Applications

Inspection Vision

Detecting problems upstream as early as possible in a production process reduces Cost of Quality and prevents your mistakes from reaching your customer.

Machine vision has proven itself in QA/QC applications worldwide in industries ranging from automotive and electronics to food and beverage.

Machine Vision Inspection is fast, reliable and objective - and with new vision sensing and PC-based technologies more cost effective than ever.

Related case studies:

> PC-based Vision tackles a core problem on paper rolls
> Vision Verifies Packaging at TipTop Ice Cream
> Inspection Vision helps BIC NZ "Compete with Quality"

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Robust Track & Trace

Vision-based ID reading has come of age! Area scan vision technology is capable of reading 1-D and 2-D codes (barcodes/matrix codes) under conditions that would challenge standard laser-based barcode scanners.

Vision is more tolerant of bad part presentation, ambient lighting, background graphics and even damaged print.

In the pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries vision-based Optical Character Verification (OCV) has become an essential tool for verifying human-readable batch and expiry dates are printed and legible.

Related case studies:

> A&RT OCV platform reliably inspects batch and date codes at Kraft
> Vision tackles a sweet challenge at NZ Sugar
> A small job on big cheese: robust barcode reading at Fonterra Whareroa
> 2D Datamatrix Codes For Semiconductor Track and Trace

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Intelligent Automation

For medium to high volume discrete manufacturing the benefits of intelligent automation approaches that use robots and vision are well proven.

Vision can be used to automatically find, identify and inspect products. Vision also reduces the cost and complexity of tooling and can eliminate the need for manual inspection. This combination of robots, "smart sensing" and software makes systems more adaptable to changes in either product or process.

Applications well suited to intelligent automation approaches include precision mechanical/electrical assembly, robotic palletizing/de-palletizing, flexible packaging and robotic dispensing.

 

Relate case studies:

> Machine Vision Verifies Seals on AMCOR Maxipack bags
> Machine Vision Increases Productivity in Mobile Phone plastics assembly
> Vision Guided Keg Depalletizing at Canterbury Breweries
> Bringing vision for lights-out packing in the Dairy Industry