Articles by Perry C. West

You’ve learned about light sources, lenses, cameras, camera interfaces, and image processing software. Now, you may be wondering exactly how to design and implement a complete, successful machine vision system. 

Successful system integrators display common traits and practices. Whether you are a system integrator (SI) or an end-user, knowing the qualities that make a SI successful can really make a difference in your business.

Not only is modern manufacturing increasing production speeds, but machine vision is being applied to ever more demanding applications that were not feasible before today’s high-speed components became available.

“We’ll just put a camera there.” Sounds easy, doesn’t it?