Fluent Machine Vision Engineering:
- Gauging – Cognex machine vision equipment leads the industry at measurement in both speed and accuracy. Measurements can be used for a variety of defect detection tasks. Contact us to discuss the measurement tolerances you are trying to obtain.
- Identification– Identification encompasses bar code reading (1D and 2D), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Optical Character Verification (OCV), and identifying parts based on geometric features.
- Guidance – Robot guidance has become more common since the introduction of Cognex’s PatMax Algorithm. PatMax is the industry leading geometric pattern matching tool used for locating parts and guiding motion control or robots. The PatMax algorithm is complex and takes years of experience to train and fine tune to get it to work to a 99.999% repeatability level.
- Inspection – General inspection is the most challenging aspect of machine vision, often called “flaw and defect detection”, or “anything anywhere” inspection. If you have to inspect for any general defect please contact us so we can help set expectations and guide you to success.
Basic Services:
- Machine Vision Engineering – The hardware and software solution must be determined after a thorough evaluation and discussion of the specification.
- Integration and Programming – Cognex offers ease of use development options but they can be limiting. We are experts in developing simple, well documented, easy to follow programs.
- Buyoff Testing and Documentation – GD&A can participate and manage IQ/OQ testing for validation. Customers often require a basic documentation package that includes a bill of materials and system settings or a more complex package that includes a detailed description of the inspection method.
- Service and Support – Have an existing system that is under-performing?
Additional Services:
- Cognex TestRun – Cognex TestRun is an innovative new product that helps an end user test and verify that the critical component of a vision system have not changed. TestRun performs tests in three areas as follows: TestRun scans the program and verifies all critical parameters are set at acceptable levels and have not changed. TestRun tests the program again saved good part and bad part images and proves that good part images pass and bad part images fail. TestRun goes one step farther and test the program against a newly acquired image to ensure the camera was not moved, the lens was not adjusted out of focus or that the lighting technique did not change.
- Cognex VisionView PC – Cognex VisionView PC is a software package that allows restricted access to the vision system and to TestRun. VVPC is perfect for a system that has been validated and should not be changed once deployed.
- Cognex Track & Trace – Cognex Track & Trace is a complete identification and data verification solution for healthcare serialization. Track & Trace provides the technical controls needed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 validation, including secure user authentication and support for automatic audit trail generation
Upgrades – Have an obsolete system? Cognex and DVT have many systems that are in End of Life (EOL), Not Intended for New Applications (NINA).