How to illuminate mirrored and shiny surfaces in machine vision

To illuminate shiny parts from a distance, position both the camera and the light at an angle to the part that needs to be illuminated.
Tablet Shape and Imprint Inspection using the Bn’L

This dual-feature inspection streamlines quality control using the Black&Light (Bn’L). The system is able to simultaneously assessing shape, size, and imprint codes of the tablets.
Checking Best Before Dates Using A Dome Light

Food manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that the best before or use-by date labels are correctly applied to all products. In this system, a dome light provides homogeneous illumination for label detection.
IP69K bar light used in pick-and-place application in the food industry

In this pick-and-place application, high-speed conveyor belts carry freshly baked cookies to be expertly packaged. The vision system uses high brightness IP69K-rated bar lights to accurately determine the cookies‘ location and orientation.
Diffuse bar light used in quality control of car dashboards using robotic guidance

During a crucial step in the automobile assembly process, a camera-based vision system is employed to verify the presence and positioning of components. Enhancing the camera’s capabilities, powerful diffuse bar lights are integrated onto a collaborative robot (cobot).
Dome Light With Hole Aperture Adaptors Used to Illuminate Internal Seals

A dome light with hole aperture adaptors is supporting a smart camera to inspect plastic caps for beverage bottles, ensuring they are free from injection molding defects. The white and infrared illumination allows for detailed imaging of seals inside the closures, even on shiny plastics. Learn how this project addresses the challenges posed by the dark spot of the camera with a simple and cost-effective solution.
Unique bar light setup supports the strict examination of sterilised surgical tools

Inspecting sterilised surgical tools, this machine vision system features 25 cameras and a unique set of high-brightness bar lights to achieve a very high specification required for inspection the medical industry.
Infrared backlight highlights contours in pick-and-place application

In key manufacturing, pre-made key blanks undergo separation and are then picked up by a robot for accurate positioning in the subsequent step. The vision system uses a homogeneous IR backlight to highlight the shape of the keys.
Die Balkenbeleuchtung mit Angle Changers unterstützt die Abwesenheitsprüfung von Etiketten im Linien-Scan-System

Linien-Scan Vision-Systeme werden in der Logistik häufig eingesetzt, um Pakete effizient und genau zu verarbeiten. Um ein genaues Lesen der Etiketten zu gewährleisten, sorgt der mit einem Linienlicht Angle Changer ausgestattete M-EBAR für außergewöhnliche Helligkeit und Homogenität über die gesamte Spurbreite.
Thin backlight aids quality control in the pharmaceutical industry

Looking for a better way to inspect pharmaceutical products? A thin backlight can help you identify defects and ensure quality control. Learn more here.
Deep Learning ermöglicht automatisierte Fahrzeugkontrollen

Erfahren Sie, wie Deep Learning die Automobilindustrie mit dieser innovativen Bildverarbeitungslösung für automatisierte Fahrzeuginspektionen revolutioniert.
Roboter-geführtes Visionssystem mit Balkenbeleuchtung aufgerüstet

Precision is key in robotics, and this robot-guided vision system updated with our powerful bar lights delivers just that. Discover how bar lights can improve accuracy in robotics by reducing the impact of ambient light.
Leistungsstarke Balkenbeleuchtung ermöglichen die Inspektion von Fahrzeugen innerhalb von 3 Sekunden

The carpodX inspection system can examine the entire exterior of a vehicle from roof to underbody in just 3 seconds, increasing the productivity of the vehicle handling process and the inspection and survey procedures. Described as ‘the future of vehicle handover inspection’, the fully automated drive-through capture system takes up to 4000 HD photos during the visual inspection process.
Food inspection system uses IP69K-rated bar lights for foreign material detection

ProSpection Solutions‘ Foreign Material Detection and Removal Systems for washdown environments utilize TPL Vision’s IP69k-rated bar lights to detect contaminants in food products. With simultaneous top and bottom inspections, these systems ensure accurate and real-time detection of contaminants as small as 2mm2.
Line scan inspection illuminated by powerful bar light

TPL Vision has worked with MV Center (Poland, https://www.mv-center.com) on a line scan application dedicated to inspecting TV components for one of the largest manufacturers in Poland. MV Center provides the design, construction, and implementation of machine vision systems, based on intelligent cameras and efficient embedded systems. Their solutions ensure 100% quality control of products, […]