Factory Automation

The Imaging Source's Robust Industrial Cameras Deliver Reliable and Repeatable Performance, Offering a Proven Hardware Design With Long Product Life Cycles.

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Factory Automation

Industrial Cameras for Automation Equipment

Modern factory automation increases quality, output and efficiency. Machine vision provides these automation systems with crucial imaging data in order to fulfill the production objectives found in a variety of industries and manufacturing environments. Whether it's assembly line, special-purpose machinery or systems integration, The Imaging Source's broad camera portfolio offers imaging solutions to meet these objectives.

The Imaging Source's robust industrial cameras deliver reliable and repeatable performance, offering a proven hardware design with long product life cycles. USB3 Vision and GigE Vision compliance standards ensure rapid camera integration into systems using the standard. While the demands on camera-based systems vary widely, The Imaging Source industrial cameras with the latest Sony and onsemi CMOS sensors offer a range of resolutions, frame rates and interfaces.

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Industrial Cameras for Automation Equipment

Applications

Gauging and Part Measurement
Gauging and Part Measurement

The Imaging Source's industrial cameras provide the detailed image data necessary for high-accuracy dimensional analysis, enabling accurate assessment of critical dimensions, geometric tolerances, and positions for a variety of components.

Surface Inspection
Surface Inspection

The Imaging Source's industrial cameras deliver crisp, high-contrast imaging for detecting surface defects (cracks, scratches, inclusions, fibers, etc.) in automated inspection systems across various industries.

Presence Verification
Presence Verification

Pattern-based verification, color image processing or deep learning are just some techniques used to complete presence verification tasks. No matter the technique, The Imaging Source has a camera to deliver the perfect image.

Code Reading
Code Reading

Robust industrial cameras from The Imaging Source produce precision image data for optical character recognition (OCR), enabling efficient data flow for critical tasks such as inventory management, quality control, and compliance.

Case Studies

Waste Intelligence: Industrial Zoom Cameras Deliver Imaging Flexibility for AI-Driven Waste Recovery
Waste Intelligence: Industrial Zoom Cameras Deliver Imaging Flexibility…

By 2030, the global population will create 2.59 billion tons of municipal solid waste every year. As much as 95% of that material is recoverable,…

Industrial Cameras Deliver the Data for Automated Visual Inspection (Case Study)
Industrial Cameras Deliver the Data for Automated Visual Inspection…

Industrial Cameras Help Industry Move Toward a Zero Defects Objective Automotive manufacturers know that even the slightest error can be a costly…

Deep-Learning-Based OCR: Casing Inspection Saves Labor and Reduces Errors
Deep-Learning-Based OCR: Casing Inspection Saves Labor and Reduces Errors

Headstamps are ammunition markings which serve as a classification system to account for the use, safe transportation, storage and quality control…

Video: High-Speed Inspection Sorting (REGG Inspection) with USB 3.0 Industrial Cameras
Video: High-Speed Inspection Sorting (REGG Inspection) with USB 3.0…

REGG Inspection designs and manufactures high quality inspection systems using a modular design concept. Based on customer needs, the system uses…

Multi-sensor Data Fusion for In-line Visual Inspection
Multi-sensor Data Fusion for In-line Visual Inspection

Visual inspection is the cornerstone of most quality control workflows. When performed by humans the process is expensive, prone to error, and…

Steel Manufacturer Uses Machine Vision to Improve Efficiency and Quality
Steel Manufacturer Uses Machine Vision to Improve Efficiency and Quality

Identifying and tracking steel during production can present manufacturers with special challenges. In nearly every industry, barcoding has long…

Mind the Gap: Dropwatching with Machine Vision
Mind the Gap: Dropwatching with Machine Vision

The following is an overview of an inkjet technology workshop and their use of the DMK 33GP031. For more technical information about how the DMK…

Products for Factory Automation Applications

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Industrial Cameras
Industrial Cameras
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Board Cameras
Board Cameras
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Zoom & Autofocus Cameras
Zoom & Autofocus Cameras
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Unique Cameras
Unique Cameras
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Edge Cameras
Edge Cameras
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MIPI CSI-2
MIPI CSI-2
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FPD-Link III Cameras
FPD-Link III Cameras
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6-Channel FPD-Link III
6-Channel FPD-Link III
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IC Measure
IC Measure
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IC Capture
IC Capture
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IC Imaging Control
IC Imaging Control
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IC Barcode
IC Barcode
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Optics
Optics
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Accessories
Accessories
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Embedded
Embedded
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