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INDUSTRY

Pleora's Geoff Roddick appointed vice-chair of GigE Vision Technical Committee

17 May 2012
Geoff Roddick, application engineering manager at Pleora Technologies, has been appointed vice-chair of the GigE Vision Technical Committee

INDUSTRY

Vitronic becomes partner of VDMA's Blue Competence sustainability initiative

17 May 2012
Vitronic is supporting energy efficient and resource-saving production and automation processes as a partner company in the Blue Competence sustainability initiative of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA)

APPLICATIONS

Road tunnel in Sweden made safer with video camera network

17 May 2012
Almost 500 cameras are being installed in a road tunnel on the Norra Länken (Northern Link), a motorway in Stockholm, Sweden, between Norrtull and Karlberg

DISTRIBUTOR

Voltrium Systems to distribute BitFlow products in Southeast Asia

16 May 2012

APPLICATIONS

Brewery ups barcode read rates on keg weighing machine

16 May 2012

INDUSTRY

Robert Edmund finalist in Entrepreneur of The Year award

15 May 2012

INDUSTRY

Microscan celebrates 30th anniversary

15 May 2012

News features

European MV market up 16 per cent in 2011: market data presented at EMVA conference

24 April 2012
The European machine vision market grew by 16 per cent in 2011. The market data from the EMVA was presented at its business conference in Lisbon. Greg Blackman reports on the event

Technology day showcases the benefits of 3D imaging

2 March 2012
Bin picking and robotic assembly of cars, among many other applications, were under discussion at Stemmer Imaging's 3D vision technology day, an event focusing on 3D imaging. Greg Blackman attended the event

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Prosilica GT2000, GT3300, and GT6600

16 May 2012
CAMERAS
Allied Vision Technologies has launched the Prosilica GT2000, the 8 Megapixel Prosilica GT3300, and the 29 Megapixel Prosilica GT6600
Allied Vision Technologies

O-Inspect 322 coordinate measuring machine

15 May 2012
COMPLETE VISION SYSTEMS
Carl Zeiss has expanded its O-Inspect line with the O-Inspect 322 coordinate measuring machine
Carl Zeiss

Stingray diode laser-based line generators

11 May 2012
LASERS FOR MACHINE VISION AND INSPECTION
Coherent has introduced its Stingray range of diode laser-based line generators. These laser projectors enable the construction of fast and accurate machine vision systems that utilise 3D triangulation
Coherent

Tissue Studio 3.5

11 May 2012
SOFTWARE
Definiens

DimensionOne software

11 May 2012
SOFTWARE
Vision Engineering

EV76C570 sensor

9 May 2012
SENSORS
E2v

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14-17 May 2012
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22-24 May 2012
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Munich, Germany
22-25 May 2012
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Birmingham, UK
23-24 May 2012
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