Problem Statement

Customer need to design an automation assembly machine for infusion apparatus’s cap and filter welding, they have to check the position accuracy after the filter has welded on the cap. Inspection must be done during the parts moving, inspection time must be less than 20ms.

Solution

Recommended Panasonic vision system with 3 mega pixel camera, using binaryzation function, detect the area of the center part of the product, and determine if the product is acceptable.

Customer’s Feedback

By using vision inspection system, achieve fast and accurate inspection, highly increase the productivity and accuracy.

Problem Statement

Consumer Products Co would like all machines to come with a 2D reader to inspect the presence of the 2D code and whether the right packaging is loaded into the machine. This is very critical, otherwise, the whole lot will be rejected.

Solution

To address the issue, we have provided the customer with a high resolution camera to inspect the presence of the 2D code as well as detect the model code of each packaging and right packaging loaded.

Customer’s Feedback

Cognex ID reader’s overall performance stability and the accuracy rate in reading 2D codes satisfied the customer’s requirements. The customer was able to efficiently eliminate defective packaging there by reducing overall reject rate.

Problem Statement

The customer faced quality issue with the printing of the production date on the packaging of cat food. Their whole container will be rejected if the printing of production date is of poor quality.

Solution

In order to address the quality control challenges, we provide them with the Cognex vision system that has OCR function to inspect the printing quality and also to read all the letters are correctly printed.

Customer’s Feedback

Cognex system overall performance stability and the accuracy rate in reading OCR satisfied the customer’s requirements.
The system can reduce the no. of claim from customer that cause by under-quality of the printing label. So the customer can reduce cost around 40,000 SGD a year.

Problem Statement

In packaging industry, the printing quality is one of the most important criteria. Before developed vision system to serve the industry, eyes visual inspection was used. This resulted in lots of problems due to the physical and mental fatigue experienced by workers leading to unstable checking result. There were cases where the shampoo plastic bottle was rejected and increased in production cost. The workers also take a longer time of 30s in the quality checking process.

Solution

We provided COGNEX Vision Solution to inspect the quality of the printing. Every single Japanese character are checked by the vision system. Our vision system could reject even the single dot is missing or incomplete. The inspection time has reduced from 30 seconds to 0.6 second. 

Customer’s Feedback

After install our system, now the quality issue and customer’s reject are solved. The customer is satisfied with our vision system.

Problem Statement

Customer producing parts of diesel engine that including valve and cylinder, it is mainly made by aluminum die casting.

After the machining, the parts need to remove the shape angles and deburr, but it is too time consuming by labour and the performance is not stable. Even using common machines, some workmanship still cannot meet customer’s request.

Customer wants to develop an automatic grinding system to be used in their company for higher accuracy and higher productivity.

Problem Statement

A mobilephone OEM needs to attach a layer of tape in the inside of the screen during the production process. It is wasting a lot of man power and time with the manual process. On the other hand, the jig and fixture is needed to convert and maintain according to the model change of the products, the cost is very high.

Customer needed a fully automatic machine to replace the manpower, by using vision system + robot, it can work on different models of products, increase the productivity and saving the cost.

Problem Statement

Customer has a problem on filter positioning not installed properly. So, they need to inspect the gap between filter and media. Gap > 100mm is good part and gap < 100mm will be rejected.

Solution

Cognex 7000 Series Vision System is used to address the issue.

Customer’s Feedback

With our Vision Inspection System, it can reduce the cost of 2 operators and also do 100% real-time inspection without error.
Also increase productivity around 10 times, inspection time reduced from 10 seconds to 1 second.

Problem Statement

Refer to the work flow, the project is splitted into following sub-projects：
1.Epoxy dispensing.
2.Air bubble check after dispensing.
3.Circuit board casing.
4.Label checking.
5.Temp cycle test after casing.
6.Mounting Assembly.

Solution

By using Epson Robot and Cognex Vision System. With precision pick and place by the Epson robot, plus accurate positioning and inspection of the Cognex vision system.

Result & Benefit

With the Epson robot, there is a reduction of the generation of bubbles and no leaking, resulting in uniform coating and speed is improved. Most importantly, the robot achieve efficiency and a higher inspection pass rate.