Investment in automation equipment is being made in battery production. Credit: Kuka
The VDMA pointed to a number of green technologies – including plans for the sixth largest solar power plant in the world to be built in Turkey – that are driving growth in automation equipment sales
Keely Portway looks at the latest vision technology used to inspect solar cells
At SNEC PV Power Expo 2019, Vitronic will present numerous new products for inspecting photovoltaics
Matthew Dale explores how thermal imaging can be used to avoid machine failure and emergency maintenance in industrial environments
Matthew Dale looks at how thermal imaging is improving solar plant inspection
Greg Blackman on how infrared and thermal imaging can maximise the efficiency of solar panels
Greg Blackman on how luminescence imaging is improving the efficiency of solar cells
Greg Blackman explores how automated inspection is improving the quality and bringing down costs of solar cells
Isotronic’s VialChecker multi-camera quality control machine. Credit: Isotronic and IDS
Greg Blackman explores quality control measures taken to make the glass bottles filled with vaccines
With logistics experiencing huge growth, Keely Portway considers business opportunities for vision companies in warehouse automation
Using drones could enable visual aircraft inspections in under an hour. Credit: Mainblades
Matthew Dale takes a bird’s eye view of aircraft inspection, where drones equipped with vision are replacing manual checks
A tunable LED light source offers spectral reproduction. Credit: Pro-Lite Technology
Leslie Lyons, business development manager for light metrology at Pro-Lite Technology, says spectral camera calibration needs a spectrally tunable light source
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
