MACHINE VISION FEATURE
SICK has launched an open software platform that system integrators and OEMs can use to develop tailormade application solutions using SICK vision systems and smart sensors. AppSpace is a concept that allows free
OPEN SOFTWARE PLATFORM ENABLES TAILORMADE SOLUTIONS SICK’s national product manager for
and flexible customisation of applications on SICK programmable sensors and devices with ‘click and drop’ ease. Rather than being restricted to the
available pre-developed proprietary software, AppSpace’s open software platform enables machinebuilders and integrators to develop and even share their own tailormade solutions. The first application to be developed in the AppSpace programming environment is now complete after SICK worked with a European confectionery manufacturer to create an ‘off-the-shelf’ label reading and verification solution.
HIGH SPEED CHOCOLATE PACKING LINE Developed initially for the customer’s high speed chocolate packing line, SICK engineers perfected the all-in-one LabelChecker with the ability to read and verify text, numbers bar codes and 2D codes, as well as inspecting label design and print quality. SICK AppSpace is supported by the new
imaging, measurement, ranging & systems Neil Sandhu said: “The beauty of AppSpace as a vision development tool is that it enables applications to be developed for SICK devices that can then be made available off the shelf and easily adapted for a specific need.
SICK SIM4000 Sensor Integration Machine, a multi-core processor that can integrate multiple cameras and sensors together with powerful image processing. The SIM4000 offers up to 25 interfaces for Ethernet-based fieldbuses, cameras, illumination, sensors and encoders. It can be used for multi-sensor or
camera-based inspection for measurement and identification, as well as for data acquisition, archiving for quality control, process analysis or predictive maintenance.
SICK engineers perfected the all-in-one LabelChecker with the ability to read and verify text, numbers bar codes and 2D codes, as well as inspecting label design and print quality
FLEXIBILITY FOR VISION ENGINEERS “Machine vision has historically required specialist programming expertise with expensive systems, huge processing power and bulky complex hardware. AppSpace offers more flexibility for vision engineers and programmers because they can customise a camera or sensor for themselves and with full access to standard image libraries such as Halcon, adapt them for their own needs. AppSpace turns programmable devices into easily-configurable ones, even when the application is quite complex, like machine vision, or requires the integration of several devices at the machine or field level.”
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