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Items Tagged with 'optics'

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Universal 3e collaborative robot

Collaborative Robots: Moving into the Quality Lab

Optipro enhances their world-class optics manufacturing systems using new tools for robotic machine tending and small part measurement.
Stefan Friedrich
August 4, 2020
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In this application case study, we look at how a manufacturer of precision optical manufacturing and metrology equipment uses collaborative robots and a new robotic gripper/caliper to provide a solution that helps its customers optimize quality control measurements in the quality assurance area of their factory.


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A Quality Assurance Toolset for Modern Manufacturers

Before you can fully utilize machine vision, you need to understand the basics.
Ron Pulicari
January 8, 2020
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The official definition of “machine vision” encompasses all industrial and nonindustrial applications in which a combination of hardware and software provide operational guidance to devices in the execution of their functions based on the capture and processing of images. In short, machine vision helps companies manufacture quality goods, repeatably.


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From the Editor, Darryl Seland

Quality is a discipline affected by GIGO

Garbage in, garbage out.
Darryl
Darryl Seland
May 14, 2018
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Garbage in, garbage out. It’s a term born in the early days of the computer and computer programming. The phrase, and its popular acronym, GIGO, are said to have been taken from the business strategies of LIFO and FIFO—last in, first out and first in, first out—as it pertains to inventory management.


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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science's American Calibration Lab

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science's American Calibration Lab

November 1, 2017
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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Americas, Inc. announces that its calibration laboratory received the acclaimed American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for their Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) product line.


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Figure 1. How the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a lens affects an image, as it is projected onto a sensor. Source: Stemmer Imaging

Choosing a Lens for Machine Vision

Not surprisingly, with the enormous range of sensor formats and resolutions available in machine vision cameras, there are many options for lenses.
Mark Williamson
September 1, 2017
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All machine vision systems rely on the production of an image of sufficient quality to allow the required measurements to be made.


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Edmund Optics Announces Equity Investment in ITOS GmbH

May 1, 2017
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EO invests in Germany providing local optical manufacturing capabilities to European customers.


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The Advantages of Telecentricity

November 2, 2016
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The ability to quickly perform repeatable, high accuracy measurements is critical to maximize the performance of many machine vision systems.


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Machine Vision
Vision & Sensors

“An Exciting Time” for Optics

Edmund Opics' Nicholas Sischka breaks down differences between lenses and also helps explain how innovations such as liquid lenses and extended depth-of-field technology are elevating the optics industry.
Leah
Leah Pickett
May 1, 2016
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The importance of lenses in machine vision applications cannot be overstated. At Edmund Optics, producer of optics, imaging, and photonics technology, the lenses offered are optical components that either focus or diverge light and may consist of single or multiple elements. 


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Navitar Completes Deal to Acquire Hyperion Development/AMF Optics

April 8, 2016
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Company announces executive appointments.


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Straight and True: Telecentric Lenses for Metrology and Quality Assurance

THE HIGH ACCURACY INHERENT IN TELECENTRIC LENSES IS OFTEN THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO SOLVE A MEASUREMENT PROBLEM.
Nicholas Sischka
September 8, 2015
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Precision lenses do an excellent job conveying contrast and color from object to image, but they can do a poor job of transferring accurate dimensions, especially if they have small focal lengths.


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