Stronger Outcomes for Automotive Component Machining with Enhanced Vision System

Leading global supplier of technology and services, the Bosch Group has been a major player for more than a century. With divisions worldwide, its operations are focused on four distinct business sectors: mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods and energy and building technology. At the Bosch outpost in Curitiba, Brazil, the company’s primary focus is on developing solutions for the diesel engine injection systems for the automotive industry. Its customer base consists of multinational companies working with diesel, as well as off-road and commercial vehicles companies.

The newly updated vision system comprises a quad-input Matrox Concord PoE frame grabber and a Matrox Indio I/O card inside an industrial PC with an Intel® i7 core running Matrox Design Assistant X software, which controls the whole system. Three front light bars from LumiVision ensure adequate illumination. An industrial KUKA robot correctly positions the metal components so they can be photographed by the three GigE Vision cameras from Teledyne Dalsa; after the image capture, the robot repositions the injector nozzles further down the line.