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News Release from: Elscint Automation
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 December 2005
Elscint to distribute MRW vision systems
Elscint Automation, the ISO 9001:2000 certified leading vibratory bowl feeder manufacturer has been appointed the sole distributor for the German MRW Robo-Potsystem for India.
Elscint Automation, the ISO 9001:2000 certified leading Vibratory Bowl Feeder manufacturer (having CE marking for its bowl feeders) has been appointed the sole distributor for the German MRW Robo-Pot system for India The basic Robo-Pot system, which is a vision system consists of a conveyor belt, integrated CCD camera with LED illumination device, camera cleaning nozzle, return nozzle and a multi function computer
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Camera System consists on a CCD Camera in a special housing with automatic cleaning device with a resolution of 14 micron.
The lighting is by a long life special LED.
The Lamp holder can be adjusted in any direction for optimal lighting of difficult part contours.
The Computer consists of a large, integrated screen with a graphical user interface.
There is graphical depiction of the part contour, including suppressions and corrections.
The video signal is also displayed qualitatively and quantitatively.
The functions and messages are displayed in clear language.
The conveyor belt is specially designed to the camera system and for mounting on the bowl feeder.
There is a tacho controlled, variable speed conveyor motor designed for operation in an industrial environment which permits programming of various recallable conveyor speeds.
The Elscint MRW Robo-Pot system comes integrated with an Elscint vibratory bowl feeder.
Any of the five models of Elscint vibratory bowl feeder i e, Model 100, 160, 250, 400, 630 can be used.
The Elscint bowls have many distinct tooling features built into the basic bowl designs, with tracks varying in width and shape to accommodate different types of components.
These inherent features of the bowl are of great assistance, when bowl tooling is being developed to fulfill a specific tooling application.
The bowls are made in either cast aluminum or stainless steel.
In stainless steel various types of bowls are available like conical, step design, cylindrical and outside taper bowl.
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The Robo-Pot system is very competitively priced at a fraction of the cost of other vision systems available in the market.
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