“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
New Motion Controller available for four different motor technologies
A motion controller with even more possibilities: With the new MC 3602 B and MC 3606 B motion controllers, the selection and commissioning of drive systems is now even simpler
Choosing the right machine vision camera for your application
Advances in camera sensor technology and systems design are allowing higher speeds and resolutions than ever before.
Control 2025: topic-focused, international and with a top supporting program
The QA industry is looking forward to the 37th Control, international trade fair for quality assurance (QA), from May 6 to 9, 2025 in Stuttgart
Advanced 4K Multi-Spectral Lens System Enhances Versatile Applications
Theia Technologies expands its lens system series with new 4K resolution, multi-spectral lenses
100 percent inspection of small parts
In modern production, thousands of small parts are inspected and sorted. The Eyesorter Checkbox offers an intelligent solution for efficiently automating these processes.
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.
High-precision at low-cost
Product: High-power and high-volume Pulsed Laser Diodes (1550UA Series) at 1550 nm
“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)
High-end Metrology for XR Experience
At SPIE AR|VR|MR 2025 and Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, Instrument Systems will present its high-end measuring instruments for optical quality assurance of AR/VR/MR devices along the entire production chain
Better accuracy for measuring long axes
The latest version of Renishaw's Carto software (v4.12) includes analysis-based data stitch functionality for long axis measurements using the XK10 alignment laser system
Protective Windows for LWIR Imaging
Silwir Silicon Protective Windows from Midwest Optical Systems (Midopt) are a cost-effective and readily available solution – compared to germanium – for Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) thermal imaging from 8 to 12µm
High-Speed 16K Color Trilinear and Monochrome Line Scan Cameras
JAI introduces two new high-speed line scan cameras in its Sweep Series: the 16K color trilinear SW-16000TL-CXP4A and the monochrome SW-16000M-CXP4A
Automation Camera for Process Control, Monitoring, and Quality Assurance
Flir announced the Flir A6301, a sensitive, cooled midwave thermal imaging camera for 24/7 inspection and automation applications
Small Power 10GigE Cameras
Emergent Vision Technologies introduces Eros, a small low-power 10GigE camera
Get Subracks, Plug-in Units, and Desktop Enclosures Faster Than Ever
Enjoy a wider range of 19-inch systems with the option to order pre-assembled products starting from just one unit—perfect for time-sensitive projects
