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IMS Research projects that machine vision growth will be strongest in China, South Korea and Taiwan reflecting the general economic growth forecast in these countries.

Automation.com, October 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor It is hard to find another platform with the computing power and rapid prototyping capabilities of LabVIEW coupled with NI hardware. Because it comes at a price, their products are used in demanding industrial automation applications out of the reach of typical industrial controllers.

Forbes will address the impact of the President and his administration on the future of the U.S. economy and business growth during a keynote presentation at Automation 2013 in Chicago on January 22.

Total machine vision sales in North America rose three percent compared to the second quarter of 2011, according to AIA, the industry’s trade group.

BMW's factory in Landshut, Germany, uses digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies to test instrument panel carrier frames for the MINI Countryman.

Automation.com, August 2012 By Lantech In the case of industrial networks, managing the multicast video by IGMP snooping is a consensus for MIS. However, could IGMP snooping really satisfy for its video stream management in transportation surveillance project?

The image sensors for the Curiosity's Navcams and Hazcams were built in Teledyne DALSA's Bromont, Quebec, semiconductor foundry.

Downloadable engineering files with integration specifications are available for TECHSPEC Imaging Optics.

IMS says the world market for machine vision grew more than 10 percent in 2011, but this level of growth is unlikely to be sustained.

Website covers sensors, transducers, vision, RFID systems and networking products.

Machine vision sales in North America fell two percent compared to the first quarter of 2011, according to AIA, the industry’s trade group.

A thermoIMAGER TIM thermal imaging camera is installed in the injection moulding machine from Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ KTT to detect defective parts.

Automation.com, May 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Plant people use all five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) in troubleshooting, diagnosis, and determining areas for improvements. At Fluke headquarters in Everett, Washington, I experienced firsthand new products that amplify our senses and go beyond them to increase productivity and effectiveness.

Camera Link HS builds on the key strengths of Camera Link and adds new features and functions to meet customers’ demands.

TVI Vision has developed, manufactured and marketed line scan cameras for industrial machine vision applications since 1993.

Strain Solutions Ltd is using Micro-Epsilon’s thermoIMAGER TIM160 inline radiometric thermal imaging camera for thermal non-destructive evaluation (NDE) projects.

MPI helps smaller companies in the polymer industry by using an NVision MobileScan laser scanning system to re-engineer or inspect parts to a high level of accuracy.

Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America climbed five percent in 2011 to nearly $1.9 billion, according to AIA.

Catalog covers sensors, lighting and indicators, machine vision, wireless and machine safety.

EyeVision software now supports CoaXPress cameras, along with USB, FireWire (IEEE1394), GigE and CameraLink.