Two image processing stations for fault-free aluminium trays
Summary
According to Schmidt, the decisive factor for the fast, successful implementation of the fully automated solution is working together with experienced partners, to whom Novelis was able to rely on: “Industrielle Sensorsysteme Wichmann GmbH took care of all elements competently from the initial tests and design studies through to the integration and commissioning process. This made an important contribution to making this project a reality.” The company based in Kölln-Reisiek near Elmshorn has specialised in complete machine vision based solutions, explains ISW authorised officer, Stefan Tukac: “To start with we were active in the packaging and automotive industry above all, then came orders from the pharmaceutical sector, and in the meantimewe have gathered lots of experience across all sectors in producing even complex machine vision solutions in 2D and 3D.” Several thousand cameras and overall solutions installed by ISW are successfully being operated in countless systems worldwide. Regardless of which industry we have operated in over recent years, we have always been able to rely on the technical competence and good support from the experts at STEMMER IMAGING. In Tukac’s words, this is also true of the collaboration whilst implementing the facilities at Novelis, where machine vision components that ISW purchased from the German company headquarters are used almost exclusively. “Just as important to us, however, is the support when it comes to selecting the best components, whose process reliability for the respective application is often checked beforehand in intensive feasibility studies.