Steve Maves is applications engineer manager at PPT Vision (Bloomington, MN). For more information, call (952) 996-9500, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.pptvision.com.
To
ship consistently high-quality products while keeping costs down, companies are
incorporating more automated inspections into their manufacturing processes.
Photoelectric sensors can handle simple visual inspections, but complex
inspections require machine vision. The range of machine vision products
available-from off-the-shelf $1,000 vision sensors to custom systems that run
tens of thousands of dollars-create opportunities for automation, while
reducing waste and improving productivity.