At the spring meeting of the VDMA Working Group on Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing (AG Laser), the members elected a new board for the next four years.
For customized applications in optical machine monitoring of plants, Vision & Control now also offers the development of individual optics.
Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf joins the Executive Board in the role of Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). With the move to BSH Hausgeräte, Matthias Metz will leave the Executive Board. Effective July 1, 2022, Sven Hermann, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Zeiss Vision Care, will succeed him.
The TQ Systems plant in Peiting is being expanded and will also accommodate the capacities of the Peißenberg and Murnau plants from summer 2022.
Intensive tests ensure that electric car or smartphone batteries are really safe. To do this, the energy storage units are stressed beyond the load limit and observed by high-speed thermal imaging cameras when they burn up or explode. In this way, astonishing insights can be gained.
A metrology manufacturer has equipped a video microscope for research and industrial quality assurance with a larger field of view and higher illumination quality.
A Raman mini-spectrometer module is designed to detect Raman-active molecules with greater accuracy, higher selectivity and in a broader wavelength range than other mini-spectrometers. This is to be made possible by more powerful laser optics and an improved detection unit.
Imaging distributor adds Midwest Optical Systems (Midopt) filters and optical solutions to its portfolio.
At Control 2022, a clamping technology supplier showed users and partners from the world of measuring and testing technology all the new developments since the last event of this kind.
Optical inspection of fiberglass nonwovens for medical and construction products focuses on detecting defects and unevenly distributed fibers, which could impair durability or filter effectiveness. The camera-based inspection system combines the detection and visualization of defects to quickly identify their causes.
Recording temperatures quickly and accurately and evaluating the data within a few seconds using artificial intelligence is important for fever screening, for example, to protect the residents of a senior citizens' residence from corona infection. This system is based on an industrial infrared camera.
Automation in production and warehouse logistics requires flexible solutions that do not create unnecessary complexity. Devices that can perform different tasks and thus reduce the integration effort are ideal - such as camera-based vision sensors.
Machine vision technologies contribute to a high level of quality in all process steps of semiconductor manufacturing. Which concrete application scenarios of industrial image processing are conceivable in the production and inspection of semiconductors and what relevance does the software have in this context?
While the topic of embedded vision is not new, new opportunities are emerging with hardware developments. The following article provides an overview.
Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an integral part of quality control. Recently, hyperspectral cameras have also been used for the efficient reprocessing of construction timber.
Opto announces a collaboration with Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd, the new distributor for the territory of the United Kingdom.
Basler has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the distribution business of its longtime Italian sales partner Advanced Technologies S. p. a.
Karsten Roth has won the EMVA Young Professional Award 2022.
The Wenzel Group and Visiconsult signed a cooperation agreement for a development and sales partnership at Control in Stuttgart.
Upfront the Embedded Vision Summit, David Löh, Editor-in-chief of the machine vision magazine inspect talked with Jeff Bier, organizer of the embedded event in California about the Summit, the industry, and trends in embedded vision.
The computer vision expert Basler wants to participate in the distribution business of its long-time partner I2S. In addition, Basler now offers its solutions specifically for applications in the medical and life sciences.
The EMVA expects around 120 participants to attend the Business Conference in Brussels, the first physical meeting of the machine vision industry in Europe after the pandemic break. The conference will be held from May 12 to 14. The program is now complete.
The application phase for the inspect award 2022 has begun. All machine vision and optical metrology companies are invited to submit their products by May 13. This year, the six winners of the two categories will receive a trophy in a completely new design.
An endowed chair at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA) has been newly created and named after Robert M. Edmund, Edmund Optics CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Railroad ties are mainly made of wood. In the production process fluorescent paint helps to determine the wood’s sap side orientation. A combination of red and green bandpass filters from MidOpt ensures that there is sufficient contrast between the fluorescent paint marker and the steel plates that are used to strengthen the wood.
3D sensors for high-resolution geometry and surface measurements detect smallest deviations and measure most precisely.
Using artificial intelligence can be very worthwhile when it comes to identifying the bar codes on goods. Interfering factors can be identified quickly and easily both during commissioning of a system and during operation.
Retrofitting lines in the press industry with vision technology avoids replacements and helps to keep up with the peers.
When getting the most amount of detail from a moving target is critical, system developers are constantly looking for ways to increase framerates without compromising on image quality, ideally at minimal or no extra cost.
With their partnership, the specialist for optical components and the manufacturer of machine vision cameras are getting a grip on the existing supply problems.
At the Control trade fair, Yxlon announced that the company will be renamed Comet Yxlon from September 8, 2022.
Edmund Optics has announced the opening of its facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
At the Fraunhofer Vision booth, the focus is on machine learning and associated artificial intelligence methods. The central exhibit is an AI-based robot.
The series of events on technology knowledge in industrial machine vision from Evotron is being continued. From May 3 to 6, the Control trade show in Stuttgart will be offering up-to-date, free knowledge in a compact, practice-oriented format between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. every day. The media partner is the trade magazine inspect - WORLD OF VISION.
How do telecentric lenses work? And how exactly do they differ from fixed focal length lenses? This article introduces the peculiarities and explains why telecentric models are predominantly used in optical metrology.
