Perfect pixels
26 July 2019
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Glass
Chinese firm Ctiec uses Isra’s Floatscan system to automate quality control
22 July 2019
The Chinese glass manufacturer Ctiec chose Isra’s Floatscan Thin Superior system to automate the quality control in its ultra-thin glass production
Dr Johannes Meyer (left) and EMVA president Jochem Herrmann
Light field inspection wins Johannes Meyer EMVA award
20 May 2019
Dr Johannes Meyer, a PhD graduate from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has been presented with the European Machine Vision Association’s Young Professional Award
Reflections on glass making
19 February 2019
Greg Blackman explores some novel ways of imaging glass, including a 3D technique to measure the flatness of glass panels
Jenoptik buys vision firms to strengthen industrial inspection offerings
3 September 2018
Metrology and photonics company, Jenoptik, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Otto Vision Technology and Ovitec, both specialising in optical inspection systems
Chinese glass maker ups QC with automated inspection
14 August 2017
Chinese glass producer Wuhan Changli has improved quality control on its production lines by installing an automated inspection system. The company manufactures more than 12 million square metres of low emissive glass per year
Glass half full
9 September 2014
Greg Blackman on the intricacies of the lighting and camera systems required for high-speed glass inspection
Window on inspection
31 August 2011
The properties of glass can both help and hinder pinpointing defects in the material, as Greg Blackman discovers
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MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
Credit: Drag&bot
Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
