Scorpion Newsletter March 2005

Firewire Imaging - Multiple digital cameras connected to a PC using DirectX is a powerful trend in Industrial Inspection.

"One of the best Scorpion features is the ability to use multiple high quality and high resolution cameras"

"Twice the performance - Half the price"

We experience a strong and growing demand and interest for our unique and open software vision system. 

Sony and Tordivel Marketing Joint Venture

Oslo, Norway - 18.February 2005
Contact: Helge Jordfald, Marketing Manager - Tordivel AS

Sony has a complete range of high quality Digital Machine Vision cameras with Firewire - IEEE 1394 - interfaces. Scorpion Vision Software is the most powerful non-programming pc based tool for making robust and reliable multi camera machine vision systems.

Scorpion Vision Software supports the complete range of Sony cameras with advanced features like hardware triggering, raw colour formats, dynamic shutter and direct register access.

Sony and Tordivel will together promote and market a Machine Vision Starter Kit in Europe consisting of a Sony XCD 710 camera, the Scorpion Vision Software Enterprise edition and a two days introduction course. This bundle will give end users and system integrators an efficient and unique starting point to digital machine vision.
              
Scorpion Vision Software is an open and independent machine vision system tool offering "Twice the performance - Half the price". The system gives the production engineers the ease of use of a vision-sensor and still the flexibility and power of a custom vision-pc system. The system is founded on top of a standard Windows 2000 / XP PC platform benefiting from the ever increasing processing power of the Intel processors and low cost - high quality firewire cameras.

Tordivel‘s business areas are development and global distribution and support of Scorpion Vision Software, cost effective vision solutions in Norway and Sweden and development of low cost OEM vision solutions.

Limited offer : Scorpion - Sony Starter Kit - pdf-format - 0.2 MByte

For more information please contact:
Sales & Marketing Manager Dino Bonometti, Sony Europe, E-mail: dino.bonometti@sony.dk
Marketing Manager Helge Jordfald, Tordivel AS, E-mail: helge@tordivel.no - +47 23 15 87 25

Digital Cameras and Scorpion Image Logger provide exciting Product Traceability for Manufacturers

Scorpion Image Logger can capture and store images of every manufactured product in a compressed jpg-format in real time.

The images are stored in a directory tagged with date and sequence number. Using flexible python scripting it is easy to access and obtain the product sequence number from an Oracle DB, an MS SQL Server, an MS Access database or any other database from Scorpion complying with any db interface requirement. In addition, Scorpion can interface to PLC over rs-232, digital io, tcp/ip, modbus, profibus or OPC.

Multiple cameras connected to Scorpion make it possible to document a product from multiple viewing angles or different parts of the product. 

Image logging can be implemented stand-alone or as a part of a Scorpion based vision system.

More information: Thor Vollset - thor@tordivel.com - + 47 23 15 87 00

Exhibitions in 2005

• March 15-17, Jönköping, Sweden, Elmia Motek 2005
• April 5-7, Paris, France, Solutions Vision 2005, Exhibitor: Photon Lines
• April 19-21, Helsinki, Finland, ELKOM 05, Exhibitor: Metric Industrial Oy
• April 26-29, Sinsheim, Germany, Control, Exhibitor: Polytec
• June 14-15, De Reehorst, Netherland, Vision Solutions 2005, Exhibitor: Geveke Industrial
• August 31 - September 1, Helsinki, Finland, Measuring & Testing 2005, Exhibitor: Metric Industrial Oy
• September 6-8, Helsinki, Finland, Automaatio 05, Exhibitor: Metric Industrial Oy
• September 26-30, Utrecht, Netherland, Elektrotechniek 2005, Exhibitor: Geveke Industrial
• November 8-10, Stuttgart, Germany, Vision 2005, Exhibitor: Polytec

Contact: Helge Jordfald - +47 23 15 87 00 - More information - Events

Print Quality Inspection with Scorpion Vision Software

Scorpion Vision Software is an advanced configurable PC-based Machine Vision System. The major features of Scorpion are:

• Hardware independent with regards to IO and cameras

• Superior multi camera support

• Complete support of Firewire cameras and DirectX

In this article we focus only on the enhanced PolyLineEdgeFaults tool available in version 3.0 of Scorpion Vision Software. This tool is a part of a large group of tools that handle multiple polygons as roi - region of interest. Other tools in this group are Blob3, MultiBlob, PolyLineGapFinder and PolygonMatch. The edge tools in this group work with sub-pixel precision when using a lens-calibrated reference and can thus be used for high precision gauging. To the right the edge of a print is checked for defects.

Read the article - pdf-format - 0.7 MByte

Contact: Thor Vollset - thor@tordivel.com - + 47 23 15 87 00

Attend Two Days Basic Scorpion Introduction Course 

Learn more about how to make your own Scorpion Vision System at:

• March 8-9, Oslo, Norway, Invitation
• April 12-13, Huskvarna, Sweden, Invitation
• April 20-21, DISL, UK
• May 31 - June 1, Huskvarna, Sweden, Invitation
• June 16 - 17, Oslo, Norway, Invitation

New improved exercises in robot vision and assembly verification.

Contact : Helge Jordfald - +47 23 15 87 25 - training@tordivel.no

Scorpion Vision Software - New version 3.0.10.166 is available

• Release version of PolygonMatch - locating any shape with subpixel accuracy
• Support for storing images in jpg-format
• New ExternalData tool makes it possible to define your own data types

More information about this release is available: Scorpion Download. 

Contact: Thor Vollset - +47 23 15 87 00

We are hiring :) - Sales Engineer - Sweden

Contact: Managing Director TORDIVEL AS Thor Vollset - +47 23 15 87 00 or Jan Rydén - Sales Manager - Scorpion Vision AB - Sweden

Scorpion Support - 24 hours a day - 365 days a year

For questions about using Scorpion, check out the FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.

Do you have an inspection task? Submit a description of what you want to do and preferably a set of sample images to us. We will then do an assessment - give you some advice and maybe provide a skeleton solution using Scorpion. If you already have Scorpion installed, you can run this profile on your own computer.

To download Scorpion, example profiles, documentation, drivers etc. register at: Scorpion Download

We are committed to give you the best online support available - support@tordivel.no

Editor: Thor Vollset - thor@tordivel.com - + 47 23 15 87 00

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