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www.mac<strong>hi</strong>neryupdate.co.uk JULY/AUGUST 2018 MACHINERY UPDATE 9<br />
Mac<strong>hi</strong>ne vision event proved to<br />
be successful for all participants<br />
The UKIVA Mac<strong>hi</strong>ne<br />
Vision Conference and<br />
Ex<strong>hi</strong>bition held in Milton<br />
Keynes in May proved to be<br />
even more popular than last<br />
year’s inaugural event, <strong>with</strong><br />
attendance up 17% on 2017.<br />
T<strong>hi</strong>s time, 54 technical<br />
seminars and two keynote<br />
p<strong>res</strong>entations were supported<br />
by an ex<strong>hi</strong>bition w<strong>hi</strong>ch saw<br />
56 of the world’s leading<br />
suppliers of industrial vision<br />
components systems and<br />
services show their latest<br />
developments. P<strong>res</strong>enters<br />
and ex<strong>hi</strong>bitors were<br />
imp<strong>res</strong>sed by the number of<br />
visitors who were seeking<br />
vision solutions for live<br />
applications, making t<strong>hi</strong>s<br />
a real platform for business.<br />
The two keynote<br />
p<strong>res</strong>entations covered<br />
different applications of<br />
autonomous ve<strong>hi</strong>cles.<br />
Professor Tony Pipe, deputy<br />
director at Bristol Robotics<br />
Laboratory, UWE talked about<br />
the Venturer autonomous<br />
car project, w<strong>hi</strong>le Henry<br />
Harris-Burland discussed<br />
the challenges faced by<br />
<strong>hi</strong>s company (Stars<strong>hi</strong>p<br />
Technologies) in bringing its<br />
advanced personal delivery<br />
robots to market.<br />
The day was designed<br />
to provide somet<strong>hi</strong>ng for<br />
everyone, and p<strong>res</strong>entations<br />
ranged from delivering<br />
a basic understanding of<br />
vision technology to the<br />
complexities of subjects such<br />
as deep learning and mac<strong>hi</strong>ne<br />
A vision guided robot on the Acrovision stand was handing drinks to visitors<br />
learning. These second two<br />
topics attracted the largest<br />
audiences of the day.<br />
One popular seminar was<br />
p<strong>res</strong>ented by Allan Anderson<br />
of ClearView Imaging.<br />
It was entitled: ‘Vision Systems<br />
Don’t Work!’ and came up <strong>with</strong><br />
seven pieces of the puzzle as<br />
to why vision systems can fail,<br />
and sometimes spectacularly.<br />
He did point out that after<br />
50 years of evolution, and<br />
millions of systems deployed<br />
across the world, it is true to<br />
say that only a few systems fail.<br />
He talked about the key<br />
areas where failu<strong>res</strong> most<br />
frequently occur and offered<br />
guidance on how these<br />
failu<strong>res</strong> or mistakes can be<br />
avoided. He told delegates<br />
to t<strong>hi</strong>nk about algorithms;<br />
complexity; flexibility;<br />
set up; acceptance; cost and<br />
knowledge. “Vision systems<br />
are devised by vision<br />
engineers and so can be<br />
pretty complex,” he said.<br />
“Make sure you get buy in<br />
from everyone at the company,<br />
including those on the factory<br />
floor, to make t<strong>hi</strong>ngs work.”<br />
• All new erector pick up frame<br />
• Ergonomic magazine for easy filling of case blanks<br />
• Small footprint<br />
• Easy size change from one format to another<br />
• Supplied as a hot melt glue option or adhesive tape<br />
• Colour operator touch screen panel<br />
• Can be a stand-alone mac<strong>hi</strong>ne or integrated into other mac<strong>hi</strong>nery<br />
• Installed and commissioned <strong>with</strong> after sales support<br />
• Linear style case erector<br />
Lantech modular<br />
case erector capable<br />
of up to 25 erected<br />
cases per minute<br />
CI 1000/CI 2000<br />
case erector<br />
from Lantech<br />
17 Elizabeth Court, St Neots, Cambridges<strong>hi</strong>re, PE19 8PF<br />
T: 01480 382739 M: 07764 772965 E: andrew@maters.co.uk www.maters.co.uk