The Vision section of INSPECT deals with vision components: new trends in the camera market, changes in frame-grabbers, the wide range of lenses, the rapidly increasing variety of illumination are equally important topics as is the increasing use of smart cameras, vision sensors and compact systems. Software, with its facets of algorithms and user guidance as well as data processing and communication has its platform in the Vision section and last but not least the interfaces, processors and cables and their effect on the success of the equipment as a whole is given appropriate editorial attention. more

The Automation section features turn-key systems and applications: 3D robot guidance is a topic which is just as important as the quality control of food packaging. Surface inspection of webbed material in glass, plastic, metal and paper production, inspection of print quality in the printing industry or on cans of tuna, inline dimensional checks of entire car bodies – these are all topics which you can find in the Automation section. Success stories with testimonials from users show not only the performance of the technology in various fields, but also guide you to suitable suppliers for your applications. more

Optical measuring technology in industrial applications can be found in the Control section: Microscopy and image analysis for material inspection, the use of X-ray techniques for quality control in the field of foodstuffs, interferometry and photogrammetry for the digitalization of shapes in design and prototype construction are equally at home here as production monitoring with thermography, crash-analysis with high-speed cameras, optical coordinate measurement techniques or colour measurement technology and spectral analysis. From the wide field of measuring technologies, two conditions must be met to get a topic into the INSPECT Control section: the components, products and systems are based on an optical principle, and the target group is industry. more

Our market data, country reports, news from the associations, trend reports, trade-fair previews and reviews are highly regarded for their independent reporting with a high level of industry know-how. The “Basics of ...” series of articles by Prof. Dr. Heckenkamp on fundamental topics concerning various aspects of machine vision and optical metrology, established in 2001, is always eagerly awaited, and is highly esteemed due to its understandable style and pragmatic counsel. Under the heading Visionaries interviews are presented with the leading heads of our industry. more