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News Release from: Trident Exhibitions | Subject: IPOTand Machine Vision 2005
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 March 2005
Increase in visitor numbers at IPOT
IPOT and Machine Vision returned to the NEC Birmingham on 16th and 17th February and saw an increase in visitors numbers by more than 7%.
Trident Exhibitions' highly successful optical, photonics and vision events Image processing and optical technology (IPOT) and Machine Vision returned to the NEC Birmingham on 16th and 17th February and saw an increase in visitors numbers by more than 7% IPOT and Machine Vision is still industry's first opportunity in the year to savour what's new and emerging in the optical, photonics and vision industries
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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More than 3600 visitors attended this years event to see more than 240 represented companies including DVT, Sony, Olympus, Schneider Electric , Lambda Photometrix , Multipix Imaging , Firstsight Vision and Matrox Imaging and saw numerous product launches and new products on display over the two days.
New products on display at the Multipix stand included the Sony XC- HR58, 120fps progressive scan camera, and the new L304ks 4098pixel TriLinear colour line scan camera from Basler which provides superb colour images for web based applications.
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Sony Europe's Imaging Sensing Solutions division featured a working demonstration of its upcoming range of colour raw (CR) IEEE1394b cameras on the Sony stand.
Their demonstration included a pre-release sample version of the forthcoming XCD-V50CR camera, which they used to capture the movements of an AIBO (Sony Entertainment robot in shape of Dog) in full resolution (VGA) and at high speed (60 frames per second).
The raw colour outputs from the camera were then linked by an IEEE1394b 800Mbit/s link to a VAIO PC equipped with a 1394b interface board.
HORIBA Jobin Yvon demonstrated for the first time their sub- nanosecond pulsed operation of LEDs at 280nm and 340nm.
The Optical Spectroscopy Division of the company also introduced their new MicroHR, a short focal length Czerny-turner spectrometer that can be used as an imaging spectrograph (with a CCD) for Fluorescence and Photoluminescence measurements or scanning monochromator as a tunable light source for data characterisation.
DVT exhibited their new generation of Vision Enabled Robots, which they jointly developed with KUKA Robotics - the first demonstration since its launch four months ago.
Using VER, the robot no longer works alongside a smart camera, but has its own Machine Vision enabled internally.
At IPOT and Machine Vision visitors were able to have a personal demonstration to see how easy it is to operate the new GUI, and how faster data transfer speeds can make a difference to any scenario.
Mitutoyo (UK) used their IPOT stand to showcase key examples from their extensive range from high-economy compact desktop instruments to high-precision reference models.
On display were the Quick Image 2D manual instrument with double telecentric optics, the economical Quick Scope manual machine for basic work and the Quick Vision Elf for no- compromise 3D CNC precision and automation efficiency.
The Firstsight Vision stand was full of products never before seen in the UK.
These included the worlds first Gigabit Ethernet Industrial Cameras from Pulnix and the new multi-camera Netsight II DCL vision engine for CameraLinkTM cameras.
Their stand also saw the world release of Coreco Imaging's PCI Express technology, the new interface standard for game grabbers and the European release of their Anaconda ultra high performance image processor.
Telemecanique, a brand of Schneider Electric, demonstrated its new Osiview vision system on the Schneider stand.
Visitors were able to see the compact camera system performing tasks including object presence/absence detection and sorting objects by size and shape.
Alrad Imaging used their stand in IPOT and Machine Vision to display a range of new industrial and scientific vision products and included presentations on lighting for machine vision and the latest news in line scan technology given by Alrad representatives.
Active Silicon showcased their full range of frame grabbers.
These included the new Phoenix Camera Link frame grabber in PC/104-Plus format which now operates over the full industrial temperature range as standard and the new LFG4 low cost version which is now available for Mac OS X and demonstrated the application running 12 cameras simultaneously at the show.
Matrox Imaging announced the Matrox Odyssey Xpro+ at the event, which is an enhanced version of the Matrox Odyssey Xpro scalable vision processor board.
Like its predecessor, Odyssey Xpro+ integrates the latest off-the-shelf and custom technologies with an established, fourth generation architecture to deliver unprecedented performance and value.
Supported by the Photonics Cluster UK and the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) the exhibition also benefited from well-attended free seminars and presentations, held by both organisations, over the 2- days.
The IPOT and Machine Vision exhibitions were again co-located with 5 other focussed manufacturing events including Machine Building and Automation incorporating PneuMotion - air at work, Mtec ? sensors, measurement and instrumentation, EID electronic information displays, and Practical Vacuum incorporating Semiconductor Processing to provide the visitor with an unrivalled access to the latest technology across a variety of disciplines and all under one roof! "The best IPOT yet!" was the comment from Ian Tatton, Director of Marketing at DVT, and re-bookings for the 2006 shows, which will take place on 15th and 16th February, are already well under way.
This success is also likely to be repeated later in the year when the IPOT and Machine Vision shows are recreated for the first time in Ireland at the Royal Dublin Showground on 7th and 8th September.
Initial response is already very promising.
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