Clear and Pinpoint Sharp Images “It is night and day compared to our other vision system,”
said Harold Sant, FMI engineering manager, aſter looking at the first images taken by the iNexiv vision system. “Te new Nikon inspection system generates overwhelmingly clear and pinpoint sharp images of difficult-to-measure silicon samples. Silica-based elastomeric rubber material attracts light and has a characteristic mystifying glow, but the iNexiv sees right through it. We have quickly come to trust the system, because it generates a superior digital image to measure from.”
optics and high-intensity white LED illumination provide superb imaging that leaves no room for any operator misun- derstandings. Even the header’s intricate features could be investigated easily without requiring any re-checks. We used image magnification up to 20×, which is way below iNexiv’s maximum magnification of 120×.”
The Economics of Automatic Inspection Measurement throughput used to be the bottleneck when dealing with prototype qualification batches. Harold Sand
“High precision and process validation is key in the medical device business.”
Inspection is critical in FMI’s Part Development & Pro-
totyping (RPD) programs. Recently, FMI was contracted for a silicone header part of a pacemaker system to shorten the time between prototype and production. Te header part goes on top of a pacemaker assembly and bundles all leads and connections. “Based on elaborate iNexiv measurements per- formed on different cuts, our engineers fine-tuned the header part concept to ensure optimum moldability. Low-distortion
says that instead of inspecting header parts manually, FMI engineers teach the iNexiv system to perform a number of dimensional measurements fully automatically. “Defining an inspection job following our own measurement techniques is easy and very similar to setting up a macro. Automatic inspec- tion takes a jump start with intelligent search capabilities and pattern recognition, which automatically spots the header part position and orientation. In the automatic inspection job we
Nikon Metrology iNexiv measurements are used to fine-tune part concepts to ensure optimum moldability.