Vision System Performs Quick, Accurate Component Inspection
Family-owned Altman Manufacturing Co. Inc. has built tool-and-die-cutting, fabrication and automation equipment since 1942 at its plant in Lisle, IL. Customers use the equipment to produce rubber and plastic goods that do not have a defined geometry.
About three years ago, a customer asked Altman Manufacturing to develop an automated machine with a vision inspection system. The customer wanted to replace its time- and labor-intensive manual inspection system. Workers sat at tables and checked small parts as they moved down a conveyor. Some parts were less than 1 inch in diameter.