What are Scanway vision systems?
Modern industry is increasingly turning to intelligent technologies to support automation and ensure high quality production. One of the key solutions is vision systems – systems that enable ‘seeing’ and analysing images in a way similar to the human eye, but with much greater precision, repeatability and speed.
A vision system is much more than a camera. It is a complex solution in which the software that analyses the vision data plays a key role. Through the use of machine vision algorithms – including artificial intelligence – the system is able to detect a variety of defects, take measurements, control the correctness of assembly, and predict potential irregularities. This type of solution relieves the workload of employees, reduces inspection time, reduces the number of errors and provides full information about the correctness of the process and its statistics.
Vision Systems Elements
Data acquisition
Equipment used for capturing images or point clouds of the inspected object while ensuring stable lighting conditions (e.g., area camera, lens, filters, illuminators, laser profilometer).
Processing unit
A device responsible for communication with cameras, software execution, and real-time image processing algorithm deployment (e.g., industrial computer, embedded PC, frame grabber).
Software
A software application used for receiving data from cameras, executing image processing and analysis algorithms, making and sending decisions, and presenting data via a user interface (e.g., vision libraries, frameworks, user interfaces).
Peripherals and control
Components integrated with the vision system, used for triggering acquisition, synchronization, and initiating various follow-up actions (e.g., sensors, encoders, PLC controllers, signaling devices, actuators).
Operating principle of the vision system
The camera captures an image of the object, with the right lighting making all the relevant details visible. The lens captures the right area with the right focus. The data is transferred to a compuater system, where it is analysed by Scanway’s proprietary algorithms. The system detects, among other things, scratches, dirt, missing components or incorrect colour – all non-invasively and in real time.
Modularity of Scanway vision systems
Scanway systems are designed in a modular way – from standardised, proven components. The main areas are: software, hardware, user interface and peripherals. This makes it possible to quickly adapt the system to the individual needs of the customer and to expand it at a later date – e.g. with new product references, additional features for control or analytical functions.
The core of the system is HYDRA technology, whose flexible analytical layer allows the properties of the vision system to be adapted to the client’s needs. The framework combines proprietary algorithms with ready-made models provided by the customer, among others – eliminating the need to build a solution from scratch. The flexible framework also allows the integration of new detection or classification engines and the handling of data from multiple cameras, illuminators and auxiliary sensors in real time.
With this model, the welding system integrates both the hardware and software layers for a specific implementation. This approach significantly reduces implementation time, lowers costs and increases reliability.
Depending on the application, Scanway offers different types of vision systems:
- 2D systems – working on flat images, they are used to verify shapes, dimensions, markings, presence of elements.
- 3D systems – analyse objects spatially: measure height, volume, surface topography.
- Multispectral and hyperspectral systems – record images in multiple wavelengths (from visible light to infrared). They allow differences invisible to the human eye to be detected, such as white plastic in white rice, impurities in waste paper, material defects or the authenticity of works of art.
Possibilities of vision systems
Verification of compliance
with the template
Colour matching, presence of elements
e.g. threads, OCR, correctness of workpiece assembly.
Identification
inclusions
Foreign bodies (plastic, textiles, bone),
air bubbles, scratches, x-rays.
Measurement
thickness, width, height
Bottom height, glue thickness, milling control,
correctness of the paper cutting line.
Our solutions
Modular vision systems designed for quality control in industrial environments.
CUMULUS
A group of static vision systems designed for quality inspection
of individual objects moving at high speed along a production line.
Each item is subjected to real-time image analysis,
enabling precise verification of compliance with process requirements.
STRATUS
STRATUS is a group of stationary vision systems designed for the inspection of continuous raw material.
The systems analyze the web across its entire width, ensuring full real-time quality control.
The raw material moves at high speed along the production conveyor, while the systems remain stationary.
NIMBUS
NIMBUS is a group of advanced vision systems designed for the analysis of stationary objects, with the capability for system mobility. These solutions are dedicated for integration with robotic applications, including those operating outside the production line.
CIRRUS
CIRRUS is a group of vision systems designed to assess objects moving chaotically across large areas.
The systems analyze and predict changes in the observed terrain, finding applications primarily in satellite image analysis.
Common features of all Scanway systems
- Reliable inspection of multiple object features simultaneously
- Intuitive HMI
- Work 24/7
- Non-invasive image acquisition
- Learning of new defects through AI (Machine Learning, Deep Learning)
- Reporting of data and statistics
- Loss reduction and full process control
Application in various industries
Scanway vision systems operate in many industries – including.These include the food, packaging, printing, automotive, furniture and medical industries. Thanks to their flexible design, our solutions can be easily adapted to your specific process and quality requirements.
Why implement a vision system?
Vision systems provide highly repeatable and reliable inspection – without fatigue, subjective judgement or downtime. They work quickly, 24/7, reducing the need for manual quality control and eliminating human error. They reduce waste, complaints and operating costs, while increasing a company’s competitiveness. Scanway vision systems are the future of industrial quality control – precise, scalable and ready to operate in the most demanding production conditions.
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FAQ
All you’ve been worrying to ask about vision systems
Industrial vision systems are advanced tools for automatic image analysis. They enable vision-based quality control with high precision, speed and reliability.
