Declining Numbers in German Mechanical Engineering In November 2019, order intake in the mechanical engineering sector in Germany fell by 15% in real terms compared with the previous year. While orders from domestic customers fell by 15%, foreign customers ordered 14% fewer machines. Orders from the euro partner countries fell by 11%, while non-euro...
New IFR President The robotics association IFR has elected Steven Wyatt (m.) as its new president. He succeeds Junji Tsuda, Yaskawa (l.), who had been in office since December 2017. Wyatt is Global Head of Portfolio and Digital for ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation division. Prior to his election as IFR President, he served his predecessor as Vice...
Pyramid Computer goes North America Pyramid Computer announced new North America operations, based in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Josef Schneider, CEO of Pyramid Computer GmbH in Germany, said: "We are thrilled to announce an experienced sales and leadership team to spearhead our Pyramid North America operations. This move allows us to finally become a real...
Stradvision Raises USD27m for ADAS Systems Stradvision, a developer in vision processing technology for Autonomous Vehicles, has announced it raised USD27m in its Series B funding round. This round brings total funding to USD40m. Stradvision's efforts are based on its SVNet Deep Learning-based software, which enables high-level perception abilities...
Geopraevent Becomes Part of Hexagon Hexagon acquired Geopraevent as of January 1. Geopraevent will continue to operate as an independent company under its current management. The Swiss company develops avalanche radars with image algorithms for the automatic detection of surface deformations using high-resolution photos or radar detection of millimetre...
Vision Ventures monitors the performance of listed Vision companies. For example, Optex Systems EV jumped 28.6% on a revenue rise of 3.4%. This and other stock exchange data from January 6 are now available behind the link.
Honeywell Acquires Rebellion Photonics Honeywell announced that it has acquired Rebellion Photonics, a Houston-based provider of intelligent, visual gas monitoring solutions that maximize safety, operational performance, emissions mitigation and compliance in the oil and gas, petrochemical and power industries. Rebellion offers the industry's only...
New Management at Fraunhofer IPA The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation was given a new managing director in January 2020. After Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl had managed the third-largest Fraunhofer Institute on his own for years, he was most recently supported by Prof. Fritz Klocke from Aachen. On January 1, 2020, the IPA...
Control 2020 with Focus on Machine Vision The 34th Control - international trade fair for quality assurance - will take place from the 5 to 8 May 2020, and will then focus on the subject of machine vision in hall 8, where the European Machine Vision Association EMVA will also hold Control Vision Talks - forum for optical measuring technology and machine...
More than 1,000 inVISION LinkedIn Followers Shortly before the turn of the year it happened. Less than 3.5 months after the 'inVISION News' corporate site was launched on LinkedIn, it already had more than 1,000 followers. News, products and technical articles from the fields of image processing and measurement technology are posted there daily.
New Image Sensor Periodic Table With so many CMOS and CCD sensors to choose from, it's difficult to keep track. Flir's new revised Image Sensor Periodic Table categorises over 130 sensors by resolution and speed, from classic CCDs to the latest CMOS technology or the Pregius S, Sony's 4th generation sensor, from under 1MP to 25MP resolution. The free...
New CEO at Schneider Optics Inc. Effective December 16, 2019, Stuart Singer started as Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Optics Inc., the US subsidiary of Schneider-Kreuznach. Singer is responsible for the sustainable growth of Schneider Optics by reinforcing business and partnerships with current customers, developing new business and new opportunities...
New Product Manager at Isra Vision As of January 2020, Dana Diezemann is the new strategic senior product manager at Isra Vision. With her many years of experience in the camera sector, she will be responsible for expanding the product portfolio of the recently acquired Photonfocus AG and Isra Sensor Systeme. The goal is to expand Isra Vision's sensor...
Sick Opens Production Site in China Sick is expanding its local production capacities in China. In the future, the German sensor manufacturer will also produce in Changzhou in eastern China, where it will focus on localized product manufacturing and customized system construction. The location was inaugurated on December 12 in the presence of 80 guests....
Change in EMVA Presidency The EMVA announced that Dr. Chris Yates (l.) will adopt the role of President of the EMVA effective from the 1st January 2020. Chris will succeed Jochem Herrmann (r.), the current President of the EMVA, who has held the role since 2015 and now decided to step down to be able to spend more time with his family. According to the...
Fujifilm to Acquire Hitachi's Diagnostic Imaging Business Fujifilm announced that it has entered into an agreement with Hitachi to acquire Hitachi's Diagnostic Imaging-related Business to further expand its Healthcare business. Prior to the acquisition, Hitachi will establish a company and implement an absorption-type company split whereby the new company...
The optoNCDT 1760-1000 long-range laser sensor by Micro-Epsilon also measures at distances of up to 2m with up to 7.5kHz.
The Absolute 3D laser scanner AS1-XL by Hexagon is designed for inspecting large surfaces and can be used with both the laser tracker and mobile measuring arms.
As part of the joint project ‘Dynamic-holographic measurement method for recording metallic free-form surfaces (HoloMotion)’, Fraunhofer IPM was able to show that digital-holographic measurements are also possible on moving test objects.
Foreign objects in the plastic melt are a problem in extrusion.
Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik presents the WMX 600 optical shaft measuring machine with the Quick Detect (QD) function.
Install the sensor, scan the object, visualize and evaluate measurement data, all of this can be done in just ten minutes with the new MetrologyPackage from AT Automation Technology.
ICP Germany offers the E310-10EHI-J6413, a fanless embedded system that can be used for inference systems and industrial control thanks to Hailo-8TM AI IC.
Midwest Optical’s SK100 Filter Test Kit contains 70 filters for UV, VIS and NIR imaging, making it ideal for testing and evaluating image quality.
Engineered to optimize machine vision systems operating at high speeds, Smart Vision Lights ‘Hidden Strobe’ is a solution to the prevalent issue of distracting and disorienting LED strobe lights.
The Keyence VS model series enables quick problem solving for a variety of testing applications thanks to smart hardware architecture.
The IVS 108 of Leuze’s Simple Vision series detects present or absent objects.
Imec demonstrates successful incorporation of a PPD structure in the readout circuit of thin-film-based image sensors; the first of its kind.
