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Every scanning and digitizing technology is used as a solution to a machine vision (MV) problem in one way or another. The applications are extremely varied and include: automated inspection and quality control; automobile manufacturing from auto bodies to tires and other components; lumber and wood products; metals production - and just about any other high-volume industry. Simple problems can readily be solved with off-the-shelf components and software. Uncomplicated requirements, such as measuring the profile or selected specific dimensions of a fabricated part, frequently can be met with automated laser scanning or touch-probe technologies and don’t require much, if any, outside assistance.
However, most digitizing equipment manufacturers offer help and experience in adapting their technologies to MV problems, and a number of them specialize exclusively in more sophisticated applications. These companies don’t especially address reverse engineering applications at all. For the most part, MV-oriented companies tend to offer solutions based on structured-light and related technologies that produce a lot of data quickly. That’s because many of the more complex requirements are for high-speed inspection applications that require limited depth of field.
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