camera MotionCam-3D Color at the Vision. The camera enables the creation of colored 3D point clouds in real time of moving scenes with high resolution and accuracy.
14.09.22 - At Vision, Phytec will be showing components and services for the fast and cost-effective integration of image processing.
15.09.22 - Pleora will present its new AI solutions at the fair. The company's no-code platform, eBUS AI Studio, simplifies the design of AI algorithms.
14.09.22 - Vision Components presents the FPGA-based hardware accelerator VC Power SoM, which takes care of complex image pre-processing, can be easily integrated into the design of embedded vision electronics and allows more flexibility when choosing the processor board.
14.09.22 - As a manufacturer, Canrill Optics has concentrated on telecentric lenses for demanding tasks in industrial image processing.
14.09.22 - With the Laser Components Flexpoint Radial laser module, the insides of pipes can be precisely measured.
14.09.22 - MVTec is presenting the new versions of its machine vision software products Halcon and Merlic at Vision, both of which will be released this fall.
14.09.22 - Zebra has presented the stationary barcode readers and cameras for industrial image processing V20/40/70.
14.09.22 - Computar's Lensconnect lens series enables remote control of iris, focus and zoom - depending on the model.
14.09.22 - Aries Embedded is now using Microchip's PolarFire (SoC) FPGA architecture for its M100PF and M100PFS SoMs.
14.09.22 - The new software tool Robot Image Capture RCAM converts industrial robots into a universal testing machine.
14.09.22 - The Fujinon HF-XA-1F series is said to be the highlight of this year's Fujifilm appearance.
14.09.22 - Hema's embedded vision platform can now also be configured with the new System on Modules AMD-Xilinx Kria.
14.09.22 - Ifm presents its worker assistance system ifm Mate, with which manual workstations in production can be equipped.
15.09.22 - Lucid's focus during Vision is on the Triton camera family, which has received a number of new additions.
The Linea Lite cameras are suitable for a wide range of imaging applications. They are 45% smaller than the original Linea and are based on the design of the proprietary CMOS image sensor.
15.09.2022 – With the TO42 series, Vision & Control presents a range of telecentric lenses with 42 mm object field diameters. Thanks to special colour correction, they can be used from near infrared to deep blue.
14.09.2022 – With the Mvblue Naos evaluation kit, Matrix Vision offers a complete package with all necessary components for image acquisition and image processing for the realisation of embedded vision applications.
14.09.2022 – The camera manufacturer is expanding its Go-X series with 24 more global shutter models equipped with Sony Pregius S CMOS sensors.
13.09.2022 – Basler has added eight boost models with CXP-12 interface to its range of CXP-12 cameras and components.
13.09.2022 – Opto Engineering introduces Itala: the industrial GigE Vision POE cameras designed and manufactured in Italy.
09.09.2022 – SVS-Vistek introduces the fxo487 ultraviolet camera, which enables industrial inspection in the non-visible UV wavelength range.
09.09.2022 – Basler expands its lighting portfolio with 200 more lighting products. The total portfolio includes 10 types of lighting, from ring to beam to dome lighting, as well as lighting accessories. The Lighting Advisor tool helps to select the right lighting setup.
This article first describes the main parts of a stereo vision system and then provides instructions on making an own custom stereo camera using off-the-shelf hardware components and open-source software. As this setup is focused on being embedded, it will compute a depth map of any scene in real-time, without the need of a host computer.
05.09.22 - In customer projects, Nord Drivesystems aims to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the customer as much as possible.
05.09.22 - Rollon offers a wide range of linear guides, telescopic slides and linear axes.
05.09.22 - Sieb & Meyer has expanded the performance of the SD2 multi-axis solution with integrated safety technology. A variant is now available in which the maximum rated current has been increased from 42 Arms@16 kHz to 80 Arms@16 kHz.
05.09.22 - Dunkermotoren now also supports the Industrial Ethernet protocol EtherCAT. With EoE (Ethernet over EtherCAT), an Ethernet network can be connected to an EtherCAT network.
05.09.22 - The B&R servo drive Acopos P3 can be used in all machines, no matter where in the world. Machine variants no longer have to differ from country to country, as the model is compatible with all common grid types worldwide.
05.09.22 - Baumüller has implemented the areas of data access, security and methods within the standardized OPC UA interface and is presenting the ProDataX software tool.
