Banner Engineering iVu Plus touch screen ethernet vision sensor range

The next generation of Banner Engineering’s iVu touch screen vision sensor family, the iVu Plus, adds ethernet connectivity and more advanced inspection capabilities to the iVu’s platform.

The iVu Plus family continues to deliver complex inspection capabilities and flexibility. Ethernet connectivity enables the sensors to share inspection data directly with PLCs, PCs or other factory devices.

The family is also capable of storing up to 30 inspections, accommodating rapid product changeover, while a new Sort sensor function facilitates sorting of up to 10 patterns in a single inspection.

Configuration is accomplished through a menu-driven user interface designed for efficiency and ease of use, with no PC required. The family includes integrated touch screen TG and BCR (barcode reader) models, as well as remote versions of both.

Integrated sensors allow users to quickly set up and modify an inspection on site, while remote versions pair a remote touch-screen display with one or more separate sensors - facilitating inspection set-up and monitoring for difficult-to-access areas.

Equipped with three discrete communication channels over ethernet or serial interfaces and a faster processor, both the TG and BCR models can export data, such as inspection and image results, to HMIs and PCs at a much greater speed.

Sensors feature a command channel and data export channels to support remote control and results, as well as an image export channel to export image data. A 2.7″ colour built-in LCD is standard on integrated models, while the remote versions feature a 3.5″ display.

The TG model can be configured to operate as one of four different sensor types to tackle diverse inspections. These types include area, which verifies the presence of a feature or features of interest; blemish, which identifies flaws on a part, such as scratches on a disc; match, which verifies that a pattern, shape or part in any orientation matches a reference pattern; and sort, the newest sensor type, that recognises and sorts different patterns of parts, such as nuts, bolts and washers.

The BCR model reads and optionally validates data within DataMatrix (ECC200 barcodes) and several linear barcodes, such as code 128, CODABAR and Pharmacode. With the support of Ethernet connectivity, the BCR sensor can also remotely update the data used for validation from anywhere on the ethernet network.