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News Release from: UK Industrial Vision Association
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2007
Vision association celebrates 15th
birthday
The UKIVA was established on 18th March 1992 as a not-for profit trade organisation whose prime objective was to promote the use of imaging in industry.
The UKIVA has just celebrated its 15th anniversary It was established on 18th March 1992 as a not-for profit trade organisation whose prime objective was to promote the use of imaging in industry
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Over the years it has expanded its remit a number of times to reflect the dynamics of the imaging world and now includes applications of imaging in science.
Members include vision component suppliers, full system suppliers, or system integrators, consultancy services and academic research groups.
One of the key achievements of the association has been in establishing itself as a knowledge centre for matters related to industrial imaging.
The UKIVA website is an extremely informative source of vision information and attracts around 6000 visitors per month.
It is the first port of call for many who are seeking to introduce a vision system.
The association also offers free advice via phone or e-mail to anyone seeking help in specifying or sourcing vision systems or components.
The association also publishes a newsletter twice a year.
The eight-page January 2007 PDF can be downloaded from the website.
It contains a mix of information by and about members and a call to participate in the adaptation and implementation of DynaVis research results.
DynaVis is a project within Framework 6 of the European Commission to enable human-machine co-operation to learn complicated inspection tasks instead of step by step improvements and adaptations of software.
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The popularity of the newsletter is reflected in its download figures.
There are around 1000 downloads for each issue and there have already been around 700 downloads for the latest issue.
Also available for download is the UKIVA Members directory, which attracts significant numbers of requests.
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