INDUSTRIAL IMAGE PROCESSING

Visual quality controls are still carried out manually in many production plants by trained employees using the dual control principle. However, this method involves a number of disadvantages. To err is human, as we all know. The assessment of whether a part is “good” or not is also strongly influenced by the subjective opinion of the examiner. In addition, only random samples are checked for larger production quantities. This is where machine vision solutions offer enormous advantages.

Machine vision, or industrial image processing, is the automated, digital quality assessment of test objects. The defined requirements are evaluated based on a captured image, in 2D or 3D.

Machine vision helps to perform complex industrial tasks reliably and with repeatable results.

Due to the following factors, the importance of machine vision solutions is increasing:

• increasing production figures
• decreasing cycle times for individual production steps
• increasing complexity of products and components
• increasing quality requirements
• Inspection tasks can not be fulfilled by the staff in some cases.
• Individual production steps are no longer accessible (e.g.: robot cell).

OUR PORTFOLIO OF SERVICES

AUTFORCE Vision Systems is the sister company of AUTFORCE Automation and was founded in 2014 in Lienz, where the company headquarters are still located. As a full-service provider for industrial image processing, AUTFORCE Vision Systems is one of the leading companies in this industry in Austria. Our services include:

• Feasibility studies
• Project planning
• Parameterization
• Connection to PLC systems
• Commissioning & training
• Aftercare & service
• Retrofitting: migration of old applications to state-of-the-art technologies
• Professional equipment such as lighting, lenses, filters, etc.