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| Current thoughts on machine vision applications in the container industry The container industry was one of the first to embrace machine vision or its predecessor non-contact, electro-optical technologies. When the U.S. made wide use of refillable bottles (during my lifetime maybe not yours), there was a need to assure that the returned bottles were clean and had no residue in the base before they were filled again. As far back as 1948 there were systems using scanning optics with a photomultiplier that assured the bottles were empty before being refilled. Read more... |
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 Is turnkey HMI right for you? “The cheese stands alone, the cheese stands alone.” The phrase may have made sense in a childhood nursery rhyme, but when it comes to human-machine interfaces and visualization systems, the concept just doesn't apply. Once simple, self-contained entities of switches and push buttons, HMIs no longer stand alone in the manufacturing environment. Read more... |
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Automation and control manufacturers launched more new products and solutions in 2004 than in recent years. As a result, Control Engineering's editors evaluated a larger pool of nominees to choose the 40 winners of the 18th annual Editors' Choice Awards. Read more... KUKA Robotics announces new robotic prototyping technology
Use these links to visit Packaging Digest's and Control Engineering's website.
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