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Smart, small and flexible—smart cameras combine a standard machine vision camera, programmable processing, communications and sometimes lighting, in a small enclosure.

A computer program that is designed for data entry including invoice numbers, serial numbers, and package labels can accept data in two ways.

For machine vision, it would be a silver bullet to identify an object without any imprint like a bar code or data code, but only by sight.

Before we start discussing this idea it is worth looking at the definition of both “cloud” and “machine vision.”

Many ideas can spring to mind when one hears the term reverse engineering.

By their nature, microhardness testers are delicate instruments. Extremely light forces must be accurately applied, and the resultant impressions must be precisely measured under high magnification.

The need for long range height measurements has been around since the principles of layout work became a fundamental requirement in machine shops.

Many new products entering the market today are based on new materials and processes. These new materials are playing increasingly important roles—supporting innovation and boosting competitiveness in technology driven industries.

In recent years, we have seen an upward trend of higher production manufacturers wanting to integrate their air gaging quality checks from a stand-alone, outside of machine device where the operator is performing a manual check, to an automated in-process gage.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated reported first quarter 2014 sales of $573.5 million, compared with sales of $569.4 million for the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 0.7%.