Three-dimensional white light measurement specialist Phase Vision presented some developments of its Quartz optical scanners at the recent MACH 2012 exhibition.
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The Leitz Sirio SX co-ordinate measuring robot, designed particularly for the shopfloor quality assurance of powertrain components, was a star of the Hexagon Metrology stand at the recent MACH exhibition.
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Bowers Metrology's says its Nemesis 9000 series of multi-purpose hardness testing instruments is based on the most up to date hardness testing technology.
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Steinbichler Optotechnik's ABIS optimiser, a portable laser surface testing system, provides objective surface evaluation of a part during processing. It has been developed for use at an extremely early stage of manufacture to speed up tool design, pilot production and process optimisation.
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Materials testing machine company Lloyd Instruments has announced the extended travel LS2.5.
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Reverse engineering, 3D imaging, inspection and metrology software product provider Geomagic has announced a service release of its Geomagic 2012 products. Enhancements affect Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Wrap, Geomagic Qualify and Geomagic Qualify Probe.
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Scene 5.0, Faro Technologies' latest release of its point cloud capture processing software for the Focus3D, enables users to view their scans in true stereoscopic 3D. In many cases, says Faro, automatic fine registration eliminates the need for artificial targets when piecing together multiple scans. This significantly reduces post-processing time.
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MAPRA Technik is offering Italian company Doss Visual Solution's latest laser machine for the automatic non-contact measurement of circular parts (including deformed) like 'O' rings. The MIGG, operating to an accuracy of DIN 3771, includes a calibrated sample ring for machine adjustment.
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A series of universal hardness testers has been launched by Bowers Metrology UK. Verzus 700 series devices, designed to cover a wide range of test loads and test methods, feature an advanced closed loop system based on precision load cell technology and accommodate test forces ranging from 1 to 250 kgf. They are equally at home within a materials testing laboratory or on the shopfloor.
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Stemmer Imaging has added the Teledyne Dalsa Piranha4 8k, 70 kHz to its range. The camera uses Teledyne Dalsa's latest high performance CMOS dual linescan imager, which features 8,096 pixel resolution with increased line rates up to 70 kHz, delivering 573 MP through the CameraLink interface. The sensor architecture is designed for high throughput applications, with a high dynamic range and more than twice the line rate of previous models.
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OCRMax, an optical character recognition and verification tool for Cognex vision systems and vision software, can handle character variations, text skew, proportional fonts and variable string lengths. It can speed up tasks such as checking that labels match products, verifying print legibility of codes and matching text to barcodes or 2D data Matrix codes.
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Bowers Metrology's S_Dial Work, a fully configurable versions of its Sylvac 213 series digital gauge, has menus that allow functions to be precisely defined by the user.
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Nikon says its LC15Dx scanner makes digital laser a viable alternative to a tactile probe for an increasing number of high precision CMM applications, including moulds, small turbine blades, medical devices and other complex geometry.
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The CLS-K optical fibre micrometer for use in harsh industrial environments has been added to Micro-Epsilon's optoControl optical micrometer range.
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Metrology Direct has added US corporation Gradient Lens' Hawkeye integral CCD camera, direct-to-video systems to its range of precision rigid borescopes. They have the benefit of helping to reduce eyestrain for regular borescope operators.
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CoreView 6.0, Hexagon Metrology's latest software for Cognitens WLS400A white light scanning systems, now features Teach Pro, an offline programming module that allows programming to be carried out from any computer without direct connection to the robot.
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The Cognex In-Sight 500 can inspect parts at production line speeds that demand a sub-7 millisecond cycle time, equivalent to approximately 200-300 frames per second (fps). Its ability to acquire images while simultaneously processing applications at 500 fps makes it an ideal vision system for relatively simple inspection applications using blobs, histogram and edges.
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Hexagon Metrology has announced the availability of CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 automated and manual white light measurement systems. The software includes an offline programming module for the Cognitens WLS400A robotic measuring system.
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The ultra compact (29 by 29 by 29 mm), lightweight (45g) IDS uEye CP addition to Stemmer Imaging's industrial vision camera portfolio is suitable for a wide range of data rich applications.
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The Genie TS range of GigE cameras from Teledyne DALSA, now available from Stemmer Imaging, are powered by the latest image sensors including Teledyne DALSA's own advanced monochrome CMOS devices. The Genie TS family offers resolutions from 5 MP up to 12 MP, all with true global shutter functionality for crisp, smear-free high speed imaging.
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The CameraLink Falcon2 camera series from Teledyne DALSA, now available from Stemmer Imaging, offers frame rates of up to 168 fps with 4 MP resolution for high speed imaging. The 12 MP resolution model offers a frame rate of 58 fps, which Stemmer believes is the highest currently available at this resolution. Applications indicated include automated optical inspection in electronics semiconductor wafer inspection and flat panel display inspection, as well as solar panel inspection.
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The Intel core i7 2.0 GHz processor and Intel QM57 chipset of an embedded fanless Matrix MXC-6000 PC, says Stemmer Imaging, provide ideal performance for image and vision measurement and automation applications.
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Cognex has introduced a wireless version reader for its rugged DataMan handheld industrial ID scanner, the Dataman 8000 series. The series is designed for the shopfloor and uses powerful 1DMax and 2DMax algorithms which, says the company, enable it to read virtually every type of code, every time and with fast read rates – regardless of size, quality, printing method or surface.
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gapControl 2711, a non-contact laser profile scanner designed specifically for the measurement of gaps and edges, is being offered by Micro-Epsilon in response to customers who want to speed up sensor set-up for gap measurement.
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3D inspection software solutions company Metrologic has released details of what it claims is a technological breakthrough capable of increasing the productivity of any CNC CMM, irrespective of make, size or model.
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