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LPKF builds network to innovate glass substrate production

04.09.2024 -

Company joins forces with partners to build glass-focused supply chain for advanced semiconductor packaging.

inspect America Summer 2024

One Highlight of this issue is definitely the first ever embedded world in North America, taking place from October 8 to 10, 2024 in Austin Texas. In this issue you’ll find everything you need to know about it, to plan your visit at embedded world North America.

Also don’t miss the cover story by MVTec, which deals with the role of machine vision software in battery production for electric cars. Be assured: Without it, no electric vehicle would be on the streets.

You can read the issue here.

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The Summer 2024 issue of inspect America features articles about the Embedded World North America, MVTec and insights of the US Machine Vision Market.

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Nonlinear processing with linear optics

04.09.2024 -

A programmable framework overcomes a key computational bottleneck of optical neural networks.
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AMS Osram Completes Sale to Focuslight Technologies

03.09.2024 -

AMS Osram has successfully completed the sale of assets in the Passive Optical Components sector to Focuslight Technologies.The sale price amounts to approximately 45...
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International Key Players and Newcomers at SPS 2024

03.09.2024 -

The SPS – Smart Production Solutions will take place this year from November 12 to 14, 2024, in Nuremberg
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PhotonicsViews issue 4/2024 is out!

03.09.2024 -

Submit now and book ads for issue 5/2024 (November / December / January) and pitch your topic for issue 1/2025 (February / March / April) or our digital special issue on...
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Shaping the future together with robotics

03.09.2024 -

The German Robotics Association becomes a partner of messtec drives Automation

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Cover Picture

Cover Picture: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Editorial

Pioneering the future of integrated photonics

Jorn Smeets (PhotonDelta)

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Contents

Contents: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

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News: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • Pages: 4-9
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Products: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • Pages: 10
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Communications: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

Organizations & Initiatives: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • Pages: 16-18
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Interview

“Be prepared to be humbled, to listen, and learn a lot”
EPIC interview with Thorsten Mayer, CEO at Vanguard Automation

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)

  • Pages: 19-21
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Technology Report

Innovations and challenges in modern optical design: Revolutionizing the field of optical design to enable faster and more accurate optimization of complex optical systems

Jérémy Picot-Clémente (EPIC)

  • Pages: 22-26
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Optics Design

Creating advanced photonics AI assistants: The first optical design copilot based on a novel dynamic agent approach

Erez Tepper, Haim Suchowski (both: 3DOptix)

Machine Vision

The importance of image quality in AI visual inspection systems: Why variability is the key challenge in model training

Sagi Dolberg (QualiSense)

  • Pages: 31-33
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Preview: 3D vision helps to precisely palletize parts: Reliable part recognition allows the entire workflow to be optimized and automated, which speeds up palletizing, saves costs, and relieves employees

  • Pages: 33
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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AdheScan – adhesive failure surface inspection system: Adhesive failure surface evaluation based on machine learning of high-resolution stereo images

Luca Kuhlmann, André Lamott, Armin Thomsen, Heiko Mühlenfeld-Keßler, and Anja Knigge (all: Schäfter + Kirchhoff)

  • Pages: 34-37
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Laser Cleaning

Preview: Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration: A pulsed CO2 laser provides an effective shockwave-based cleaning process

  • Pages: 38
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Process Control

Preview: Optimized powder bed laser melting processes: Stable processes are a challenge – machine vision provides insights and enables better control

  • Pages: 38
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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OCT for automated conventional welding in the automotive industry: Optical coherence tomography provides robotic GMAW with a process and quality monitoring function

Nataliya Deyneka Dupriez & Samuel Adolph (both: Lessmüller Lasertechnik)

Laser Plastic Processing

Flexible laser plastic welding as an addition to AM: Highly efficient welding of additively manufactured thermoplastic components

Lea Kroth, René Geiger (both: Evosys), Sebastian-Paul Kopp, and Katja Tangermann-Gerk (both: Bayerisches Laserzentrum)

Additive Manufacturing

Increasing productivity by combining laser processes: Laser-based postprocessing of additively manufactured metal parts

Markus Hofele (LAZ Aalen UAS) & Matthias Buser (IFSW U Stuttgart)

Laser Sources

Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser: Fraunhofer ILT researchers develop advanced lidar systems to tackle global methane emissions and improve climate monitoring

  • Pages: 53-55
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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Calendar

Calendar

  • Pages: 56
  • First Published: 01 September 2024

Events

Events: PhotonicsViews 4/2024

  • Pages: 57-60
  • First Published: 01 September 2024

Buyers’ Guide

  • Pages: 61-63
  • First Published: 01 September 2024

Index & Masthead

Company Index

  • Pages: 65
  • First Published: 01 September 2024
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PhotonicsViews 4/2024

Highlight stories: Laser Plastic Welding Flexible laser welding as an addition to additive manufacturing, Optics Design Creating advanced photonics AI assistants, Machine Vision The importance of image quality in AI visual inspection systems.

Cover story: AdheScan – adhesive failure surface inspection system by Schäfter + Kirchhoff

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PhotonicsViews September / October ’24 – focus section: Machine Vision

News

AI and structured light for accurate networks

02.09.2024 -

A new method for enhancing information capacity based on superposition states and their spatial nonlinear conversion.

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