AEMtec opens tech center in Boston
On September 1, the Berlin-based AEMtec, a manufacturer of high-precision micro and optoelectronic modules, opened its Engineering Tech Center within the Boston University Photonics Center.
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Detecting and sorting cells in real time
With their company Sensific, three scientists from Ulm have taken an important step towards successfully founding a company.
Vision 2021: Panel Discussion - Is Deep Learning Just Hype?
What is the Deep Learning hype all about? This question will be discussed by five proven experts on the first day of the machine vision trade show "Vision": Dr. Dietmar Ley (Basler), Jens Hülsmann (Isra Vision), Dr. Olaf Munkelt (MVTec Software), Mark Williamson (Stemmer Imaging) and Donato Montanari (Zebra Technologies). The panel discussion will be moderated by inspect editor-in-chief David Löh.
Entangling photons with metasurfaces
A new method for generating quantum-entangled photon pairs employs nonlinear metasurfaces to enhance and tailor photon emissions – an important step towards creating miniaturized quantum devices for everyday applications.
High-volume sheet-metal cutting
New laser blanking system offers flexibility and shorter cycle times in high-volume production: the partnership with Siemens on intelligent control system eliminates tooling and assembly costs, boosts profitability, and provides material savings of up to thirty percent.
Vision 2021: TKH presents machine vision division TKH Vision to the public for the first time
The TKH Group combines the machine vision companies Allied Vision, Chromasens, LMI Technologies, Mikrotron, NET, SVS-Vistek and Tattile with the sales company TKH Vision Italy under the umbrella brand TKH Vision. For the first time, TKH will exhibit its machine vision companies as a group on a single stand at the Vision machine vision trade show in Stuttgart, Germany.
Pulsate: open call results
On 27 July 2021, the EU-funded Pulsate project announced the winners of Pulsate’s 1st Technology Transfer Experiments open call for consortia able to demonstrate an effective adoption of laser solutions by end-users in relation to laser-based advanced additive manufacturing (LBAAM) technologies.
TQ strengthens robotics division with additional product manager
TQ-Systems, known for its embedded vision modules, is expanding its robotics division by hiring cobot expert Dirk Thamm. He comes from a subsidiary of robot manufacturer Kuka.
Edmund Optics expands lighting portfolio
Edmund Optics has added eleven product lines from Advanced Illumination, a manufacturer of lighting for machine vision, to its product line.
World premiere for virtual laser lab “femtoPro”
Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory “femtoPro”, which simulates optical setups in real time and enables eye-safe training in the handling of short-pulse lasers.
Sick celebrates company anniversary
Dr. Erwin Sick founded his company in South Baden in September 1946. It is now 75 years old. At an official ceremony at the company's headquarters in Waldkirch on September 24, 2021, invited guests and companions from politics, business and science, together with the founding family Sick and the board of directors, paid tribute to the past 75 years and took a look into the future. A week earlier, employees celebrated an outdoor music and culture festival lasting several days.
Fraunhofer IPA is being expanded
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is getting a new building in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. With the groundbreaking ceremony on September 27, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economic Affairs, Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, symbolically opened the construction site together with Thomas Bauernhansl, director of the Fraunhofer IPA, and the architect Stephan Birk.
Quantum dots without cadmium
New approach motivates future development and optimization of surface chemistry of InP CS-QDs to enable the full access and realization of their luminescence efficiency in high-color-quality cadmium-free displays.
Evotron: "Machine Vision Forum" at Motek 2021 will take place again
UPDATE: Due to organizational reasons, the forum is unfortunately cancelled this year.
Yaskawa is building new European headquarters near Frankfurt
Together, Bruno Schnekenburger, CEO of Yaskawa Europe, and the mayor of the city of Hattersheim, Klaus Schindling, laid the foundation stone for Yaskawa's new European headquarters in Hattersheim am Main near Frankfurt: In a festive setting, they traditionally and symbolically built a time capsule into the foundation on September 22nd of the resulting shell. The move into the new building is planned for 2023.
Twisting to the light of nanoparticles
Physics researchers at the University of Bath discover a new physical effect relating to the interactions between light and twisted materials – an effect that is likely to have implications for emerging new nanotechnologies in communications, nanorobotics and ultrathin optical components.
Mark Williamson becomes Chairman of the Board of VDMA Machine Vision
During the general meeting of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association, the members of the VDMA Machine Vision Division elected a new board. Mark Williamson, Managing Director of Stemmer Imaging Ltd, was subsequently elected Chairman.
Macnica ATD Europe with its own conference program at Vision 2021
Macnica ATD Europe will hold a conference with daily presentations in room W1 (Congress West) during Vision 2021.
