As a Machine Vision integrator, Vision Partners has enjoyed working closely with Helvoet Rubber & Plastic Technologies and Van Wees Waalwijk to develop and deploy a state-of-art assembly line for medical components. With six Machine Vision subsystems, the various steps in the manufacturing process are secured and data is collected to keep the process under control.
For this medical application, 7 different machine vision programs were written for the 6 cameras which monitor and control multiple facets of the production process including
- Presence, diameter and position of the diaphragm
- Presence, geometry and position of the film
- Presence and position of the chip
- Exact location for control robot gripper
- Reading and checking the GS1 matrix code
- Reading and checking text with OCR
- Control of assembly process
In addition, all images and measurements are logged as usual for medical applications.
Van Wees Waalwijk made a nice video showing this state-of-the-art assembly line.
