‘Image Capture’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Wells launches lens-testing unit at Photonics West from Wells Research and Development, which we summarised at the time by saying "Wells Research and Development has announced the OS400B, the newest version of the company's Opticstudio range of lens-testing systems, at Photonics West. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Stemmer offers HG cameras with CMOS technology from Stemmer Imaging: "Stemmer Imaging is offering Dalsa's Falcon VGA300 HG, 1M120 HG and 1.4M100 HG cameras. ".

In January 2010, we covered the news from Flextraction - take a look at Flextraction launches hood-positioning devices which says: "Flextraction, a supplier and manufacturer of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) products, has launched a range of self-supporting Hood Positioning Devices (HPD). ".

Take a look also at the news release from Flextraction, Downflow booths control dust at weighing point , as well as X-ray inspection systems assure product quality from Mettler Toledo, and 3D measuring software available for Faro Gage from Faro.

Latest stories...

Data-capture system saves costs for coffee company (January 2010)

The installation of Ishida's Data Capture System (IDCS) for checkweighers has delivered significant cost savings and production-line optimisation at Polish coffee, tea and cocoa producer, Mokate.

Infrared camera minimises energy loss (December 2009)

Flir has introduced two mid-range products primarily designed to help reduce energy consumption in line with the European Union's new energy declaration legislation.

Ueye camera offers electronic image stabilisation (December 2009)

The IDS Ueye XS camera from Stemmer Imaging measures 22 x 24 x 24mm and offers an 8megapixel sensor with an auto-focus lens and an USB 2.0 interface.

Banner IVU BCR reads multiple codes in same image (December 2009)

Banner Engineering has introduced an IVU barcode reader that is easily configured from the touch-screen.

Automated solution simplifies software testing (December 2009)

Automation Anywhere has announced Testing Anywhere, an automated testing solution designed to simplify software testing.

Cognex adds image acquisition to Visionpro (December 2009)

Cognex has released Visionpro 6.0, the latest version of the company's hardware-independent vision software.

Ansys supports simulation-driven development (December 2009)

Ansys has announced Ansys 12.1 technology to support customers in Simulation Driven Product Development.

Altium unveils prototyping peripheral add-on board (December 2009)

Altium has released a prototyping peripheral add-on board for its Nanoboard FPGA-based development boards.

Stemmer offers high-resolution image capture card

Stemmer Imaging is now offering the VisionRGB-E1 single-channel high-resolution image capture card from new supplier Datapath.
Slow motion image capture is automated

Automated slow motion analysis camera control software is for use with Photron's PC-based high speed video cameras, includes automatic single-point tracking, or a manual tracking feature.