Elfys raises €3M
Elfys is tapping into a growing demand for photodetectors with people increasingly wanting to measure their health and wellbeing. Today’s announced €3M round is dedicated to ramping up the production to match the growing demand. The lead investor on the round is Metaplanet Holdings together with the company’s earlier round’s lead Voima Ventures. Other angel investors include the founders of Oura Health, the company behind the Oura Ring.
Fraunhofer IPMS at the all about automation in Chemnitz
The "all about automation" is a trade fair for systems, components, software and engineering for industrial automation and communication. At the trade fair, which will take place in Chemnitz from September 22 to 23, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS will be presenting solutions for optical wireless communication in real time using Li Fi, IP core design solutions, and innovative measurement techniques for process and quality monitoring as well as for environment sensors & environment control.
Excelitas opens new plant in Göttingen
Excelitas Technologies is expanding its capacities in the assembly of highly complex optomechanical systems and components for the semiconductor industry: On September 21, 2021, the photonics manufacturer opened a new plant for its subsidiary Qioptiq in Göttingen.
LED material shines under strain
Applying mechanical strain on an atomically thin, transparent monolayer semiconductor results in a material with an almost total light-emission efficiency.
Murrelektronik opens up new business field for vision systems
With its vision installation solutions, the specialist for decentralized automation technology offers customized solutions for industrial image processing.
Seminar optical 3D metrology
The Fraunhofer Vision division is continuing the series of seminars on optical 3D metrology and is holding the seminar with an practical part “Optical 3D metrology for quality assurance in production” on Wednesday and Thursday, November 10th and 11th, 2021. The venue is the Fraunhofer Development Center for X-ray Technology EZRT in Fürth.
Trumpf presents new VCSEL laser platform
Trumpf Photonic Components, a provider of VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers) and photodiode solutions for the consumer electronics, data communications, industrial sensing and heating markets, has revealed the new product platform ViBO (VCSEL with integrated backside optics).
Wenglor takes over TPL Vision
At the end of August 2021, the Wenglor Group took over the Scottish-French company TPL Vision. The specialist, founded in 2005, will be integrated into the Wenglor Group as a division, but will continue to exist as an independent business unit.
The Optisense sales team continues to grow
Optisense, expert in contactless coating thickness measurement, is further expanding its proximity to customers and enlarging its sales team: Sascha Schmidt, who has been responsible for hand-held measuring devices since recently, and Patrick Voos, who now strengthens the field sales team for industrial measuring solutions, are on board.
OSA has a new name and look
The organization’s mission has stayed substantially on the same course its charter members envisioned over a century ago. The significance of the field, the expertise of the OSA founders, and the dedication of those who followed enabled the society to become a global forum for light science and technology.
Special page for the Vision 2021 trade fair
The perfect preparation for a visit to Vision 2021 includes a comprehensive preview report with all the essential information on the machine vision trade show, as well as the product highlights and trade show news. The links within the text lead to the respective sections, which are regularly updated and thus always have something new to offer. And don't forget: Free trade show tickes are available with the code "inspect-is-visionary".
Intel Realsense discontinues lidar, facial authentication and tracking product lines
Intel RealSense has decided to refocus their business model and, in doing so, have discontinued their L515 lidar and the facial authentication (FA) product lines to focus on their existing D400 series stereo vision product line.
Senswork opens subsidiary in Tennessee, USA
Senswork, a manufacturer of optical inspection systems, is looking to better serve the US market and recently opened a subsidiary, Senswork Inc. in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Production growth of five percent expected in mechanical and plant engineering
The order books in mechanical and plant engineering have filled well, at the same time many companies are struggling with increasing material and delivery bottlenecks. In particular, the scarcity of electrotechnical and electronic components has increased dramatically.
Celebrating 15 years in photonics
Raptor Photonics was set up in September 2006 to design and manufacture high-performance cameras for a range of markets including scientific, surveillance, aerospace and industrial. The company has grown year on year and now sells cameras in over 50 countries around the world to a range of instrumentation companies, government bodies, research labs and universities.
The program of the "Industrial Vision Days" is ready
The Industrial Vision Days are at the center of the supporting program of Vision 2021. At the world's largest forum for machine vision, organized by VDMA Machine Vision, the innovations and new developments in the industry will be presented and current trends discussed. Overall, the lecture program offers everything around the topics of cameras, optics and lighting, 3D, hyperspectral, embedded vision, software & deep learning, as well as standards, applications and start-ups. In addition, there will be two panel discussions on the first and last day of the trade fair.
Renault Group and Nidec ASI develop circular economy model
The Renault Group was one of the first car manufacturers to look at the recycling of batteries for electric vehicles. For more than a year now, the Renault Group has been working with Nidec ASI, the parent company of the Nidec Group's business platform Nidec Industrial Solutions and one of the groups that are committed to an economic upswing with a view to greater sustainability to develop a comprehensive pilot project in the field of stationary energy storage.
