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Process Thermal Imaging
Process Safety | February 6, 2012

Thermal Imaging Instead of Thermocouples

Critical Vessel Monitoring System from Land Instruments International measures surface temperature more than 15 times as often as typical thermocouple-based systems.
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notepad barcode scanner wireless bluetooth
Vision | December 7, 2011

Rugged Notepad with Barcode Scanner

The company’s latest mobile device is the Mesa Rugged Notepad with Barcode Scanner, a Windows Mobile device with a large 5.7-in. display that still fits comfortably in one hand.
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Vision | December 2, 2011

Cameras for High Resolution and Speed

Falcon2 high performance area scan camera series is comprised of three high performance models, including the 12M model, which reportedly delivers the industry’s highest resolution in its category.
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Vision | December 1, 2011

Camera Link HS Machine Vision Standard Released

Machine vision systems must run increasingly quickly to keep up with the throughput demanded by today’s automated systems, and a number of standards are being promoted to help do that.
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Vision | November 29, 2011

Compact Industrial Vision Solution

The BOA Pro smart camera combines the robustness of the company’s BOA smart camera with the flexibility of embedded Sherlock inspection software.
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Vision | November 1, 2011

Machine Vision Camera Gains Interface

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SCADA | October 1, 2011

Software New Product Briefs: Web Based SCADA, Machine Vision, more

New versions of five automation software products.
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Vision | September 27, 2011

Pharma Inspection System Guarantees Accurate Product

BellatRx Sentinal inspection system handles simple inspections like cap placement or as sophisticated as inspecting label for integrity, presence and accuracy of lot numbers. Can also be used for serialization.
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Vision | September 26, 2011

Vision Software & Hardware

At the Assembly and Automation Technology Expo, Sept. 20-22, Camron Franklin, President, Integrated System Solutions, provides a demo of batch-code verification on paint cans with Microscan's vision software and hardware. (Approximate Time: 1:59)
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Vision | September 26, 2011

Precision Inspection Systems

Boulder Imaging (www.boulderimaging.com) exhibited at the Assembly and Automation Technology Expo in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 20-22, 2011, and stressed its precision inspection capabilities for a wide range of applications, including process control, assembly and print/web inspections.
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Vision | September 1, 2011

High-Speed, 3D Camera

The C4-2040-GigE, the newest addition to the company’s C4 camera series, comes with 3D sensors and a resolution of 2,048 x 1,088 pixels.
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SCADA | August 30, 2011

Software Briefs: New Versions and Enhancements

New versions and upgrades announced for a variety of change management, machine vision, SCADA and other tools.
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Vision | August 9, 2011

NI Week 2011: Beer Bottle Application

Automation World is covering NI Week 2011 event and the video, below, provides a look at how Labview is used for automated inspection on a beer bottle line. (Approximate time :50)
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Vision | August 4, 2011

NI Week 2011: Robotic Vision Application

Mauro Capetti, engineer at ImagingLab SRL, demonstrates a robotic vision application at NI Week 2011. (Approximate Time: 1:40).
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A mobile phone with a camera is being used to scan the 2D Microsoft Tag barcode on a Power MIG 180 to access information about t
August 1, 2011

Equipment Manufacturer Deploys Microsoft Tag Codes

2D tag codes can be used with smart phones to access information about the product as well as operation tips. 
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