Machine Vision Features
Machine Vision appliances have a number of immediate advantages over smart cameras, leveraging the ease of use of the appliance framework Machine Vision appliances can be quickly and easily deployed in a range of manufacturing and production environments allowing for suficient and quality image processing.
Vision Appliances
By removing the long lead and setup times that are required with smart cameras, computer Vision Appliances provide high quality digital imaging equipment and industrial camera equipment that allow precise and accurate measurement to start immediately allowing for image acquisition processes to reach maximum productivity. Vision Appliances and graphical programming integrate into existing control systems and infrastructure ensuring that you can easily access critical information.
Statistical process monitoring and control is standard to ensure all data gets to the right sources.
Machine Vision Software
The current range of iPD Machine Vision Appliances includes:
- iNspect for high speed applications requiring single or multiple views of a part
- iCheck for product assembly applications and verification applications
- iGauge for precision measurements and automated inspections applications
- iLabel for label placement and quality verification
- Netsight II and Sherlock for fully customized solutions
Each of these systems can be easily setup and integrated into your existing manufacturing and production process.
Advantages of using Machine Vision Appliances
Machine Vision systems provide the manufacturing and production industry with an inexpensive, easy to set up, quickly configurable system that can be used to:
- Automate inspection
- Determine presence/absence
- Count features
- Verify features
- Measure
- Check surfaces
- Read barcodes
- Perform most inspection tasks
Each of the Machine Vision Appliances has been specifically designed to provide a flexible solution for a range of common manufacturing problems.
Machine Vision Benefits
- Easy to setup and deploy
- User friendly and quickly configured
- Precise and accurate measurement
- Web Browser interface for configuring and viewing local production lines from anywhere in the world
- Customisable operator interface
- Sophisticated I/O controllers running in a real time environment, offering predictable 10 microsecond accuracy can eliminate the need for expensive and complicated PLCs
- Support for multiple job codes (solutions) that can be dynamically switched online
- SPC (Statistical Process Control)
- Serial and ethernet interfaces can communicate with other devices within the factory
- History log for capturing failed events
- Ideal for debugging production problems
For more information on Machine Vision Appliances, please visit the Adept Electronic Solutions website.