Feature Exhibition Preview Vision UK - what’s in a name?
For two decades the Photonex exhibition has been the showcase UK event for photonics. However, the idea that ‘photonics’ technology is of interest to an instrument engineer at a food plant or working on pharmaceutical packaging line is perhaps an alien concept - which is why the show organizers have re-branded this section of the show to ‘Vision UK’
Left and below: Vision UK is for vision/imaging/laser technology for research, science, industry and factory automation
Schneider and Zeiss will be on show, as well as those from Opto Engineering whose product range includes a variety of lenses that per- fectly match all Xenics IR cameras. Illumination systems on show include LED lighting from CCS and Gardasoft and lasers from Z-Laser. The versatile processing capabilities of Stemmer Imaging’s hardware inde- pendent imaging toolkit, Common Vision Blox, will be illustrated on several of the demonstrations. From Multipix Imaging, new smart cameras from Datalogic for machine vision will be on show. Combined with Datalogic’s Impact software suite, the new A30 and T4x series can revolutionise inspection for industries such as pharmaceutical and food and beverage. These cam- eras feature high quality CCD imagers and fast DSP processors, all sealed in an industrial hardened IP67 enclosure.
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his year’s event, which will be held at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, will take place on the 16th-17th October and will bring together manufacturers and distributors of vision and imaging solutions and asso- ciated laser and sensor technologies along with conference sessions cover- ing a variety of subjects.
What’s new in 2013?
The key technology that is being used in vision systems is USB3. Now an official Vision Standard, this technol- ogy improves speed and robustness of a vision system as frames are no longer lost in the transmission of data - sev- eral companies have USB3 cameras on their stands.
3D imaging, now routinely used on the production line, will also feature greatly at the show. Cameras utilising lasers and triangulation techniques - sometimes time of flight cameras - can provide the minutest detail required
for the production line. Camera sys- tems building up a picture of shape of a product, ‘photometric stereo’ is also used for certain applications. Multiple cameras are regularly installed these days for the most complex industrial imaging applications.
The exhibition
Here are just some of the products that will be on show which give a snapshot of the technologies pre- sented at the event. More detailed information on show exhibitors can also be viewed on page 38. On Stemmer Imaging’s stand will be an extensive range of camera tech- nology. The latest SWIR and LWIR area scan and SWIR line scan cam- eras from Xenics will highlight the capabilities of this technology to reveal detail not possible with con- ventional cameras, from thermal imaging to sub-surface imaging. Lenses and optics from Sill,
UKIVA educational seminars
he UKIVA will be presenting a free educational seminar program on imaging at the Photonex Exhibition. The Association’s ‘Vision in Action’ theme this year features the following presentations - ‘The Icing Robot - can a robot replace skilled decorators and be used to ice a cake?’; ‘Extended wavelength Imaging - Seeing the invisible’; ‘ USB3.0 Vision, the new Vision Standard - Facts, Set-up & Migration
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explained’; ‘Lasers in 3D imaging’; and ‘Hyper Spectral Imaging for Industrial Measurements’. The presenters will be imaging specialists from Alrad Imaging, Gilden Photonics, Multipix Imaging, Scorpion Vision and Stemmer Imaging. The program will run on both days of the exhibition, with the first session beginning at 10.45am on each day. Each presentation will last around 40 minutes, including a question and answer session.
The MVmicro from Laser Components is available in many wavelengths from 405nm to 850nm which includes the popular 520nm direct diode wavelength, and with the option for a focusable or present focus laser.
The MVnano is available with mul-
tiple power options such as brightness control and modulation controlled via a third wire, providing you with the freedom to operate your module in a way which suits your application. FRAMOS will show their optical stereo image processing system, exam- ples of which include optimum posi- tioning of components during welding processes in the automotive industry. To register for the Photonex exhibition visit (
www.photonex.org/visionuk.
Photonex
www.photonex.org/visionuk T: 01372 750 555
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