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Cognex Corporation has introduced the In-Sight® D900 embedded vision system. A first-of-its kind solution, the In-Sight D900 features Cognex’s ViDi™ deep learning software inside an In-Sight industrial-grade smart camera.

Artificial intelligence opens up new fields of application for camera technology and image processing. It can be used, for example, to classify fruit varieties or to identify damaged parts (e.g. apples with marks or color deviations). To cover all possible variances with classical image processing would be very time-consuming and costly.

‘TouchMES’ increases production speed and efficiency; enables leaner manufacturing at lower cost Houston, Texas-headquartered forklift manufacturer Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.

E Preston was established by its original founder Ernest Preston, from which the company gained its name. It began with three people and only three franchises. The company quickly grew and has maintained healthy growth over the last 40 years.

Condition Monitoring Specialists SENSONICS have been playing a key role in helping India to meet the increasingly tough emission standards applied to its installed power generation base.

SICK has unveiled its SIG200 PROFINET Sensor Integration Gateway, the first in a family of intelligent Industry 4.0 gateways designed to work as both IO-Link Masters and small, distributed control systems in one.

CWM Automation is a UK manufacturer of filling and heat-sealing machinery, as well as fully automatic end-of-line solutions.

Konecranes has won an order for its innovative S-series overhead cranes from a new customer, häuselmann metall GmbH. The order was received in February 2020 and the cranes will be installed by February 2021.

Draper Tools, a leading hand and power tool distributor is a family-run company that has been in business for just over a century and has more than 5,000 UK and overseas customers.

The manufacture of Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR) optics requires a rigorous analysis of the capabilities and methods of an optical component design/manufacturing partner.

Do you have problems reliably mounting cameras, lights, sensors, robotic tools etc. in your industrial application – and want a sure way of avoiding those nasty cable breaks that can cause you hours of downtime?

Critical cleaning is vital throughout the medical supply industry for safe, successful operations and procedures.

By: Phil Brown, Managing Director, Fortress Technology Europe

A key cog in any food processor’s business is the performance and efficiency of production equipment. However, a machine’s list price is just 10-15% of the overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), suggest industry experts.

By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers

40 per cent of UK households own a pet, with some 9 million canine companions, together with 7.5 million cats around the country.

FLIR Systems reports how its GFx320 Optical Gas Imager is safely and efficiently enabling oil and gas producers to undertake routine, non-invasive inspections in their oil and gas separators.

At the core of transformer production When Swiss based Heinrich Georg, the leading manufacturer of production lines for the transformer industry, required an automated solution for the manufacture of power and distribution transformers up to several hundred tons, they turned to Güdel gantry robot technology for the solution.

“Transparency” is a watchword in food safety and quality control. So, why are global x-ray food systems closed stainless steel boxes? Sparc Systems has unveiled how its unique rationale for designing viewing windows on its high-spec food x-ray range and how the removal of stainless steel doors reassures processing operatives.

Since almost a century the Cantoni Group has been known worldwide as the leader in manufacturing and supplying electric motors, components and tools. Cantoni Motor S.A., the International Sales Office located in Poland, coordinates the sales and purchasing for the whole Group.

At ALRAD IMAGING we know selecting the correct camera for a Machine Vision application can be a daunting task. In this article we feature just a few of our extensive range of cameras that can be used for industrial applications.

Flexible and convenient control of sensors using mobile phones and tablets is becoming increasingly important and sensing and instrumentation specialists BAUMER recognise this with the introduction of SensControl.