Cognex launches inspection system

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Cognex Corporation, a provider of machine vision sensors, today announced its next generation OmniView 360 degree inspection system, with color and 5 megapixel high resolution cameras.

OmniView allows inspection and verification of unoriented wine and juice bottles, canned goods, pharmaceutical vials and other cylindrical packages right on the production line, said a press release.

Using the latest Windows 7, 64-bit PCs, OmniView inspects products at up to 1200 parts per minute without bottling and packaging lines.

OmniView can help to minimize product recalls and protect brand image by ensuring product quality, help control process by identifying defects early and track parts through the supply chain by reading labels and codes.

It uses four cameras positioned around the conveyor to capture views of all sides of a product. These are mapped into a 3D model using proprietary Cognex vision technology, and then inspected using Cognex’s VisionPro software library.

Using cameras that are up to 5 megapixels in resolution, OmniView can perform detailed inspections on slower lines. The higher resolution can also be used to image tall bottles in a single field of view, while retaining enough resolution to clearly read small print or Data Matrix codes.

Didier Lacroix, senior vice president, International Sales and Services said “Version 5.0 of OmniView dramatically increases the vision and ID applications that can be solved with expanded color functionality and higher resolution options.”