Checker 101is a simple-to-use and inexpensive sensor that can visually detect the presence of items during the manufacturing process. Checking for the presence or absence of multiple items, such as the cap and the label on a bottle, all of the lugs on a truck wheel, or all of the tablets in a blister pack is one of the most common tasks in manufacturing. To ensure product quality in applications such as these, most manufacturers currently use either a complex system of multiple photoelectric sensors, or they rely on people to perform inspections. Checker lets manufacturers easily and cost-effectively inspect 100 percent of their products at each stage of production. And, because Checker can analyze over 400 images each second, it can keep up with even the fastest manufacturing operations. Checker's compact design provides illumination, optics, sensor, processor, memory and I/O, all fully integrated in a single industrial-grade package about the size of a cell phone. In addition, patent-pending technology enables Checker to automatically detect when a product is ready to be inspected; because of that, it doesn't require an external trigger, even for products in continuous motion at high speed, as do all other vision sensors and systems.
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