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For Carmakers, Inspection Flexibility Makes the Difference Jul 11, 2019 — Building a car is a complex process, and it’s getting more complex every year. There are thousands of parts to inspect for quality and conformance to ever tighter specifications. What’s more, these parts must be tracked, and variations in color and finishes must be verified. This array of requirements presents challenges to vision systems. Fortunately, advancements in lighting, 3D imaging, resolution, and processing power offer ways to meet these demands. Also, innovations such as...
Vision Spectra, Sep 2019
A History of the Laser: 1960 - 2019 Jun 6, 2019 — In 2020, the laser turns 60. This is a timeline of some of the more notable scientific accomplishments related to light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser). An interactive version of the laser timeline is available, as well as...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2019
Lasers for Micromachining: Shorter Pulses, More Power Jun 5, 2018 — Smaller devices, tighter tolerances, and higher performance demand finer and finer features — hence the increasing need for micromachining. For lasers, this often translates into a requirement for shorter pulse widths. However, these must be at the...
Photonics.com, Jun 2018
Vision Systems for 3D Measurement Require Care to Ensure Alignment Jun 1, 2018 — Calibration, pointing accuracy, and repeatability are critical to the success of vision systems for measurement. This is especially true for precise 3D multicamera measurement applications where single-pixel measurements are needed to help machine...
Vision-Spectra.com, Jun 2018
3D Printing Creates Patient-Specific Implants May 10, 2018 — Every patient is unique. Hence, nothing is more natural than providing each patient with a unique implant. Thanks to laser-based additive manufacturing, this is already possible. Patient-specific titanium implants manufactured by laser sintering,...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Hyperspectral Machine Vision Enables Smart Automation Mar 20, 2018 — Conventional vision systems often fail to sort items that have similar colors or appearances. In these cases, hyperspectral data combined with spatial pattern recognition algorithms can detect a wide range of materials, patterns, coatings, defects...
Vision-Spectra.com, Mar 2018
Application-Specific Machine Vision Simplifies Aircraft Maintenance Mar 20, 2018 — Machine vision systems, however automated, do not exist in isolation. They must augment and intelligently interact with human operators. Workflows can benefit from 3D optical vision systems. In particular, vision systems technology shows significant...
Vision-Spectra.com, Mar 2018
Force/Torque Sensors Expand Robotic Capabilities Mar 19, 2018 — The sense of touch is in high demand during automation, especially in the automotive industry, where tolerances are often very tight. As they work more closely with humans, robots need to sense their surroundings accurately and precisely and...
Vision-Spectra.com, Mar 2018
Additive Manufacturing Ups Its Game Dec 14, 2017 — Additive manufacturing builds up parts by binding plastics and other materials together, with lasers, LEDs, other light sources, heaters or electron beams supplying the necessary energy. The resulting parts are light yet still strong. What’s...
Photonics.com, Dec 2017
Thermal Imaging Spurs New Applications Dec 13, 2017 — Long-wave infrared (LWIR) imaging, also known as thermal imaging, has played a critical role in the defense and security market for decades because of its ability to detect warm (or live) objects independent of ambient lighting. Recently, advances...
Vision-Spectra.com, Dec 2017
Image-Based Barcode Reading Fulfills its Promise Dec 12, 2017 — Traditionally, 1D barcodes have been read by laser scanners that project a beam across the barcode and use reflected light to generate an electrical signal for decoding. Although these scanners are mature and effective, a number of inherent...
Vision-Spectra.com, Dec 2017
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Wearables for Work Sep 21, 2017 — While consumer goods such as smart watches and glasses attract attention, demand for wearable computing devices for enterprise, industrial and professional applications is also growing. Because such devices are connected computers, they enable users...
Photonics Spectra, Nov 2017
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Embedded Vision Finds a Role in the IIoT Sep 12, 2017 — In the coming years, embedded vision will shape the embedded market as its most important trend. One key reason, particularly in the industrial setting, will be the increasing use of compact devices such as mobile vision sensors and smart cameras...
Vision-Spectra.com, Sep 2017
Hybrid Fiber Lasers Create New Capabilities for Micromachining Sep 11, 2017 — Micromachining of fine features has become an integral part of high-volume manufacturing in industries as diverse as automotive, consumer electronics and medical devices. Precision drills, saws, routers and, increasingly, lasers, are being used to...
Photonics.com, Sep 2017
In the Oil Industry, Lasers Make the Cut Sep 11, 2017 — Cutting or welding heavy metal requires higher laser output power than virtually any other type of materials processing application. In the oil industry, an important heavy metal cutting application is creating the slotted liners used to separate...
Photonics.com, Sep 2017
Laser Sintering Moves Into the Medical Market Sep 8, 2017 — Every patient is unique. Hence, nothing is more natural than providing each patient with a unique implant. Thanks to laser-based additive manufacturing, this is already possible. Patient-specific titanium implants manufactured by laser sintering,...
Photonics.com, Sep 2017
Measuring Surface Features With High Resolution in Factory Environments May 24, 2017 — Small-scale surface features, whether desired — such as laser marking and dot peening — or unintended — such as scratches, nicks, dents, pitting, edge break and local curvature — can greatly affect the value, performance and...
Vision-Spectra.com, May 2017
Dynamic Beam Shaping Improves Laser Cutting of Thick Steel Plates May 23, 2017 — Even though thick plate cutting has a subsidiary market share in laser material processing, it is still a necessary feature for state-of-the-art machines. In recent years, research has concentrated on various quality issues, especially dross...
Photonics.com, May 2017
Interweaving Photonics Research, Industry May 22, 2017 — Laser World of Photonics provides a spotlight for promising newcomers, industry veterans and innovative companies. And with tens of thousands of people from countries around the globe attending the show, that spotlight is huge. In 2015, the biennial...
EuroPhotonics, Jun 2017
Interweaving Photonics Research, Industry May 4, 2017 — Laser World of Photonics provides a spotlight for promising newcomers, industry veterans and innovative companies. And with tens of thousands of people from countries around the globe attending the show, that spotlight is huge. In 2015, the biennial...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2017
Fast and Sensitive Mid-IR Detectors for Gas Sensing May 2, 2017 — Demands from industrial, petrochemical and new medical diagnostic applications are very wide-ranging — from air quality, emission monitoring and leak detectors, to breath analyzers and explosive material sensors. For many years, mid-IR...
EuroPhotonics, Jun 2017
UV Lasers Aid Wearables Manufacturing Feb 22, 2017 — Wearable technology has come a long way since the first smart watches and fitness trackers were introduced. Flexible printed circuitry and smaller components enable more powerful features and services in compact designs. Smart fabrics, leather and...
Photonics.com, Feb 2017
Laser Paint Removal Takes Off in Aerospace Nov 18, 2016 — At 52 feet tall, over 100,000 pounds and with a reach of 85 feet, LR Systems’ laser ablation mobile robot is one of the largest — if not the largest — mobile robots in the world. This summer, the company, based in the Netherlands,...
Vision-Spectra.com, Nov 2016
New Milestone in Laser Bonding Oct 5, 2016 — The demand for lightweight construction and economic efficiency has led to R&D efforts in metal-plastic combinations. Although primarily driven by the automotive industry, this has become an increasingly important topic for other industries as...
Photonics Spectra, Oct 2016
Laser Welding Joins the Lightweighting Trend Sep 20, 2016 — To return the Cadillac brand to the global prestige luxury stage, General Motors threw as much as it could — 13 materials in all — into the sedan’s body to make it the lightest vehicle in its class. And then to join this...
Photonics.com, Sep 2016
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