VAIA Technologies LLC Product
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Founded as Machine Vision Company (MVC) in 2002 and headquartered just outside Boston MA and with offices in Austin TX, VAIA Technologies is a full service machine vision, automation and robotics systems integrator providing turnkey vision solutions, custom machine builds, vision consulting in support of manufacturing and OEMs across a wide range of industries. The company was rebranded and renamed to VAIA Technologies in 2017 to better reflect our full range of offerings and capabilities: Vision, Automation, Integration, Analytics. Differentiated by an extensive in-house software development and engineering expertise, VAIAs systems have been successfully deployed nationwide and internationally to over 300 clients including many Fortune 500 clients. VAIA specializes in conceptualizing, designing installing and maintaining solutions that address most difficult of issues. Our engineers are highly skilled at identifying and deploying the correct technology for each project. As well as being a leading US based Cognex Partner System Integrator (PSI), we also have years of experience integrating technology from Keyence, Halcon, Allen Bradley, Fanuc, Opto Engineering and others.
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360° Graphical Inspection for Cylindrical Containers
Circumspect is perfect for applications that require graphical inspection of a round or cylindrical container. Cylindrical containers often pose a challenge for inspection systems because usually it is impossible to control where the label is facing on a production line. If the goal is to inspect a graphic or allergen text, how can this be done after the label is applied to the container? Circumspect is the solution for clients in the food & beverage industry who want to have end-of-process inspection of a round product.
The CircumSpect® system creates a 360 degree view of the containers using 4 side-mounted cameras. The software algorithm combines the 4 images into one continuous “un-wrap” image of the entire side circumference. The un-wrap image can then be processed by a wide range of standard machine vision tools. No matter what direction the bottle faces, the un-wrap image will always be the same.
The vision tools available for use include:
-Pattern matching
-Pattern inspection
-Gauging
-Brightness inspection
-Color matching
-Linear barcode reading
-2D barcode reading
-Optical character verification (OCV) of well-printed codes
-Multiple vision tools may be applied to each image and inspection recipe
A strong recipe manager is standard on the CircumSpect® system. This allows users to quickly switch between pre-configured recipes and transfer recipes from one system to another. VAIA will work with clients on any specific communication requirements, such as to automatically upload recipes based on the client’s master production schedule or scanning a work-order.
Additional capabilities in a CircumSpect system are:
-Fully wash-down NEMA-4X configuration
-5th camera options for lid presence and verification or code verification
-Fool-proof height adjustment mechanism for the top camera
-Singulator to guarantee correct product spacing
-Centering Device
-Rejecter
