Cognex Enhances Omniview 360deg Inspection System

The Omniview system allows detailed inspection and verification of unoriented wine and juice bottles, canned goods, pharmaceutical vials and other cylindrical packages right on the production line. Cognex now offers the Omniview inspection system with colour and 5megapixel high-resolution cameras. Using the latest Windows 7, 64-bit PCs, Omniview technology inspects products at up to 1,200 parts per minute without disrupting bottling and packaging lines.

Omniview can help to minimise product recalls and protect brand image by ensuring product quality, help control process by identifying defects early, track parts through the supply chain by reading labels and codes, and provide a more effective use of labour by eliminating the need for manual inspection. It uses four cameras positioned around the conveyor to capture views of all sides of a product. These are mapped into a 3D model using Cognex vision technology and then inspected using Cognex's Visionpro software library.

An additional fifth camera can be used to confirm that the lid or cap matches the label on the front of the package. Now with full colour inspection, Omniview 5.0 allows manufacturing plants to inspect colour logos, match the cap and label colours, as well as confirm the colour of bottle contents. It also provides operators with a colour display. Using up to 5megapixel cameras, Omniview can perform detailed inspections on slower lines.

The higher resolution can also be used to image tall bottles in a single field of view, while retaining enough resolution to clearly read small print or data matrix codes. Version 5.0 of Omniview also offers GigE support. The Omniview 5.0 cylindrical product inspection system comes complete with: Omniview application software; Cognex Visionpro vision tools for product identification and inspection; a set of calibration plates to support 3D modelling; and either a four- or five-camera system, in colour or monochrome.

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