Products these days are often not produced in the same place, due to changing demands on product quality and processing speed. Across a variety of industries – from pharma, electronic, food or automotive - commodity flows are getting more complex and production flows are getting faster.

  Machine Vision solutions often require multiple components. In addition to the camera, a light and lens is usually needed. To save the user searching for additional components and enable immediately image capture, EVT has developed a housing which integrates the lighting and lens.

The EyeVision image processing software from Eye Vision Technology can be used for various applications such as the in-line control of biomarkers.

Measuring just 20x20mm, the EyeSens ZQ vision sensor is claimed by manufacturer Eye Vision Technology to be one of the smallest intelligent cameras available. The camera's real time evaluation makes it very fast. The powerful ZYNQ processor with DualCore ARM the vision sensor can carry out applications much faster than the ordinary EyeSens vision sensor.

EVT now offers a complete solution with the cross line generator. It is available with a mini-PC with the software function to draw a cross line as an overlay into the live image. With the interfaces of the cross line generator the user can connect USB and GigE cameras to the systen. For the user a process mode can be created, which means that the user only has to click on the „start“ and „stop“ buttons to run the program ...

The intelligent thermal imaging camera - EyeCheck Thermo - is now available with either protection class IP65 or IP67, meaning it is suitable for industrial use. In addition, the user can combine the camera with the EyeMount profiles, to set-up robust and easy to handle stands.

The new EyeMount system from EVT is a mounting and positioning system for mounting cameras, vision sensors, mini-PCs, displays and lighting for machine vision. It helps to dispose of the usual flaws of conventional fixtures by offering a permanent fixation of the monitoring unit.

The pharmaceutical industry is utilising the EyeVision image processing software for the accurate inspection of glass vials. A smart camera from the EyeCheck 3xxx series is used, which also includes the EyeVision software. The camera is mounted above the conveyor belt and inspects the constantly moving vials with a speed of about 30 frames per second. With this camera several characteristics are inspected at the same time.

The EyeSens systems from EVT Eye Vision Technology can now also serve as an OPC server. The OPC standard allows the EyeSens sensors and also the EyeVision software to function as an OPC server. Therefore, detected data such as measured values are now easily sent to a client. The user can determine which data should be sent with the standard interfaces (RS232 or Ethernet) of the vision sensor to the OPC client. 

EVT Eye Vision Technology has announced that its EyeVision 3.1.12 LTS now supports Profinet and also an SQL database. Additionally, the image processing software EyeVision, is also prepared for Industry 4.0. Besides the revised colour inspection commands, the Code Reader was also extended (DMC, bar code, QR, etc).

The EyeVision 3.0 image processing software is very flexible concerning its application possibilities. Therefore it is also applied at the production of credit cards. In the current case the BLOB command (object counter) is used. When manufacturing the cards, IC chips must be attached to the card properly using solder paste. The paste is dispensed to the cards at two positions and they must maintain certain amount and shape.

EVT's EyeVision Software can be used for a variety of applications such as in packaging machines for sanitary towels and incontinence products. The towels, which are ejected from the production machine, are inspected with an inline quality check for the correct alignment, the geometric contour and the thickness of the product.

EVT has developed an intelligent thermography-camera. The EyeCheck Thermo smart camera is based on the technology of the SAITIS-640 IR-Camera from DST CONTROL and EVT's software-knowledge. In the compact housing is a freely programmable FPGA. The integrated ZYNQ board Raze1-30 is at the customers disposal. It is also possible to use different ZYNQ boards, corresponding to customer requirements.

A series of LEDs that can be controlled by the user has been introduced by EVT. The BrainLight LEDs allow users to create and save individual lighting patterns, which can be easily adjusted.

  EVT introduces the compact EyeVBox IV machine vision processor. When combined with the EyeVision image processing software, this combination is unbeatable at application areas such as measurement technology, pattern of comparative, object detection, code reading and clear writing reading.

  For applications with an increased demand for cleanliness, EVT has developed the Particle Inspector. Applications range from production in microelectronics and precision engineering to life sciences and healthcare.

The EyeVision image processing software by EVT can now inspect defects on both male and female threads. The images are best captured with a super wide angle lens. The evaluation is carried out automatically with the EyeVision inspection programme, which inspects if the thread is complete and detects damages and flaws.

The revised EyeMIO-v2 has been released by EVT. The EyeMIO is an PLC-IO-Module for industrial use. In combination with machine vision systems by EVT, it takes on the control of the peripheral devices and therefore is an interface between the image processing system and the production plant.

To allow designers to successfully apply flux to solar cells, EVT has introduced a flux inspection system. The system controls the application of flux and inspects its presence on the conduction bands before soldering.

In addition to the software solution ChipControl, which contains a specialised command set for the inspection of various semiconductor parts, EVT now has developed the ready-to-use system ChipEye 5Side, which can be built into the machine to solve a large variety of applications with the already well proven commands. Users can inspect Pin 1, coplanarity, scratches and many more.