Oct. 27, 2011

Making the "Invisible" Visible with High-tech Image Processing Systems

Irish author Jonathan Swift knew that "vision is the art of seeing the invisible." This vision also drives the image processing specialist Isra Vision. True to the motto "The More You See," a well designed modular industrial image processing system has been made available. The system includes high-quality components such as colour line scan cameras, lighting systems, software modules and PC plug-in cards, which come together to form powerful, complete systems that meet the demands of each particular application. moreJul. 27, 2011

Versatile Use of 3D Cloud of Points Analysis

Regardless of whether uniform portions of sausage, cheese or ice cream are required in the food industry, economical and absolutely precise testing of components in the automotive industry or micro-precision fitting accuracy for dental prostheses - the SAL3D library from the Spanish software company, Aqsense, guarantees quick and precise capture of three-dimensional objects using 3D point clouds. moreJun. 27, 2011

100% Inline Surface Inspection Guarantees Long Life of Fuel Pumps

Fuel pumps must operate trouble-free behind the scenes during the whole life of the automobile. A defect-free surface of the pump tube is a prerequisite for perfect corrosion protection and thus a long life of the fuel pump. To guarantee this, Präschu Umformtechnik has chosen an in-line inspection system from Octum for the automatic surface inspection of the pump tubes.  moreMay. 24, 2011

Quality Control with Intelligent Image Processing on Embedded Controller

In quality control, camera systems are mostly used as autonomous systems with their own intelligence. They are seldom integrated into the plant automation system. PC-based automation now combines image processing and automation in one solution. The consequence: Performance and flexibility increase, because several cameras can simultaneously record an object from various angles.  moreMay. 16, 2010

Found Despite the Camouflage

Systems for the automated optical inspection (AOI) have become an essential element in the PCB production process for guaranteeing a reliable quality assurance. In order to control the PCBs independently of their layout and assembly parameters, a high-end angled-view inspection is indispensable. However, such a module is not easy to develop, as Goepel electronic knows from experience. moreJul. 01, 2009

High-Tech for Farm Equipment

The biggest cause of underperforming arc welding robots is the variability in the joint location. Traditionally the most common method used to correct for this variability is to use the weld wire, torch nozzle or separate probe to search for the joint and send the correction values to the robot to offset the pre-programmed path. Although this method can work in some situations, it can never achieve full optimization because it is very slow and inaccurate. In addition, on materials like aluminum or coated steel it is totally ineffective. moreApr. 01, 2009

Too Little, or Too Much?

Südsalz is the most efficient and biggest German supplier of salt. You will find this market leader's brand name in every kitchen cabinet: "Bad Reichenhaller" salt. Südsalz covers all uses like salt for human consumption, animal-food salt, industrial-use salt, pharmaceutical salt and road salt with their comprehensive program of rock and salt produced by boiling. To assure the quality of their human consumption salt the Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, based salt works employ sensors by Wenglor. more