Anyone who uses systems from different manufacturers knows the problem: Siemens and ProfiNet on one side of the plant, Beckhoff and EtherCAT on the other. And if things go really bad, then EtherNet/IP and/or OPC towards higher network levels and the cloud. Now there are one or two gateways from the large control manufacturers, but […]

To solve an application problem of a customer, OpenCV image processing was integrated into our measuring light grid RapidoScan, where it now performs simple block detection and counting. Thus, the RapidoScan now detects and counts separated blocks with irregular and different contours on a conveyor belt using the transmitted light method (or with reflective background […]