From AI to optical filters: Cut industrial infrared imaging costs
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September 17th 2026 - 3pm BST
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In this panel discussion, we’ll find out how machine vision engineers are designing lower-cost imaging systems, without compromising performance.
AI-driven inspections, volatile component supply, increasing hardware requirements and higher customer expectations are all fueling the rising cost of industrial imaging.
This cost has risen dramatically over the past few years. Whether that’s down to higher token use to complete more complex AI tasks, fluctuating material costs and availability or clients demanding more with ever-tighter budgets, industrial sectors such as production, inspection and logistics are all feeling the pinch.
This online panel discussion brings together experts from across the industrial imaging landscape, including vendors, integrators and OEM users to explore some of the practical ways that system cost can be reduced, without sacrificing quality, reliability or performance.
Rather than focusing simply on cost-cutting tricks and tips, we’ll look at how engineers can make smarter decisions all across the imaging chain. Topics will include how to select the right hardware, simplify system architecture, reduce the bill of materials and how to tell, with confidence, when technologies such as AI deliver genuine value, and when they don’t.
The panel will also explore how advances in optical filtering, multispectral imaging and sensor integration help manufacturers solve inspection challenges with fewer components, lower-cost materials and more efficient designs. Whether you develop, specify or integrate machine vision systems, you’ll get practical insights to help reduce project costs and improve performance.
Should I attend?
This online panel discussion is designed for:
- Machine vision system integrators and machine builders
- OEMs sourcing machine vision components
- Engineers specifying cameras, optics, filters and illumination
- Automation, robotics and manufacturing engineering experts
- Procurement and supply chain professionals sourcing imaging and automation
- Business leaders seeking to understand the commercial impact of tariffs and trade policies on the vision market
- Technical directors, engineers and R&D teams working across industrial inspection, food & beverage, logistics, life sciences and electronics manufacturing.
What will I learn?
- Is AI necessary?: When AI genuinely reduces the cost of inspection tasks, and when conventional machine vision may offer better value
- Reduce hardware costs: Employ smarter optical system design to lower the cost of hardware
- Making material choices: Managing component shortages and selecting the right materials for supply chain resilience
- Reduce complexity: How optical filters and multispectral imaging create simpler systems
- Lower the bill of materials: Reduce the bill with fewer cameras and sensors
- Find new use cases: How innovative technology is applying optical solutions to new areas
- Increase resilience: What designers need to know to build resilient, cost-effective imaging platforms at scale
Speakers
Speakers to be announced.
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