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News Release from: Sick (UK) | Subject: Smart 3D camera
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 February 2007
Smart 3D camera inspects, locates,
identifies
A version of the 3D smart camera for precise use, the IVC-3D 30, is available from Sick (UK) and is able to identify small parts or defects as well as locate and inspect them.
Sick (UK) announced the IVC-3D 30, a precision-application version of the 3D smart camera Specifically designed to measure, locate, inspect and identify small and miniature parts or defects, the IVC-3D 30 is a powerful addition to the company's range of three-dimensional imaging technology
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Within its 75mm laser line width, the IVC-3D 30 is able to offers height accuracy down to 0.015mm.
This accuracy, thanks to a combination of a new lens with a new thinner laser, means the IVC-3D 30 is capable of spotting much smaller defects and tracking much smaller objects.
Indeed, applications where height is an important variable, such as electronics manufacture, assembly and test, will see immediate benefits relating to product quality, part visibility and lower reject rates.
Marrying the flexibility of a smart camera with high-speed 3D image capture and processing, the IVC-3D 30 combines up to 5,000 profile sections to form a real 3-D image.
The generation of a realistic depiction of target items is even possible at varying conveyor speeds thanks to the ability to attach an incremental encoder.
Increased accuracy does not, however, mean increased complexity.
Set up is performed through IVC Studio; a software interface that includes dedicated 3D tools and general-purpose image processing functions.
Simple-to-use inspection tools can either be applied to individual profiles or they can be used to build up a very accurate 3D image for further processing.
Sick also offers monthly training courses to enable users to get their application up and running as soon as possible.
The addition of a third dimension to inspection, tracking and measurement routines has been a revelation to some companies, enabling them to capture accurately far more information than traditional 2D systems.
Indeed the jump from one to the other could be likened to the jump from black and white television to colour - until you have experienced it, you don't know what you are missing or what you can achieve.
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