Scope of 360 view lenses outer inspections

One of the most recurring needs in the machine vision industry is the complete inspection of an object with as few cameras as possible both for spatial and cost efficiency. These requests are common in almost every industry.

Opto Engineering designed a line of innovative 360° optics where one image is enough to view the top and all the sides of an object or the inside of a cavity. Most of these special optics are unique designs patented by Opto Engineering, with exceptional build quality and unmatched optical performance.

One of the most demanding requests from the machine vision market is to image the outer surfaces of a product with a single camera and lens pair. Outside inspections are often tackled by multi-camera systems, wherein a single object is imaged from several angles to form a complete view of the part. Unfortunately, due to the need for multiple camera setups, these types of systems can become quite costly and require more intensive integration from both the hardware and software perspective.

Pericentric and Catadioptric lenses are innovative products, designed to image both the top and side views of an object in a single image.

Since the camera is positioned at the top of the sample, these lenses are perfect for quick inline applications, such as the inspection of bottle caps or bottle necks, as well as OCR/OCV or Datamatrix, QR and barcode reading.