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JAI has released a two-CCD camera featuring a GigE Vision interface. The AD-080GE camera is capable of simultaneously imaging visible and near-infrared (NIR) light spectrums through a single lens. Multi-spectral imaging is beneficial for many machine-vision applications, but traditional two-camera solutions have remained costly and difficult to deploy. However, the AD-080GE single-lens two-CCD camera is claimed to provide simultaneous perfectly aligned images of both visible and NIR light spectrums. The AD-080GE features a two-CCD design, incorporating two 1/3in progressive-scan sensors (1,024 x 768 resolutions) mounted to a custom-designed optical prism. The camera runs at a frame rate of 30 frames per second in continuous operation. The technology behind the AD-080GE is a manufacturing process developed by JAI that enables the high-precision bonding of image sensors onto the customised prism optics. According to the company, this delivers an industrial-grade, cost-efficient two-CCD ...

Alrad Imaging has announced the introduction of the E2V Diviina-LM1 GigE Vision line scan camera, which incorporates the 1,024, 2,048 and 4,096-pixel line scan sensors. The Gigabit Ethernet interface provides cost reductions at the machine vision system level, as well as multi-cast capabilities and enhanced ease of use, according to Alrad. Typical applications for the Diviina-LM1 are web inspection - for example, in wood, paper or metallurgy applications, parts inspection and sorting - for example, in textile or food industries, plus general machine inspection applications.