News & Events - Advanced Illumination

August 29, 2019 | Lighting Education

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: whereas bright ﬁeld (BF) lighting is a more common application for most inspections, dark ﬁeld (DF) lighting has a more specific and limited set of requirements for its successful application. We will concentrate on a comparison between the two using common vision applications.

August 5, 2019 | Press Releases

New Product Release: UltraSeal Washdown Backlights

We are proud to announce the release of our UltraSeal Washdown Backlights. The innovative BL245 UltraSeal Washdown Backlights are engineered with a sealed, flush surface, making them virtually crevice-free. The backlights are IP69K certified, ensuring they are protected against close-range high-pressure spray down while providing a dust-tight enclosure.

June 17, 2019 | Ai Technology

The SignaTech Advantage

SignaTech (Signature Technology) is Advanced illumination’s proprietary control system that allows our LED illuminators in machine vision systems to operate at maximum output under all operating conditions, while protecting the light head from damage. The SignaTech Control System allows pulsing of certain LEDs up to 50x overdrive currents while still maintaining the highest flux output and longest lifetime of the LEDs.

June 5, 2019 | Lighting Education

Lighting Technique: Backlighting & Wavelength Considerations

In machine vision, backlighting is one of the most common and useful lighting techniques. However, incorporating backlighting into machine vision systems can be difficult, primarily because component placement geometry requires access to the part top and bottom (or front and back) for the camera and backlight.

November 8, 2018 | Lighting Education

Light is Essential for Vision

Manufacturers and OEMs seeking to create a machine vision system to automate production or improve product quality are faced with numerous choices. Knowledge of the types of systems and the array of options can be confusing. There are so many factors to consider in keeping costs low without comprising inspection robustness. Precision Lighting Matters In […]

November 6, 2018 | 2018

New Multi-Channel Quad Controller Maximizes Image Options

Advances in camera technology including CMOS image sensors are making multi-shot captures viable in machine vision inspections. This capability, when combined with LED lighting, helps solve image challenges of a single shot capture of the object to be inspected. Now various arrays of LED lighting can work with cameras to accomplish a computed single image […]

October 25, 2018 | OEM Capabilities

OEM Solutions At The Speed of Light

With tens of thousands of lighting systems installed we can support the tight integration and quality the OEM demands for high volume applications. Our flexible designs mean the products can be tailored quickly to a wide range of lengths and sizes. We offer a full spectrum (pun intended) of design, development, testing, and manufacturing. Our lighting […]

October 25, 2018 | Lighting Education

The Image is Everything

Machine vision lighting includes both industrial and non-industrial applications where a combination of hardware and software provide operational guidance to devices in the execution of their functions based on the capture and processing of images. Lighting is critical to render visibility to the object to be imaged; other necessary elements are optics to focus the […]