Connectivity - Machine+Vision Features

Meeting standards in food manufacturing with machine vision

According to a recent survey, only 1.7 percent of businesses are using machine vision, and a further 0.4 percent are testing specific advanced technologies using machine vision. This is concerning, particularly for food and beverage manufacturers that rely on their products meeting strict standards.

Minimising supply chain disruption with automation

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hugely disruptive to global business operations over the last 18 months. The lockdowns of 2020 forced many organisations to abandon traditional processes and embrace new technologies in order to remain operational. Fast forward to today and labour shortages, rising transport costs, and ongoing travel restrictions have caused serious disruptions to global supply chains.

The digital revolution is arriving in prototyping

From the first light bulb to the first computer, great ideas change the world. When we think back on these inventions though, we often think of the end product and overlook everything that came before it. We forget that at one stage the greatest products we know and use today started as a mere idea with no physical form. A critical part of developing those products from ideas to being fully formed is prototyping.

Boost fitness tracker accuracy using high-accuracy pressure sensors

Wearable devices with health and fitness tracking capabilities are growing in popularity. While accelerometers typically feature as a key motion sensor in such applications, they are limited in their ability to provide an accurate estimate of vertical motion, which is essential for accurately determining such parameters as calories expended when climbing an incline.

Machine vision inspection in the food industry
- Machine Vision
- (10/03/2021)
The need to manufacture products reliably and without faults is more important in the food and beverage industry than anywhere else.
Predictions in technology are almost always wrong
- Machine Vision
- (05/03/2021)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of becoming an irreplaceable tool in a wide range of fields, such as working from home, avionics, telecommunications and defence.

Ship shape: vibration sensors improve onboard maintenance
- Machine Vision
- (29/01/2021)
Norwegian ship owner Solvang has introduced predictive maintenance to its fleet of tankers by investing in the new system for manual vibration monitoring, Enlight ProCollect from SKF.
Smart sensors benefit from the latest ASICs and SiPs
- Machine Vision
- (26/11/2020)
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), sometimes referred to as Industry 4.0 or the Smart Factory, is a sector that is growing fast. Some believe it is a market that could be worth more than $200 billion quite soon. To take full advantage, manufacturers must ensure that their production facilities remain competitive by embracing the IIoT – where the physical world is connected to the digital via smart sensors..

The connected electrician
- Machine Vision
- (19/08/2020)
Competitive prices, expertise and unbeatable customer service make a successful electrician. Yet, in today’s day and age, being connected is your killer advantage. Digital is big business, with McKinsey predicting it to generate $11.1 trillion a year by 2025. If a contractor can adopt digital products and offerings, they have an edge on the competition and success will follow..
Smart manufacturing is advancing utilisation
- Machine Vision
- (13/08/2020)
According to analysts, manufacturing technology innovations, productivity and business growth are being adopted to address the rise of mass customisation and converging technology advancements for the next generation of manufacturing infrastructures.