15.06.2022 • Contributions
inspect award 2022: Vote now and choose the best innovations
The jury of the inspect award 2022 has nominated ten products each in the categories "Vision" and "Automation + Control". Now it's the turn of the readers of WileyIndustryNews to choose the best innovations in machine vision and optical metrology of 2022.
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The voting of the inspect award 2022 runs until September 23, 2022. Vote here: www.inspect-award.com
The nominees of the category Vision
Automation Technology has developed a sensor chip with Widely Advance Rapid Profiling (WARP) technology for its C6-3070 3D laser scanner, which has a profiling speed of 38 kHz with an image area of 3,072 x 201 pixels and with a resolution of 3,072 points per profile. (Image: Automation Technology)
Baumer's freely programmable AX smart cameras combine robust industrial camera quality, Nvidia Jetson AI modules and Sony CMOS sensors to create a freely programmable image processing platform for vision-at-the-edge and AI applications. (Image: Baumer)
The Computar-Lensconnect technology from CBC (Europe) enables precise remote control of - depending on the lens model - zoom, focus and iris. (Image: CBC Europe)
Die Allpixa-Evo-Zeilenkamera-Familie von Chromasens verfügt über CMOS-Sensoren in Mono und Farbe mit Sensorlängen von 8, 10 oder 15 k und einer Dual-10-GigE-Schnittstelle. (Bild: Chromasens)
Edmund Optics' athermal imaging lenses offer MTF performance of >20 percent contrast up to a resolution of 200 lp/mm, corresponding to 2.5 µm pixels. (Image: Edmund Optics)
Lucid's Triton Edge smart camera leverages AMD Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ technology with multiprocessor functionality and user-programmable FPGA accessibility. (Image: Lucid Vision Labs)
With the MV-Blue Naos4 series, Matrix Vision complements its embedded vision portfolio with models designed for the Sony Pregius S series sensors. (Image: Matrix Vision)
The Scarlet 3D stereo camera from Nerian Vision combines a 3D camera and image processing system in one device. (Image: Nerian)
The SHR661 is a high-resolution industrial camera from SVS-Vistek with 127.6 megapixels and M72 mount. (Image: SVS-Vistek)
Vision Components introduces the VC Power SOM FPGA-based hardware accelerator that enables complex image pre-processing, can be easily integrated into designs and offers more flexibility in processor board selection. (Image: Vision Components)
The nominees of the category Automation + Control
Aerotech's Automation1 control platform combines control of positioning systems and their components on a single platform. (Image: Aerotech)
The THT Line 3D from Göpel Electronic is an inspection system for double-sided, parallel inspection of electronic assemblies with SMD and THT components. (Image: Göpel Electronic)
The Surfacecontrol 3D 3500 3D snapshot sensor offers high repeatability in z to 0.4 µm and delivers complete 3D images from 0.2 s. (Image: Micro-Epsilon)
Octum has developed the Vial.Inspect series of inspection systems to check injection vials for proper condition before filling. (Image: Octum)
Opto's Profile M inverted microscope is purely digital and designed for microfluidic tasks as well as automation of biomedical evaluations. (Image: Opto)
Tordivel's Scorpion 3D Multispectral Food Grader automatically measures the absolute color from 400 to 1,000 nm of food on a moving conveyor belt. (Image: Tordivel)
Visiconsult's ECO R. X-ray inspection cabin is equipped inside with a robot that uses a C-arm to hold an X-ray source on one side and a detector on the other. (Image: Visiconsult)
The Phoenix Speed Scan HD from Waygate Technologies is a fully automated micro computed tomography (CT) system for industrial inspection, for example of batteries, electronic or injection molded parts. (Image: Waygate)
The combination of two sensors to form the Werth Chromatic Focus Zoom (CFZ) multisensor reduces costs and simplifies the operation of the measuring instrument. (Image: Werth Messtechnik)
The Comet Yxlon UX50 is a robust, 450 kV CT system for inspecting large and dense components in the production environment. (Image: Comet Yxlon)
Vote here for the inspect award 2022: www.inspect-award.com
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