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Ausgabe 02/2005
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2005
Editorial
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Titelstory
Possible Applications for State of the Art Vision and Sensor Systems
In almost all machines in the modern production, gauging and detecting systems are a necessity. In general, such devices are vision systems or sensors. Some possible applications in production processes are product quality control, detecting the position and condition of work-pieces for handling systems or the sorting of products to the correct conveyor belts. How to find the best system for your specific application?
Events
MTQ 2004, Dortmund
VISION 2004, Stuttgart
Machine Vision
Digital Interfaces - Who Will Make the Race?
Many companies involved with image processing have recenty begun putting more thought into which digital camera interfaces to use for their image inspections. More often than not, these questions are directed at the camera manufacturers, who watch and analyse the trends, strengths and weaknesses of the interfaces.
1394b Will Drive a New Generation of Vision Systems
Furniture Manufacturer Utilises Machine Vision Technology
Machine Vision Software for Sorting of Mass Products
With increasing productivity in the companies, the possible error rate rises too, which makes the use of faster, more accurate and more flexible inspection systems necessary. Such systems need to provide highest accuracy, a maximum of availability, a maximum of flexibility, the best user-friendliness and "last but not least" a maximum of output. Characteristics which make the use of vision technology in the automatic, contact free inspection indispensable, particularly since this method is ideal for the given surrounding to evaluate parts in terms of conforming to measurements and their quality of shape.
Illumination for Machine Vision with Diffuse Reflecting Materials
Achieving Real-Time Performance with Gigabit Ethernet
To avoid data transfer delays in production processes controlled by GigE-based imaging systems, some innovative "shortcutsâ are needed to ensure throughput is high and end-to-end latencies are low and predictable. These include using a packet processor at the camera and installing high-performance drivers at the PC. In addition, there must be methods for supervising the accuracy of data-packet handling and triggering system elements.
New Module Added to Matrox Imaging Library
High-performance Compact Light Source
Products
Cameras
Trends and Technology in Line Scan Cameras
The Fast "All-in-Oneâ Vision Solution
For several years a trend has been developing away from camera/frame grabber/PC-systems towards integrated image processing solutions. "All-in-one" is and has been the defining motto for this trend. The image processing solution should be compact and fully programmable. The article introduces a series of cameras for which this trend is not only theory, but reality.
Rugged Camera Housings Target Automotive Applications
USB Cameras for Professionals
Throughout the years, industrial users of digital cameras have had to convert their industrial PCs for picture processing. No framegrabber card - no images. But now there is a family of six miniaturised cameras that operate direct with PCs, notebooks or embedded systems via USB 2.0.
Wenglor Has Entered the Field of Image Processing
Products
Titelstory
Digitising Objects by Hand Scanner
Surface Inspection
When Profit Does Not Come at Any Price
70 years of Mitutoyo Corporation: Congratulations! We take a look back in the history of the successful company.
Surface Flatness and Surface Topography Measurements in the nm Range
Multisensor Technology for Coordinate Measuring Machines
Flexibility connected with high accuracy has led to a wide range of applications for coordinate measuring machines in dimensional measurement for production control, as well as for inspection in the laboratory. Multisensor coordinate measuring machines today feature both contact and non-contact sensors, thus combining the advantages of tactile and optical measurement in a single system. The operator can choose the sensor best suited to a given measuring task.
Surface Inspection on the Basis of Laser Light
Surface inspection system design represents the integration of four disciplines - optics, electronics, mechanical engineering and software. These disciplines must play together as a system, like an orchestra. And, similarly, there are lead disciplines and supporting disciplines.
Film Inspection
Products
Mikroskopie
Motorised Macro Zoom for Laboratory and Factory Floor
New manufacturing processes allow for the production of increasingly smaller components. Accordingly, defects and tolerances are getting smaller and tighter. In order to maintain 100% quality control, manual inspection processes are no longer competitive, thus manufacturers are demanding automated inspection methods. In order to achieve reliable processes using machine vision equipment, high quality motorized and programmable macroscope optics and illuminators are required.
Ideal Stereo Microscope Choice for Materials and Industrial Applications
Elemental Maps of Ultra-thin Sections
Some kinds of plants tolerate surprisingly high levels of heavy metal in soil. Concentrations of these heavy metals are stored in their leaves without the plant being damaged. How is this possible? This is what the 'heavy-metal-stress' research group is investigating at the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt - in the eastern part of Germany.
