Birgit Gottsauner

Color sensors help with transmission manufacture

A German transmission manufacturer is using new color area sensors in a pilot application for inspecting colored sealing plugs. Dustproof and splashproof devices can learn and save as many as 16 color samples without programming and complete up to 30 inspections per second. The Saarbrücken plant of ZF Getriebe GmbH is headquarters of the car driveline technology division of ZF Friedrichsha...