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Product category: Vision and scanning systems
News Release from: Cognex UK | Subject: SmartView web inspection system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial Team on 01 October 2001

Surface inspection systems cut wrap
films scrap

Cognex has announced that a leading North American producer of high-quality rigid films has integrated three of Cognex's SmartView web inspection systems on its manufacturing lines.

Cognex, the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced today that a leading North American producer of high-quality rigid films has integrated three of Cognex's SmartView web inspection systems on its manufacturing lines The company will use the SmartView systems to inspect plastic film for contaminants, gels, holes, and other defects as it is being manufactured

The film is used to make blister packaging in the pharmaceutical and medical packaging industries.

"SmartView allows manufacturers of web and strip products to solve their most demanding surface inspection applications," said Markku Jaaskelainen, General Manager of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division.

"By reducing scrap, customer claims, and down time, this state-of-the-art inspection technology is capable of providing a factory with significant savings and improving overall productivity." SmartView is a state-of-the-art web inspection system that is used to automatically detect, identify, and display defects in plastics and other materials as they are being produced.

Cognex has sold over 100 SmartView systems since its release in February, 2000, making it the most successful product launch in the history of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division. Request a free brochure from Cognex UK ...

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