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Sun rises on quality control
9 November 2021
As solar power becomes an increasingly important energy source, Abigail Williams looks at how infrared imaging is used to assess solar panels
Solar
Investment in automation equipment is being made in battery production. Credit: Kuka
VDMA predicts 11% rise in automation sales this year
14 June 2021
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
Here comes the sun
3 August 2020
Keely Portway looks at the latest vision technology used to inspect solar cells
Vitronic to present photovoltaics inspection solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo
28 May 2019
At SNEC PV Power Expo 2019, Vitronic will present numerous new products for inspecting photovoltaics
Disaster averted
8 August 2017
Matthew Dale explores how thermal imaging can be used to avoid machine failure and emergency maintenance in industrial environments
Sights on solar
2 August 2016
Matthew Dale looks at how thermal imaging is improving solar plant inspection
Here comes the sun
28 August 2013
Greg Blackman on how infrared and thermal imaging can maximise the efficiency of solar panels
Vision luminaries
22 August 2012
Greg Blackman on how luminescence imaging is improving the efficiency of solar cells
Illuminating solar
31 August 2011
Greg Blackman explores how automated inspection is improving the quality and bringing down costs of solar cells
Latest issue
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
Credit: Intel
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
