Vision Inspection Solution

PPT Vision announces their Sentinel Mold Protection Solution is now available internationally. The Sentinel offers the manufacturing industry a superior turnkey vision inspection solution to protect mold processes and tooling by detecting errors in real-time, then shutting down production and alerting operators before damages occur. Initially released in the United States in November 2008, the superior protection capabilities can now be utilized in molding applications worldwide. The Mold Protection Solution was unveiled in early April to the global molding industry at the Southern China Plastics and Mold Show in Shenzhen, China. It supports up to four cameras. Each camera provides users the ability to configure up to five mold inspection stages, including the inspection of mold flash, short shot, part ejection, pin retraction, insert position verification and more.