NEWS FROM VDMA, EMVA AND UKIVA


Dr Dirk Berndt elected to Photonics21 board


By Thomas Lübkemeier General manager, EMVA


A working group has been formed to examine how


GenICam could be combined with OPC Vision


uniform integration of all possible machine vision systems into higher IT production systems (PLC, SCADA, MES, ERP, Cloud, etc). The idea is that, in subsequent parts, other proprietary elements will be broken down and replaced by standardised information structures and semantics, such as configuration, recipe and result information. One conceivable approach is to specify this using machine vision capabilities, such as presence detection, completeness check, position detection, etc. There is another line of


development: the vertical extension into the components of a machine vision system. A working group has been formed to examine how GenICam could be combined with OPC Vision to enable new applications and business models.


GenICam is a software interface standard at the component- level; if it becomes possible to exchange relevant information at the component-level beyond the machine vision system-level, new applications will become possible, such as predictive maintenance of machine vision components.


Exciting times ahead Anyone who deals with OPC UA will realise that the development of OPC UA companion specifications achieves domain-specific interoperability, but that the great challenge lies in cross-domain interoperability. Here, the VDMA plays an important role, as hardly any other association represents so many branches of mechanical engineering. In order to give its members even more benefit and investment security, VDMA is pursuing the goal of achieving cross-domain harmonisation in the long term. However, this is subject to an evolutionary, rather than a revolutionary process.


l To learn more about OPC Vision Part 1: http://normung.vdma. org/en/viewer/-/v2article/ render/26815453


As a clear sign of the growing importance of machine vision technology, Vision 2018 concluded in November with spectacular growth figures for visitors and exhibitors. EMVA used the trade fair to introduce two new important standard initiatives: the embedded vision interface standard and the open lens communication standard, both hosted by EMVA. On the last day of Vision 2018


we received the news that EMVA board member Dr Dirk Berndt has been elected to the Photonics21 board of stakeholders (BoS). This is the main decision-making body of the European technology platform Photonics21, which has more than 2,500 members representing the photonics community of industry and research.


vision, optics and illumination, vision innovation, systems and applications, and camera technology. Full details of the conference programme and information about the exhibition will be published on the conference website (www. machinevisionconference.co.uk) and on Twitter (@UKIVAconfex) as soon as they are finalised. Many UKIVA members have recently returned from the highly successful Vision show in Stuttgart. Although attendance numbers at Vision were up overall, with almost half of all visitors coming from


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abroad, many of the companies there expressed a strong interest in participating in the UKIVA event in 2019.


This reflects positively on the importance of the machine vision market in the UK and is further reinforced by the fact that attendance figures at the UKIVA event in 2018 were up 17 per cent compared to the previous year. Thanks to the high levels of


interest, bookings for the 2019 exhibition are already being taken, with several major players having already reserved their stands.


Photonics21 coordinates photonics research and innovation priorities and contributes to the European research framework programme Horizon 2020. As a member of the BoS, Berndt will speak on behalf of the interests of the European imaging industry. This includes representing the needs of the European machine vision industry in European research policy, according to its social and industrial importance, as well as highlighting the key role of machine vision for smart production and Industry 4.0. Furthermore, EMVA, with its seat on the board of stakeholders, aims to make recommendations for standards, relating to their relevance at a European level, based on the principles of openness, transparency, fairness and industry orientation.


In his function as business unit manager for measurement and testing technology at Fraunhofer IFF, and member of the EMVA executive board, Berndt also wants to foster cooperation between research


institutions and companies on the Photonics21 BoS, in order to strengthen European industry and competitiveness on the world stage.


In return, EMVA wants to


involve its network of technology developers, system integrators, end users, research institutions, and universities in the work of Photonics21, and make the technology platform accessible to EMVA members. This has the potential to achieve innovation in photonics research in Europe.


Conference programme Finally, as the year comes to an end, EMVA would like to draw attention to three important events planned for 2019. The 17th EMVA business


conference takes place 16 to 18 May in Copenhagen. Registration has already opened – more information at www.business- conference-emva.org. The fourth edition of the European Machine Vision Forum will take place from 4 to 6 September in Lyon, France. The aim of this event is to promote interaction between the machine vision industry and academic research. Finally, Messe Stuttgart and


EMVA will co-host the second Embedded Vision Europe conference, from 24 to 25 October at the International Conference Centre of Messe Stuttgart. On behalf of the entire EMVA


team, we send our warmest Christmas greetings to all Imaging and Machine Vision Europe readers, and wish you a good start to 2019.


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