Banner Engineering iVu Plus touch screen vision sensor range

Banner Engineering has introduced its latest iVu touch screen vision sensor family, the iVu Plus - adding ethernet connectivity and more advanced inspection capabilities to the platform.

The latest family continues the tradition of delivering complex inspection capabilities and flexibility in an easy-to-apply sensor.

Ethernet connectivity the sensors to share inspection data directly with PLCs, PCs or other factory devices and it can store 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 with no PC required. The family includes integrated touch screen TG and BCR (bar code reader) models, as well as remote versions of both.

Integrated sensors allow users to 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 iVu Plus TG and iVu Plus 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 display is standard on integrated models, while the remote versions feature a 3.5″ display.

The iVu Plus TG 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; sort, the newest sensor type, which recognises and sorts different patterns of parts, such as nuts, bolts and washers.