March Newsletter
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UPCOMING TRAINING
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
Meet Matt, our sens or sa les engineer, a support resource for Cognex barcode and sensor products.
DECA COMPETITION FINALIST
Congratulations to our Intern from Coon Rapids High School, Samantha, for her accomplishments with DECA!
ENGINEERING RESOURCES
ROBOT PROGRAMMING
METHODS
Three common ways to program a robot are by a teaching pendant, teaching by demonstration, and offline programming.

Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each of those methods...

Pete, Product Specialist
nachi robot
Product Updates
Parker EM Custom Solutions
Parker EM
Custom Linear Motor Stage Designs
Parker provides engineering designs to customers requiring custom linear motor stage solutions where standard products do not work.

This success story highlights a laser line scanning application requiring high accuracy and repeatability. The custom solution solved accuracy and repeatability requirements plus the optimal flatness and cable management that the customer needed.
IoT Starter Kit Advantech
Entry Level IoT Implementation Option
Advantech's Wzzard IoT Starter Kits focus on three basic applications and come with a ready to use program (light programming is required). This is a scaleable, easy to deploy solution with all components included.
piCOBOT Piab
piCOBOT Vacuum Gripper Unit
  • Direct integration with Universal Robot for plug-and-play
  • SMART configurable functionality: vacuum level high/low setpoints and switches, automatic vacuum level adjustment, automatic blow-off
  • Cup mount can be adjusted by spacing and angle
  • Can include sets of four different cup styles for various applications 
QC Configurator
Washdown & FDA Approved Conveyors
  • In Place Cleaning: The tension release tail flips up to relieve tension on the belt by simply removing two pins, making it easy to remove the belt or clean underneath
  • Every HC200 Conveyor can be fully disassembled without tools to aid your facility’s in place cleaning efforts
  • Crowned pulleys to promote positive tracking and all HC200 belts are V-Guided to ensure positive tracking, especially in wet environments
Panasonic Laser
Compact Fan-less Head with IP64 Rating
  • FDA, GB Approved
  • High-speed, high-quality marking
  • Controller offering high resistance to noise
  • Removable head
  • Smart condition setting function
  • Direct linkage with image processing device

CCS
Flat Dome Light with Clear Field of View
Newly developed, light-guiding plate reduces image irregularities and moire that were present due to the surface dot pattern of the existing LFX3 design.
In Case You Missed It...
12 MP Camera Cognex
COGNEX: NEW PRODUCT
In-Sight 9912: 12MP Smart Camera
Cognex's first standalone, ultra-high-resolution, area scan vision system. The 12 megapixel (MP) smart camera delivers high accuracy part location, measurement, and inspection over a large area—even when mounted at longer distances.
Bayer Filter
Color Image Acquisition
A common misconception about color image acquisition is that each pixel sees every color, this is not the case with standard color sensors...

All else equal, your effective resolution and edge quality will be lower with a color image when compared to a monochrome image...
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
-Marvin Minsky