Applications news

Vision system able to measure laser-machined holes

22 May 2013
Olmec UK has partnered with web handling specialist Universal Converting Equipment to produce a vision system capable of real-time measurement of laser machined holes in film

Terahertz pulsed imaging checks tablets

22 May 2013
Terahertz pulsed imaging has been used to research the layer separation of pharmaceutical tablets

Image processing ensures precision welding

17 May 2013
A fuel tank welding system from BF-Maschinen is meeting the requirements of the automotive industry, thanks to an optical stereo image processing system from Framos

X-ray technique should help historians uncover lost information

16 May 2013
Fragile, rolled-up historical documents could be read for the first time in centuries, thanks to new X-ray techniques

Alexander Graham Bell heard for first time with optical sound recovery

25 April 2013
The voice of Alexander Graham Bell has been heard for the first time after the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History recovered the sound from a 130-year-old recording using an optical 3D scanning method