Zmation Announces Ceramic Vision Inspection System

December 15, 1996 — Portland, OR, USA—Zmation, Inc. announced today the availability of a new low cost Ceramic Vision Inspection System. This system was specifically designed to verify the presence, location, diameter, and circularity of both laser drilled and green tape punched holes in ceramic substrates. Additionally, this system can be configured to meet many other 2-D inspection or verification applications.

The system captures the entire image of a substrate and then performs customized vision algorithms to perform the necessary inspection and verification requirements. Typical substrate sizes of 4″ x 4″ with >2000 holes can be completed under 30 seconds. Results can be displayed on the computer monitor or written to an Excel (OLE compliant) file. The system operates in a Windows95 environment.

The system comes complete with an IBM compatible computer, Optimas Vision software, substrate fixture, image capture subsystem, and proprietary Zmation operations software. The system can be configured for accept parts up to 12″ x 12″ with a resolution of 0.0001″. This system configuration sells for approximately $ 25,000.00.

Zmation, Inc. also develops custom machine vision system solutions for a wide variety of applications in the semiconductor, electronics, and medical industries.