• Imaging Source announces 3 MegaPixel color cameras
• IDS right-angle industrial camera sees around corners
• JAI introduces two surveillance CCD cameras
• Prosilica introduces GC780 GigE camera
• HABEY'S Atom computer plays video fast
• Toshiba adds more interfaces to CS6910 cameras
• Avalue inroduces ACP-Q45DV motherboard for digital surveillance

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Video Monitoring Helps in Tough Economic Times
By Steve Rubin, Longwatch
Video monitoring can help companies survive through layoffs, plant closings, and idling of plants. The white paper explains that when plants have layoffs or shut down, much work remains to be done, often by a severely reduced workforce. Video can help pick up the workload.

Overcoming the IP Decoding Bottleneck
By Helgi Sigurdsson, Matrox
While IP Surveillance holds several advantages over the previous generations of CCTV and surveillance systems, a few obstacles remain. Some, such as network bandwidth and latency, are well known. But other hurdles are less understood by end users and system integrators. This paper focuses on one of them: The IP Decoding Bottleneck.

Mitsubishi Electric integrates Cognex machine vision
Integration of Cognex In-Sight machine vision into the Mitsubishi iQ platform significantly shortens the time and lowers the cost of applying vision systems.

How to match laser cutting technology to application requirements Part 1
By Markus Klemm, Spartanics
Advances in laser cutting technology, and especially those that relate to the sophistication of the software engineering underlying laser cutting controls, have created dramatic improvements in the type of outputs that can be expected from laser cutters.

How to match laser cutting technology to application requirements
By Markus Klemm, Spartanics
To source the best laser cutting technology for your operation, first determine application requirements in terms of: complexity of geometries to be cut; production rates required; sheet vs. web; and type of materials (PET, ABS, polycarbonate, etc.).

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Free NI Measurement and Automation Catalog
The National Instruments catalog is the leading virtual instrumentation resource for engineers and scientists seeking the most productive customer-defined software and hardware tools.

IR Automation Guidebook: Temperature Monitoring and Control with IR Cameras
By FLIR
Handbook helps those considering the creation or improvement of production automation or monitoring systems with IR cameras. Numerous application examples are presented with explanations of how these IR vision systems can best be implemented.

Cognex announces on-line tool to calculate cost savings of vision technology
On-line tool helps manufacturers understand the benefits that can be achieved through the use of machine vision and industrial identification.

GKS Inspection Services expands 3D scanning capabilities
GKS now provides Computed Tomography scanning services for 3D scanning of parts with very complex internal geometry.

Navitar publishes 2009 Machine Vision Catalog
The catalog has an extensive line-up of over 400 products including high magnification zoom, telecentric, large format, motorized and video lenses.

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Watching food in 3D
Control Engineering Europe, March 2009
By David Hannaby, Sick UK
Quality inspection with a 3D system can be enhanced because it can detect the depth of a surface defect. A 2D inspection system may pick up defects in a product that result in a colour or grey scale differences but it cannot detect the depth of the defect. Here are examples from the food industry.

Video security travels on existing control system
InTech, February 2009
By Al Larson, Madison Water Utility, and Steve Rubin, Longwatch
The task was 'simple.' Put cameras at 32 remote sites and bring back video clips over the utility's radio network. A Longwatch video surveillance system put video on the plant’s Wonderware HMI/SCADA system.

Robots, Machine Vision Cut Defect Rates
Assembly, February 2009
The Meister Group in Belgium produces electric valve parts for use in anti-lock braking systems. To reduce the number of defective parts getting through, Meister installed a pair of automated checking and sorting systems employing a trio of In-Sight 1000 machine vision systems from Cognex and a pair six-axis ARC Mate 100iB robots from Fanuc Robotics.

Critical Vessel Monitoring
By FLIR
Infrared monitoring eliminates or minimizes the installation of point contact temperature sensors. Since contact sensors can only monitor “pin point” areas, there is always a concern about non-uniform temperatures throughout a vessel and across its surface. A few IR cameras eliminate this concern by monitoring the entire vessel surface, providing instantaneous non-contact temperature measurements.

Grinding systems use robot grippers and high-resolution cameras
By IDS Imaging
ROBOWORKER in Germany uses cameras to control robot grippers in an engine milling system. A pattern matching algorithm quickly and reliably detects the position and orientation of individual parts. Based on this data, a software PLC controls the grippers of two RL-10 linear three-axis robots.

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Hexagon Metrology acquires Technodigit SARL
Technodigit developed 3DReshaper software, designed for 3D point cloud and 3D mesh manipulation for reverse engineering, rapid prototyping, product design and industrial inspection.

Navitar appoints Patrick Buvé Regional Sales Manager
Buvé will be based in Belgium and oversee Navitar staff in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Researchers say interaction with machines will cause a 'robotic gulf' by 2020
Vision Systems Design, December 2008
Spanish researchers have carried out a study looking into the potential future impact of robots on society. Their conclusions show that the enormous automation capacity of robots and their ability to interact with humans will cause a technological imbalance over the next 12 years between those who have them and those who do not.

FARO names Gary Telling Business Development Director
Most recently, Telling served as GM's Advanced Global Metrology Lead where he developed business cases for the company’s metrology strategies.

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Honeywell to help protect Woodside's LNG plant
Honeywell will protect Woodside’s Pluto onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with a sophisticated industrial security system.

Digital Precision uses Toshiba camera in Metrology & Inspection Station
Toshiba Teli's CSL8000CL linescan camera is being used in the OneTouch-LS station to scan parts with a stroke of 150mm (x axis) and 75mm (z axis).

Techwell supplies video components to Siemens Building Technologies
Siemens Building Technologies designed Techwell's TW2815 into multiple video surveillance products to be distributed worldwide.

Thyssen opts for Cognex vision
Control Engineering Europe, June 2008
In the last year, the Bremen site installed 120 In-Sight sensors. In the six years prior to that over 320 vision sensors, from the In-Sight product family and around 24 PC-based systems with VisionPro were integrated at the same site. The sensors are placed on robotic arms on the assembly line in order to verify engine motor assembly.

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Hannover Messe
April 20 - 24 Hannover, Germany
HANNOVER MESSE is the world's leading industrial technology trade fair. Established 60 years ago, the event is internationally renowned for new products, innovative technologies, and knowledge transfer in sectors that range from automation, energy, and microtechnology to compressed air, power transmission, and surface treatment. HANNOVER MESSE also features an extensive range of conferences and special events, including Energy Efficiency, Global Business Forum, World Energy Dialogue, and Hermes Award, the world's most lucrative prize for pioneering technology.

Plant Maintenance and Design Engineering
May 12-14, 2009 Montréal, QC, Canada
The leading event for manufacturing professionals from throughout Quebec to find the products, services and information they need to stay competitive.

ISA International Instrumentation Symposium  
June 1-5, 2009 League City, Texas
The 55th annual ISA IIS covers electronic instrumentation, wireless technology, Cybersecurity, aerospace systems, process measurement and control, and more.

International Robots, Vision & Motion Control Show and Conference
June 9-11, 2009 Rosemount, IL
In addition to showcasing the latest products and services for robots, machine vision, and motion control, the show gives attendees a chance to get “hands-on” opportunities.

NIWeek Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference and Exhibition
August 4-6, 2009 - Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
National Instruments' NIWeek 2009 offers three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing and test. The conference also features keynote presentations and demonstrations that highlight how engineers and scientists can use NI graphical system design to test, measure and fix inefficient products and processes to improve everyday life.

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