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News Release from: Sick (UK) | Subject: ICS100
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 October 2002
Intelligent camera sensor bridges the
gap
The ICS100 intelligent camera sensor bridges the gap between standard sensors and complex vision systems.
The ICS100 intelligent camera sensor bridges the gap between standard sensors and complex vision systems This novel product from Erwin Sick has many applications in automated factory processes including labelling and packaging
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Aug 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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It offers an economical alternative to PC based image-processing solutions and is ideal for applications that require the monitoring of small parts or sections of larger objects.
Simple to set up and fast to operate, the ICS100 integrates the camera, optics, illumination and evaluation into a single housing measuring only 50 x 50 x 130mm.
At the heart of the sensor is the 2D image recorder with 512 x 512 active CMOS pixels, integrated line and high-speed signal processors, as well as a user-friendly programmer with rapid adaptability to many applications.
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The lighting is completely integrated, so there are no additional costs or mounting requirements for external lighting Four switching outputs and a choice of parameter settings, including pixel sum, minimum pixel, shape check and area evaluation, make the ICS100 the most versatile intelligent camera sensor on the market today.
The ICS100 is also one of the first intelligent camera sensors to allow users to visualise the product required for detection or inspection, before integrating the sensor into the complete machine.
This is achieved by using the handheld VSC programmer.
After selecting the mode of operation and visualising the image for inspection, a simple teach procedure is performed and all the settings remain stored in the ICS100.
The VSC programmer can then be removed so that the ICS100 becomes a stand-alone unit.
Changing the image for inspection is simple either by using the VSC programmer or by hard wiring an external "teach" pushbutton to the ICS.
The ICS100 can be used for both process control and quality assurance, giving it the versatility to check that a date code has been printed on a label, to whether a sweet is correctly wrapped, for example.
It is compact and easy to mount and can integrate into a machine as a simple sensor capable of doing a large variety of tasks.
These include print check, label position and orientation, completeness of parts check, bottle orientation, presence of tax strips on cigarette boxes and the attachment of packaging components.
With the introduction of the ICS100 camera sensor, Erwin Sick has provided machinery manufacturers with the opportunity to install a compact and intelligent camera sensor that provides many of the benefits of a full vision system, but at a fraction of the cost.
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