Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Code reading made easy
1 June 2022
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
Track and trace
DataMan 280 fixed-mount barcode readers
17 February 2022
Cognex has introduced the DataMan 280 series of fixed-mount barcode readers, engineered to solve a broad range of ID applications
Isotronic’s VialChecker multi-camera quality control machine. Credit: Isotronic and IDS
Vial statistics
8 June 2021
Greg Blackman explores quality control measures taken to make the glass bottles filled with vaccines
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Code critical
3 August 2020
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Keeping track of pharma regulations
26 June 2019
Matthew Dale explores how machine vision integrators are responding to new demands in the pharmaceutical industry
Back on track
2 November 2012
With new directives proposed in Europe and the US to track pharmaceuticals and medical devices, Greg Blackman explores the surprisingly complex world of product traceability
Code trackers
31 October 2011
Rob Coppinger finds that vision systems are now required to track smaller and smaller markings that whizz past on ever-faster conveyors
Events
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Unispectral’s solutions allow for a smaller, lower-cost system that can be used in any application for which hyperspectral imaging is desired. Credit: Unispectral
Reducing the cost and size of hyperspectral cameras is opening up many more applications, as Keely Portway finds out
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A GigE Vision round-up with a look at some of the latest technology
Setup of combined hyperspectral and fundus camera at Peter Stalmans’ lab at KU Leuven. Credit: Imec/KU Leuven
Investigations are underway into using hyperspectral imaging to screen for a host of medical conditions, as Abigail Williams finds out
Nerian Vision’s stereo vision cameras incorporate an FPGA for real-time 3D imaging. Credit: Nerian Vision
High-speed 3D cameras were in full force at Vision Stuttgart. Alice Rolandini Jensen explores the technology
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Although open-source software is practically ubiquitous in the IT world, there will likely always be a place for proprietary machine vision offerings, finds Benjamin Skuse
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Mark Williamson, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Machine Vision, at the opening of the Vision trade fair, said the industry had grown by an impressive 16% in Germany in 2021
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Fresh from Embedded World, we speak to Tim Vehling at Mythic on the benefits of AI accelerators for industrial vision
