Fully Automated Inspection of Varying and Multiple Parts - The Osiswitch Compact line at Télémécanique, a Schneider Electric brand, makes circuit breakers. This production line allows the possibility of creating up to 2,000 different product types from just 100 different components. Each circuit breaker is manually assembled meaning a 100% reliable inspection of the individual components is essential in order to verify each breaker before packaging.  When considering the sheer variety of the product types, it became clear very quickly that a mechanical system would not be up to the inspection job at hand. Vision technology was clearly going to be the only solution. The vision system allows complete assembly inspection of each component of the different products by analyzing the product references. This analysis depends on the vision platform developed by Esox, the Cognex partner, using VisionPro™ software from Cognex, which allows a “multi display” of images. Read the entire story to learn more
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Fully Automated Inspection of Varying and Multiple Parts

The Osiswitch Compact line at Télémécanique, a Schneider Electric brand, makes circuit breakers. This production line allows the possibility of creating up to 2,000 different product types from just 100 different components. Each circuit breaker is manually assembled meaning a 100% reliable inspection of the individual components is essential in order to verify each breaker before packaging. 

When considering the sheer variety of the product types, it became clear very quickly that a mechanical system would not be up to the inspection job at hand. Vision technology was clearly going to be the only solution.

Assembly Inspection with Vision Software

The vision system allows complete assembly inspection of each component of the different products by analyzing the product references. This analysis depends on the vision platform developed by Esox, the Cognex partner, using VisionPro™ software from Cognex, which allows a “multi display” of images.

Read the entire story to learn more
Fully Automated Inspection of Varying and Multiple Parts
Four Keys to Successful Multicore Optimization

Without rewriting programs, one cannot simply move a machine vision application from a single-core PC to a multicore PC and expect to see a significant improvement.

A new white paper from Cognex, "Four Keys to Successful Multicore Optimization for Machine Vision" discusses four keys to successful multicore optimization for machine vision applications:

• Application Optimization
• Vision Tool Optimization
• Tuning for Overall System Performance
• Software Portability

White Paper: Four Keys to Successful Multicore Optimization for Machine Vision

Accessible Vision Software for Advanced Applications

Cognex VisionPro™ software simplifies the acquisition from any imaging source. The Acquisition Alliance program provides Cognex customers with best-in-class, integrated machine vision solutions through access to major camera vendors. 

The Cognex vision tool library is the industry benchmark for reliable, repeatable vision performance. VisionPro Power Tools have the intelligence to ignore non-critical variations in appearance while focusing on the critical features that determine a product’s acceptability. 

For example, Cognex patented PatMax® technology handles variations in part appearance due to orientation, size, contrast, lighting, overlapping parts and image focus. 

Could VisionPro 5.2 help meet your next challenge? Download the trial software to find out
Accessible Vision Software for Advanced Applications

The latest software release, VisionPro 5.2, includes multicore support for image filtering tools as well as for PatMax. You can manually adjust the way cores are used, or rely on the operating system to get the best application speed regardless of the number of cores available.
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