Whether for semi-finished, work-in-progress, or shipment-ready products, inspection is an essential quality control (QC) procedure. However, with the increasing adoption of high-performance automated equipment in factory production lines, conventional manual inspection and defect sorting QC procedures cannot keep up with modern mass production. To maintain efficient, high-volume production processes without compromising quality, replacing or assisting manual operations with automated inspection and sorting is virtually inevitable.
Using data acquisition and computing to track workpiece locations on conveyer belts is extremely important for the successful introduction of automated inspection and sorting systems. To complete the automation process, systems developers need highly stable control units and signal acquisition cards, as well as readily available software for necessary algorithms. To meet this need, Advantech offers a turn-key solution featuring industrial computers, encoder-counter PCI acquisition cards, and demonstrative algorithm programs. Advantech’s technical support team solves systems development problems to enable the rapid implementation of automated inspection and sorting processes in the factory production line.