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LED Color Temperature in Machine Vision

When specifying LED lighting for machine vision applications, the LED wavelength can have a significant impact on the success of the vision inspection.  When utilizing white LEDs, it’s important to understand that the radiated emissions are a combination of most of the wavelengths from the visible spectrum; for white LEDs, the color temperatures range from […]

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Meat Processing Inspection with UltraSeal Washdown Backlights

Machine Vision Challenge: Meat Processing & Inspection Achieving pinpoint accuracy with a vision system while maintaining the highest levels of sanitation within automated meat processing is a must. The inspection system must identify foreign objects, whether bits of metal or plastic, while being rugged enough to withstand the challenging environment of stray particles and corrosive […]

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CSI, Inc. Cement Board Inspection Application

Control Systems Integrators, Inc. was contacted to configure a lighting solution for a customer inspecting white fiber-cement boards. The motion inspection through an enclosed tunnel posed a unique challenge, and Bar Lights from Advanced illumination assisted in the vision inspection solution.

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Photometric Stereo Technique

For many surfaces, simple defects such as scratches and dents are easily identifiable with a machine vision camera and a traditional lighting solution. However, some objects have 3D aspects that make accurately identifying surface defects more difficult. To achieve feature-appropriate surface contrast to gather a 3D perspective, Photometric Stereo may be applied.

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When Adequate Lighting Isn’t “Good Enough”

Today there is a wide variety of lighting sources, types, geometries, and wavelengths available for vision engineers to apply, often with more than one type or geometry functioning adequately.  But with the many overlapping choices, how do we determine whether a lighting solution is, or is not, truly “good enough”?

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Cylindrical Surface Inspection

Not all surfaces respond similarly to standard direct illumination techniques. Surface color, texture, shape, and composition can all influence where and how much of the incident light is reflected into a vision camera, greatly affecting the inspection results. Read on for our example of inspecting a cylindrical surface.

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Bright Field vs. Dark Field Lighting Techniques

Determining whether to apply lights in a bright field versus dark field geometry is one of the more difficult decisions facing Machine Vision engineers. Both techniques have advantages and disadvantages: in this blog, we will concentrate on a comparison between the two using common vision applications.

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