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Improved technology will enhance market penetration
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan has found that product enhancements and lower costs in machine vision has allowed the technology to gain an advantage in emerging markets
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reviously considered bulky, expensive and complex to inter- pret, machine vision technology has undergone continuous improvements to become an integral part of quality control for industrial or manufacturing production lines. Advances in sensors, digital signal processors, field programmable gate arrays and microprocessors, electronics and computing have considerably expanded the application scope for machine vision technology.
The findings in Frost & Sullivan’s ‘Analysis of the Global Industrial Machine Vision Market’, has found that the market earned revenues of $4.50bn in 2012 and estimates this to reach $6.75bn in 2016. The study covers the segments of vision systems, industrial cameras, frame grabber, optics and illumination systems, and machine vision software.
“The simplicity and cost effective- ness of current machine vision solu- tions have enabled it to penetrate a number of adjacent markets,” said Frost & Sullivan measurement & instrumenta- tion program manager Vijay Mathew.
Increased take-up
In traditional markets, such as auto- motive, pharmaceutical and electron- ics, customers are employing machine vision in higher volume production lines and applications. Additionally, faster and flexible solutions that can be integrated with all factory automa-
tion systems are being sought. Several customers are still unfamil- iar with the technology in non-tradi- tional markets such as transportation, surveillance, biomedicine, security and agriculture. Nonetheless, adoption of this technology within these indus- tries is on the rise.
The market made impressive progress since the economic downturn of 2009, when key end user markets, such as automotive and semiconduc- tors, had to slash their maintenance and inspection budgets. Although the market rebounded and steadied over the last couple of years, the intensify- ing sovereign debt crisis, along with austerity and cost cutting measures are likely to push back the market. Regardless, market participants are still optimistic about the overall busi- ness environment. Although 2012 was relatively slow, the market is expected to stabilise in 2013 and beyond. “The camera segment has the most potential. With technological innova- tions, the lines between vision sensors, smart cameras, and PC-based machine vision systems will blur,” said Mathew. “The integration of robotics in machine vision technology will continue to increase through partnerships, as well as mergers and acquisitions, giving the market significant scope for growth.”
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