MACHINE VISION SYSTEM SOLUTIONS Tri One Systems, Inc. has over 25 years experience in industrial photography and lighting, which over the years has evolved into machine vision systems development. Dealing exclusively with Cognex vision systems, including the DVT vision sensor lines, Tri One provides reliable and easily maintainable inspection applications for a variety of industrial functions. Stand-alone vision systems are capable of providing many quality control and material sorting functions. When combined with robotics, data-tracking applications, and existing systems, however, vision systems are nearly unlimited in what they can provide. Sequence validation, product identification, material handling, inventory tracking, and defect analysis are only some of the possibilities. EXPERIENCE SHOWS As vision tools have become more effective, and the programming required less complex, industry has turned to vision more frequently to resolve quality issues, identify parts, and verify assembly. As industry looks to vision for answers, integrators in turn offer vision systems as solutions. Unfortunately, not every application is a quick piece of code and a handshake. The powerful tools that are available in vision systems are only as effective as their implementation. Too often a vision system is poorly implemented, and the results deter a company from pursuing further vision solutions. Fortunately, Tri One Systems has the experience and training to be able to evaluate, properly configure, and install a vision solution correctly. RELIABLE & STABLE The history of vision systems was rocky early on, with complex algorithms needed to perform simple tasks. The slightest variation in lighting, position, or any number of other factors would throw the analysis off. Those days are long past. Cognex systems have been tested and refined to a reliability level that permits vision to be used for applications never considered before. With scale tolerance and one-hundred eighty degrees of rotation, the pattern matching technology of the Cognex systems are amazingly forgiving of displacement and rotation. Their pattern matching system has built-in support for handling partial obstructions and lighting variance.