Industrial Automation & Machine Vision Case Studies

Illuminating the Future: How AI and Machine Vision Lighting are Transforming Manufacturing

From the wide use of robotics to Artificial Intelligence (AI), advancing technology is revolutionising the way products are designed, made, and delivered. In this article, we will explore how AI is shaping the future of manufacturing, which applications should consider using AI, and how machine vision lighting can optimise manufacturing processes. Rule Based vs Machine Vision Automation involves the use

17 January 2025

High-Brightness Spotlight Solutions for Inspection of Automotive Electrical Connectors

In the automotive industry, accuracy, speed, and efficiency are essential for machine vision applications. Compact lighting solutions offer the ultimate level of performance especially when inspecting complex components like electrical connectors. Through high quality, energy efficient illumination, these small devices reduce costs and improve productivity for automotive manufacturers. The Z-Spot spot light was designed to offer a compact lighting solution

13 January 2025

Comprehensive Tyre Inspection made possible with powerful bar lights

Tires are inspected from the top and the bottom simultaneously to ensure compliance, traceability and defect detection. The system checks for surface defects, tread pattern, DOT codes and branding elements, as well as the overall integrity of tires.

2 September 2024

Spot Light Used in Robot-Guided Quality Inspection of Car Interiors

A robot-guided vision system with Z-SPOT spot light efficiently inspects car interior mounting elements, overcoming integration and lighting challenges with its lightweight design and powerful illumination.

21 August 2024

Tablet Shape and Imprint Inspection using the Bn’L

This dual-feature inspection streamlines quality control using the Black&Light (Bn’L). The system is able to simultaneously assessing shape, size, and imprint codes of the tablets.

1 February 2024

Checking Best Before Dates Using A Dome Light

Food manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that the best before or use-by date labels are correctly applied to all products. In this system, a dome light provides homogeneous illumination for label detection.

16 November 2023

IP69K bar light used in pick-and-place application in the food industry

In this pick-and-place application, high-speed conveyor belts carry freshly baked cookies to be expertly packaged. The vision system uses high brightness IP69K-rated bar lights to accurately determine the cookies’ location and orientation.

10 November 2023

Diffuse bar light used in quality control of car dashboards using robotic guidance

During a crucial step in the automobile assembly process, a camera-based vision system is employed to verify the presence and positioning of components. Enhancing the camera’s capabilities, powerful diffuse bar lights are integrated onto a collaborative robot (cobot).

2 October 2023

Dome Light Hole Aperture Adapter Application

Dome Light With Hole Aperture Adaptors Used to Illuminate Internal Seals

A dome light with hole aperture adaptors is supporting a smart camera to inspect plastic caps for beverage bottles, ensuring they are free from injection molding defects. The white and infrared illumination allows for detailed imaging of seals inside the closures, even on shiny plastics. Learn how this project addresses the challenges posed by the dark spot of the camera

27 September 2023

Unique bar light setup supports the strict examination of sterilised surgical tools

Inspecting sterilised surgical tools, this machine vision system features 25 cameras and a unique set of high-brightness bar lights to achieve a very high specification required for inspection the medical industry.

4 September 2023

Infrared backlight highlights contours in pick-and-place application

In key manufacturing, pre-made key blanks undergo separation and are then picked up by a robot for accurate positioning in the subsequent step. The vision system uses a homogeneous IR backlight to highlight the shape of the keys.

11 August 2023

Bar light with Angle Changers supports the absence check of labels in line scan system

Line scan vision systems are widely used in logistics to process parcels efficiently and accurately. To ensure accurate reading of labels, the M-EBAR with a line light Angle Changer provides exceptional brightness and homogeneity across the width of the track.

31 July 2023

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