
Highlighted project of the Week: Cincinnati Automation High Precision Robotic Inspection Machine
Cincinnati Automation built a highly specialized robotic integrated machine. Utilizing a Fanuc robot for automated movement, Cincinnati Automation was able to inspect small, high precision machined parts and then pack them away into trays to generate easy material handling for a customer. The inspection system included a 2D laser micrometer from Keyence as well as a specialized macro lens on a...
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Highlighted Project of the Week: Cincinnati Automation Seal Inspection Machine
Over the last several years, Cincinnati Automation(CA) has developed a standard inspection product for inspecting different types of seals. The pictured machine includes the same standard mechanical parts of every seal inspection machine CA builds: feeder bowl, double loop conveyor, pneumatic blow offs, laser measuring devices, and vision integration. For this particular version, CA is inspecting...
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General's "Grab & Go" Gen-Eye POD® Video Inspection Systems Now Offer Maintenance Pros Optional Wi-Fi Capability
Lightweight, popular Gen-Eye POD® video inspection systems from General Pipe Cleaners now offer optional Wi-Fi capability. The optional Wi-Fi tranmitter inside the monitor lets you send the video to your tablet or Smartphone to record the inspection. You can send the video on to your staff or supervisors for approval right from the field - no need to go back to the shop. Always easy on both back...
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NextGuard Pro X-ray Inspection Systems feature single belt design.
Available in C330 and C500 Pro models, NextGuard Pro X-ray Inspection Systems can handle product weights of up to 110 lb. Designed with extended, washdown conveyor for handling multiple large packages, NextGuard measures 1.5 m long (infeed, X-ray and outfeed) and can be customized to 3.5 m long with configurable modular infeeds and outfeeds.
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Taking a New Product to Market: Outsourcing vs. Internal Product Development
To learn if outsourced new product development (NPD) is right for your needs, and how companies like Vollrath Manufacturing Services can help, download this white paper now.
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Radiant Vision Systems Honored by Vision Systems Design 2017 Innovators Award
REDMOND, Wash. – April 3, 2017 - Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of automated visual test and inspection systems for surface inspection, assembly inspection, and display performance, announces today that its VIS-I Automated Inspection Station has been recognized for technology innovation by the judges of the annual Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards program. The judging panel...
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Product Inspection Solutions from Thermo Fisher Scientific Coming to Interpack 2017
Inspection, detection and checkweighing technologies for product quality and safety on display MINNEAPOLIS (February 28, 2017) – A broad array of X-ray, metal detector and checkweigher solutions for food, pharmaceutical and consumer product quality and safety will be featured by Thermo Fisher Scientific at Interpack 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Messe Dusseldorf, May 4-10, Hall 8a, Stand C77....
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Phantom®L6 ROV comes with six Tecnadyne® thrusters.
Suitable for infrastructure inspections, hydroelectric monitoring and exploration applications, Phantom®L6 ROV is equipped with active roll and heading gyro stabilization. Delivering 18,000 lumens output illumination and 110 lb vertical lifting force, unit features open-frame architecture and expansion bulkhead connectors. Offering diverse sonar integration options and five degrees of freedom...
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Viscom's S3088 Ultra Gold Wins the NPI Award for Test & Inspection - AOI
Duluth, GA, February 2017 - Viscom announces that it has been awarded a 2017 NPI Award in the category of Test & Inspection - AOI for its 3D AOI system - S3088 ultra gold. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 ceremony that took place at the San Diego Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO. The S3088 ultra gold reaches image data rates of up to 3.6 gigapixels...
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1000-Zygo Inspection Gage comes with anti-vibration technology.
Using white-light interferometry and diamond-tipped probe, 1000-Zygo Surface Finish Inspection Gage is used to measure roughness and waviness. Providing precise inspection of crankshaft and camshaft surface geometries, unit is designed with user-friendly software for speed and eased surface inspection. 1000-Zygo is constructed with granite and steel.
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Oakshire Cultivates Mushroom Quality with Signature Touch Metal Detector from Mettler-Toledo Safeline
February 9, 2017 – Oakshire Mushroom Farm is an award-winning innovator and patent holder in the mushroom industry. In business for more than 31 years, the fungi producer develops, grows and packs their own OAKSHIRE branded products as well as DOLE® mushrooms, as the exclusive licensee in North America. When Oakshire needed a new metal detector in 2015 to accommodate rising demand, they turned...
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Gorbel Introduces New Mobile Fall Protection Unit
Providing adequate fall protection is always a critical consideration and one that in many cases can be difficult to ensure. The new Mobile Fall Protection Unit is designed to facilitate positive fall protection in applications that would typically be difficult or impossible to provide with standard methods. To learn all about the advantages and convenience, see our video.
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