Teledyne Vision Solutions: Camera manufacturer unifies machine vision portfolio
Teledyne combines the various machine vision technologies, including 1D, 2D and 3D cameras, under the umbrella of "Teledyne Vision Solutions". This should make it easier for users to find the right machine vision systems more quickly.
Last year, Teledyne combined its various machine vision technologies into a group called Teledyne Vision Solutions. This grouping was designed to bundle the products of Teledyne Dalsa, e2v CMOS image sensors, FLIR IIS, Lumenera, Photometrics, Princeton Instruments, Judson Technologies, Acton Optics and Adimec within Teledyne to help end users select the appropriate technologies for their machine vision applications.
This alignment brings together Teledyne's portfolio of machine vision technologies, which "brings together 1D, 2D and 3D cameras and associated software under one roof, including image acquisition and AI software, as well as alignment and quality assurance software," explains Brian Donnelly of Teledyne Vision Solutions.
New website including "camera selector"
As part of the realignment of its products, Teledyne Vision Solutions has launched a new website where users can search by product category, including cameras, image sensors, 3D vision, frame grabbers, vision systems, industrial infrared, spectrometers and X-ray. Using the camera selector on this website, users can select the type of camera they need, their application and the required specifications to view suitable camera options to solve their task.
Growing demand from the food industry
According to Donnelly, the integration of machine vision technologies has also increased significantly in the food and beverage industry in recent times. An important factor for manufacturers in this industry is the requirement to be able to clean all equipment between shifts. "IP67-certified industrial cameras that are waterproof and dustproof, so that they can easily withstand the intensive cleaning processes between processing different types of food and beverages, have become increasingly important for this industry," says Donnelly.
The automotive industry has traditionally been one of the most important areas of application for machine vision. According to Donnelly, this sector is particularly interested in machine vision systems that can adapt to the speed of robot movements. "The latency of a machine vision system is very important for such application scenarios," emphasizes Donnelly. Machine vision systems are also used in the automotive industry to inspect components to ensure that they are within the tolerances required by the OEM.
"In the semiconductor industry , there are also important customers for Teledyne Vision Solutions products that are used for alignment and inspection to detect defects," Donnelly continues. "Here, our SWIR (short wave infrared) technology, among other things, can help detect defects that are not visible to the human eye."
