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The toolkit allows for easy integration and application development of 3DPIXA stereo camera within the National Instruments LabVIEW environment.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturers worldwide are in a productivity race enabled by a wide range of new automation technology. In order for your company to remain competitive, it needs to apply new technology to grow and survive in the world economy. To do this, manufacturing companies must stay up to date on the latest developments.

Wolt has a BSEE degree from University of Washington Seattle with follow-on graduate coursework at Washington, and has extensive hardware design experience in the aerospace as well as commercial sectors.

Shipments of embedded vision devices in the automotive, industrial automation, physical security and business intelligence markets are forecast to exceed 14 million units in 2018, up from almost four million units this year.

According to a report by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), from 2008 to 2011 robotics created up to 80,000 jobs in the electronics sector.

Dutch bulk terminal company is using FLIR thermal imaging cameras to help monitor coal temperatures that signal potential self-combustion hazards before they have a chance to erupt.

Integrys is a source of embedded computing, imaging technology, engineering know-how and local product support in Canada.

Zygo provides optical metrology solutions, high-precision optics, and optical assemblies for use in a wide range of scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Industrial control systems are the “brains” of any automated manufacturing system. Many of these systems require motion systems - “brawn” - to accomplish the physical aspects of automation. Motion technologies have improved and are refined to meet the new manufacturing requirements. MDA North America provides the opportunity for engineers to sharpen motion knowledge and learn from industry experts first hand.

Wetzel joins IMPERX from TRUESENSE Imaging, formerly Eastman Kodak Company Image Sensor Solutions group, where he held various product and sales management roles

Total machine components grew 29% in the first quarter, while total machine vision systems grew six percent, according to statistics issued by AIA, the industry’s trade group.

IMPERX designs and manufactures industrial cameras, frame grabbers and advanced imaging solutions used in the machine vision, medical, military, aerospace, surveillance and automation markets.

LightWise Allegro USB3 Vision cameras work with ActiveUSB series of universal camera SDKs and drivers for developers and system integrators.

The catalog contains more than 800 unique stock imaging lenses, cameras, filters, illumination, and more.

February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $354.40 million, down 6.6% from January and down 6.2% when compared with the total of $377.82 million reported for February 2013.

USB3 Vision is a machine vision interface standard designed to enable seamless integration between USB 3.0 cameras, cables and image processing libraries from different vendors.

The demand for machines in sectors such as agriculture, packaging, materials handling and machine tools will push revenues to $1.6 trillion this year, up from $1.5 trillion in 2013.

Total sales of machine vision components and systems grew over nine percent in 2013, more than double the initially forecasted growth according to AIA, the industry’s trade group.

TechwaY will be the distirbutor in France for high-speed, high-resolution cameras.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Helmuth Ludwig, CEO of Siemens Industry Sector USA, provided his views on the 2014 manufacturing outlook and other industry topics, including the first live display of an assembly line at the Auto Show in Detroit, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first assembly line.