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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.

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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.

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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.

New W3-professorship for ultrafast microscopy and photonics

Alexey Chernikov was appointed the new W3 professor of ultrafast microscopy and photonics established by the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat – Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter at TU Dresden. The 38-year-old scientist pursues the goal to make ultrafast quantum mechanical quasiparticles visible in atomically thin nanocrystals.

Grand opening of new US headquarters

Synova, inventor of laser microjet cutting, has opened its new 6,100 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Totowa, New Jersey.

A depaneling process for insulated metal substrates with metal cores

LPKF has developed a special solution for depaneling and IMS processing that involves cutting of the printed circuit boards by a powerful laser. The laser brings with it several advantages and is thus more than just an economically attractive alternative to mechanical depaneling processes.

iPronics appoints Ana Gonzalez as Director of Strategic Partnerships

On September 10, 2021, Dr Ana Gonzalez joined iPronics Programmable Photonics as director of strategic partnerships. In this role, she will be responsible for all sales and service activities building strong relationships with clients and strategic partners, closely working together to achieve long term goals and objectives.

LED streetlights reduce insect populations by 50 %

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown.

New Photonics Finland board

On the 24th of August, the Photonics Finland spring-meeting elected the new board for upcoming two years, including a new chairman and deputy chairman. For equal and smooth decision making, every two years the chairman position changes between academia and industry. Now previous chairman Timo Vuorenpää from Senop handed over the position to Juha Toivonen from the University of Tampere.

First commercial UV-plus-visible hyperspectral camera

Resonon has released the Pika NUV2, the only ultraviolet plus visible hyperspectral camera available commercially. It will be an essential tool for advanced research, industrial vision systems, remote sensing, and many other hyperspectral imaging applications.

Advanced UV for Life e.V. association founded

UV technologies can be used in a wide variety of ways and open up possibilities for innovative and environmentally friendly solutions. In times of the Corona pandemic, it becomes particularly clear what contribution they can make. The association “Advanced UV for Life e.V. – Association for the Promotion of UV Semiconductor Technologies” is therefore committed to the goal of rapidly advancing such technological solutions and transferring them from research to application.

Phabulous announces its new Head of Business & Sales

The Phabulous Pilot Line Association, the new European one-stop-shop for the manufacturing of free-form micro-optics, has recently hired Jessica van Heck as new head of business and sales. With this high-level strategic hiring, the pilot line front office is now fully operational and ready to offer accelerated innovation and production cycles from prototyping to piloting up to large volume production.

Excelitas Technologies acquires German camera manufacturer PCO

Excelitas has fully acquired Kelheim-based PCO AG with effect from September 3, 2021. The company was founded in 1987 by Dr. Emil Ott, who has now sold 100 percent of the shares to Excelitas.

Aerotech establishes subsidiary Peak Metrology

Aerotech, manufacturer of motion control and positioning systems, has established a new subsidiary, Peak Metrology. The aim is to bundle all activities relating to high-precision metrology.

Xanadu and Imec partner

The full-stack photonic quantum computing company Xanadu and the Imec research and innovation center have announced a partnership to develop the next generation of photonic qubits based on ultralow-loss silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides.

Neil Anderson new Vice President, Gratings and OCT

Wasatch Photonics welcomes Neil Anderson, PhD, as the new vice president of gratings and OCT. In this role, he will be responsible for commercial leadership and growth of the company’s transmission gratings and optical coherence tomography business.

UV-C calibration standards with accredited test procedure

Instrument Systems has been accredited for tests in the field of lighting technology to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025 since 2009 and is now offering accredited testing of radiant flux and luminous flux with the “Goniospectroradiometry of optical radiation sources” procedure. This procedure has enabled the development of UVC-LED reference sources with traceable reference values of maximum precision for radiant flux and irradiance. These reference sources are used for monitoring and calibrating UV measuring equipment, e.g. the ISP-PTFE series.

Scantinel Photonics receives Best Practices Technology Innovation Leadership Award

Scantinel Photonics, a German startup and Zeiss Ventures spin-off developing a lidar (light detection and ranging) system based on future technology photonics, is the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2021 Best Practices Technology Innovation Leadership Award. The global consulting, market research and analysis firm continuously identifies and evaluates companies and growth opportunities in various industries, technologies and regions of the world.

How Apple balanced cost and performance with the iPad Pro’s miniLEDs

“After more than three years of hype, excitement, and unfulfilled promises, miniLED backlights are finally ready for prime time,” asserts Taha Ayari, technology and cost analyst at System Plus Consulting part of Yole Développement (Yole). And he explains: “MiniLED monitors, and laptops have been available since late 2020. Most leading TV brands are adopting miniLED backlights in their 2021 flagship models. The highly anticipated miniLED Apple iPad Pro was officially announced in April 2021.”

Visible laser beams in vacuum

A beam of light can only be seen when it hits matter particles and is scattered or reflected by them. In a vacuum, however, it is invisible. Physicists at the University of Bonn have now developed a method that allows laser beams to be visualized even under these conditions. The method makes it easier to perform the ultra-precise laser alignment required to manipulate individual atoms.

Preview W3+ Fair Rhine Valley 2021

After the fair had to be cancelled last year due to Corona, the optics, photonics, electronics and mechanics trade fair "W3+ Fair Rheintal" will open its doors again on September 22, 2021. Some exhibitors already revealed in advance what they would like to show in Dornbirn. In total, more than 100 companies are taking part as exhibitors, speakers and trade fair partners.

A label-free live-cell microscopy solution with high image quality

CytoSmart Technologies has launched a new brightfield live-cell imaging system – the Lux3 BR. It is a small brightfield microscope, equipped with a high-quality 6.4 MP CMOS camera.

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The AutomationsBest Award is now entering its 4rd round. The award will be presented at SPS - Smart Production Solutions in Nuremberg.