COGNEX ANNOUNCES COLOUR AND HI-RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENTS TO OMNIVIEW 360° INSPECTION SYSTEM
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) today announced its next generation OmniView® 360° inspection system, now with colour and 5 megapixel high resolution cameras. OmniView allows detailed inspection and verification of unoriented wine and juice bottles, canned goods, pharmaceutical vials and other cylindrical packages right on the production line. Using the latest Windows® 7, 64-bit PCs, OmniView technology inspects products at up to 1200 parts per minute without disrupting bottling and packaging lines.
OmniView can help to minimize product recalls and protect brand image by ensuring product quality, help control process by identifying defects early, track parts through the supply chain by reading labels and codes, and provide a more effective use of labour by eliminating the need for manual inspection. It uses four cameras positioned around the conveyor to capture views of all sides of a product. These are mapped into a 3D model using proprietary Cognex vision technology, and then inspected using Cognex’s VisionPro® software library. An additional fifth camera can be used to confirm that the lid or cap matches the label on the front of the package.
Expanded Colour Capabilities
Now with full colour inspection, OmniView 5.0 allows manufacturing plants to inspect colour logos, match the cap and label colours, and confirm the colour of bottle contents. It also provides operators with an appealing colour display.
High Resolution Inspection
Using up to 5 megapixel cameras, OmniView can perform detailed inspections on slower lines. The higher resolution can also be used to image tall bottles in a single field of view, while retaining enough resolution to clearly read small print or Data Matrix codes.
“Version 5.0 of OmniView dramatically increases the vision and ID applications that can be solved with expanded colour functionality and higher resolution options,” said Markku Jaaskelainen, Executive Vice President and Business Unit Manager for Vision Software. “In addition, OmniView now offers GigE support for the best price/performance option.”
OmniView 5.0 cylindrical product inspection system comes complete with:
• OmniView application software, complete with turnkey user interface
• Cognex VisionPro vision tools for product identification and inspection
• A set of calibration plates to support 3D modelling
• Cameras: either four or five camera system, in colour or monochrome
For more information about the OmniView cylindrical inspection system, visit www.cognex.com/omniview.
