Assembly Inspection Systems

Use the power of color to check for incorrect or missing components before they become a problem.

ACIS

The Assembly Color Inspection System (ACIS), is a general purpose WAY-2C front end. It automates the generation of inspection scripts for assemblies whose configuration changes are relatively infrequent and many identical items are inspected between product switchovers. The ACIS package was specially designed for applications in which the potential exists for most components to be incorrectly installed in more than one place. It is based on our original Fuse Color Inspection System which has been successfully used for many years for automotive fuse block inspections. Added functionality and updated documentation reflect its usefulness in other areas such as electronic assemblies, wiring harnesses, sample cards and kit inspection.

Includes:	WAY-2C software, installation and user manuals, vision hardware including frame grabber board, RGB camera, lens, image monitor, cables, high frequency stabilized fluorescent or DC fed-back broad spectrum light source, light meter.
	Executable and source code to automatically generate WAY-2C scripts for color-based inspection of assemblies to make sure all components are present and/or of the right color. Includes user and installation manual, installation disks and telephone/email support.
Performance:	Can be quickly set up for a new product and switched between products in less than a second under external switch or computer control. A typical single-camera system can inspect over 3600 10‑component or about 1200 30‑component assemblies per hour. Speeds will be somewhat lower if frequent or continuous product switching is required.

Operations supported include:

Reconfigure	Allows operator to add a new product or select an existing product for inspection.
Align Camera	Prompts the operator to perform camera alignment and focusing tasks.
Train/Retrain	Prompts the operator to insert the currently selected product and then adjust the inspection region around each inspection location for training. System collects and stores the new color reference information.
Study	Allows examination of goodness of fit statistics for each inspection position to help identify any samples where the classification may not be reliable, and which may have to be inspected manually.
Step by Class	Under operator control, system performs off-line inspection of one class (e.g. blue fuses) at a time and displays results on the image monitor.
On-Line	Production inspection.

ACIS/XP2 Package

The ACIS/XP2 package is designed for demanding inspections which may involve many different inspection locations but only a relatively small number of possible failure modes at each station. Examples include car doors, sun visors, kits, electronic assemblies, CD packaging etc. The XP2 package supplements the basic ACIS software by adding the capacity for high-speed automatic generation of inspection instructions using previously stored data files and information supplied by an external computer.

Includes:	WAY-2C software, installation and user manuals, vision hardware including frame grabber board, RGB camera, lens, image monitor, cables, high frequency stabilized fluorescent or DC fed-back broad spectrum light source, light meter.
	Executable and source code to automatically generate WAY-2C scripts for color-based inspection of assemblies to make sure all components are present and/or of the right color. Includes user and installation manual, installation disks and telephone/email support.
Performance:	Can be quickly set up for a new product and switched between products in less than a second under external switch or computer control. A typical single-camera system can inspect over 3600 10‑component assemblies or about 1200 30‑component assemblies per hour. Speeds will be somewhat lower if frequent or continuous product switching is required.

Operations supported include:

Reconfigure	Allows operator/technician to add a new product or select an existing product to be inspected.
Align Camera	Prompts the operator to perform camera alignment and focusing tasks.
Train	After prompting the operator to install (or fail to install) specific components appropriate to the currently selected configuration the system stores information necessary to recognize the presence or absence of each component.
Study	Allows examination of goodness of fit statistics for each inspection position to help identify any samples where the classification may not be reliable, and which may have to be inspected manually.
On-Line	Production inspection.

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Specifications subject to change without notice to reflect system upgrades and improvements.