Sawmills face a lot of work and expense to get each bundle of wood that might go into a new deck, fence or building properly prepared for sale. For example, planks have to be measured, cut precisely, grouped by color ... Go to article
Case Studies
When it comes to the manufacturing of band material such as foils it is essential to deliver an error-free quality to the end customers to avoid returns and expensive reworking. To achieve this, it is required to analyze the foil’s ... Go to article
Based in Geneva in the east of Switzerland, Qualimatest is a machine vision integrator specialized in optical quality control serving many industries where precision and quality assurance is of utmost importance. A key customer branch for Qualimatest is the medical ... Go to article
Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH, headquartered in the Upper Bavaria region of Neubeuern, generates about one third of their annual sales with systems for the non-destructive inspection of tyres. The company, which has been known as Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH until 2015, ... Go to article
Humankind has often looked to nature for inspiration. Many species have developed extraordinary ways of surviving, sometimes over millions of years. Studying them can help us find solutions a lot faster and without as much experimentation. Scientists have been looking ... Go to article
The Swiss company, Leuthold Mechanik AG (HLM) makes machines for manufacturing aluminium containers which, among other things, are used for packaging pet food and foodstuffs. A core element of quality assurance is machine vision by STEMMER IMAGING. Unremittingly, 120 times ... Go to article
scanware electronic GmbH in Bickenbach, Germany, develops and manufactures inspection systems for the 3D quality control of pharmaceutical products during the packing process. Nowadays, 2D cameras are no longer up to the inspection tasks set by packaging machine manufacturers and ... Go to article
Cognex is equipping more and more logistics centres with image-based barcode readers. Zalando, Europe's leading online platform for fashion, has now installed Cognex DataMan 503 barcode readers at its logistics centre in Erfurt, where it has been able to measurably ... Go to article
Lytro unlocks a new level of creative freedom and flexibility for filmmakers with the introduction of Lytro Cinema, the world’s first Light Field solution for film and television. The breakthrough capture system enables unparalleled flexibility in complete virtualization of the ... read more
Getting the right quality control information can make the difference between a streamlined, cost-effective production line and an inefficient and costly one. For example, with certain types of connectors, a pin ensures that the connector doesn’t disengage from its socket. ... Go to article
