VISION SYSTEM PAYS FOR ITSELF IN ONE WEEK BY PREVENTING TWO COSTLY DEFECTS
Pontiac Coil manufactures electrical coils, solenoids, and electromechanical devices for automotive, trucking, mobile equipment, medical, information technology and telecommunications applications. In building a fuel stator for a diesel engine, the company has long manually inspected every part to ensure that the lead tower cap had been attached with pins or screws and that the lead towers have been soldered. The company is penalized $2,000 for any defect on this part. Pontiac Coil previously used vision systems that cost $10,700 for similar applications but asked a vision systems distributor if they could provide a more cost-effective solution.The Vision Traceability Group (VTG), a certified solutions provider of machine vision solutions that is a division of McNaughton-McKay Electric Company, proposed using a Cognex In-Sight® Micro 1050 vision system that costs about $3,700. Rob Osgood, Manufacturing Engineer for Pontiac Coil, developed the application using the v...
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