Appliance of science in machine vision

Vision appliances combine increased processing punch with GigE interfacing to deliver greater flexibility and applicability in industrial machine vision applications.

iPD's VA40E and VA50E provide end users and system integrators with a faster performing machine vision inspection system with a host of new upgrades and improvements.

iPD has not only doubled its standard onboard memory in the VA40E but has also included newer communication flexibility for both versions - with USB 2.0 and GigE.

The new iPD VA40E and VA50E machine vision appliances are more power-efficient and have a larger temperature tolerance in most industrial operating environments.

The new iPD VA40E and VA50E machine vision appliances come upgraded with 1.5 times the processing power of its older version and a new GigE communication protocol.

GigE Vision (Gigabit Ethernet) is the industry standard 1000Mbit/s Ethernet LAN protocol adopted for machine vision and optimised for image transfers.

It has been designed to provide greater flexibility for high performing vision inspection catering for industrial machine vision applications.

The new VA40E/50E machine vision appliances support multiple cameras for machine vision applications that require multiple views of a part, or even different parts simultaneously.

This integrated functionality provides a cost-effective and less complex solution than smart cameras.

In addition these machine vision appliances are compatible with different camera types that afford flexibility in design and upgrade options as application needs change.

Interfacing the VA40E machine vision appliance is easy.

It is fully equipped with industrial grade inputs and outputs that are broken out to removable screw terminal connectors or optoisolated modules.

Serial communication options include RS232, USB 2.0 and GigE for connecting into the factory network.

All physical connections are located on the rear panel with status lights available on the front.

Application setup software is preinstalled and ready to run; thus eliminating installation and revision control problems.

The VA40E machine vision appliance offers two distinct software interfaces, called iNspect and Sherlock.

iNspect provides application versatility and ease-of-use, allowing you to setup and deploy a machine vision solution in a matter of minutes.

For more complex tasks Sherlock provides even greater flexibility and control, giving you the tools and capabilities at your fingertips to apply to almost any application.

An additional benefit of the VA40E is that it supports 3rd party software on a Windows platform.

The new VA50E machine vision appliance provides two CameraLink camera inputs that allow you to image and inspect from two linescan cameras simultaneously.

It is supported by various cameras of different resolutions that typically range from 1024 to 8096 pixels.

The VA50E machine vision appliance provides the timing inputs and outputs for synchronising the cameras to the speed of the moving part or surface.

It caters for line scan machine vision applications such as cylindrical unwrapping, large format imaging of moving surfaces or continuous web inspection.

The 24V compatible I/O is broken out to removable screw terminal connectors or opto-isolated modules.

The VA50E machine vision inspection system is equipped with a standard serial and a GigE interface for communicating with complementary devices or connecting into the factory network.

User input is typically through keyboard, mouse and monitor attached to the unit, but is also supported remotely through the GigE connection to a common operator interface.

All physical connections are located on the VA50E rear panel with status lights available on the front.

Application setup software is preinstalled and ready to run, thus eliminating installation and revision control problems.

For maximum flexibility the VA50E machine vision inspection system is supported by our Sherlock inspection software; a powerful and proven tool that has been used in thousands of installations worldwide.

Sherlock's configurable interface allows you to quickly prototype benchmark and deploys inspection solutions.

In addition to its extensive library of preprocessors and machine vision algorithms, Sherlock supports inline scripting, user custom tools and a customisable operator interface.

Vision appliances are machine vision inspection systems well equipped to interface complementary equipment and the factory enterprise.

The software tools provide standard support for discrete I/O, serial and TCP/IP connections along with Ethernet/IP and Modbus industry protocols.

Machine Vision Appliances connect directly with a variety of PLCs, robots, motion controllers and other factory floor devices.

Dalsa iPD's latest version of iNspect software - version 1450 comes installed on the machine vision appliances and now directly connects with Allen Bradley PLCs making integration into plants simple and easy.

iPD's new VA40E and VA50E machine vision appliances have brought the machine vision appliance's increased processing punch together with the new high speed GigE to deliver greater flexibility and applicability in today's industrial machine vision applications.

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