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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>High performance lens for linescan inspection</title>
      <description>Firstsight Vision has added the Macro Varon 85 mm f4.5 lens from Schneider Kreuznach to its optics portfolio</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Firstsight Vision</category>
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      <title>Rented videoscope saves time and money</title>
      <description>A high-tech videoscope hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped an environmental services company to significantly reduce down-time during routine health and safety checks</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ashtead Technology</category>
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      <title>LightScope: a small-diameter industrial endoscope</title>
      <description>The LightScope mini from Moritex is a small-diameter industrial endoscope for remote viewing of inaccessible structures, only 5mm dia and focal length from 10mm upwards</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Moritex Europe</category>
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      <title>Inspecting mission-critical manufactured parts</title>
      <description>Moritex has announced a new technical report entitled 'Borescope inspection critical to vital manufacturing processes' for engineers and technicians</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Moritex Europe</category>
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      <title>New uncooled thermal imaging security camera </title>
      <description>Firstsight Vision has announced the availability of the new EYE-SEC 30-90 thermal imaging camera from Opgal Optronic Industries for security related outdoor applications</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Firstsight Vision</category>
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      <title>Mariani relies on Optyx to assure product quality</title>
      <description>Mariani Packing Company, the largest independent processor of dried fruit in the US, relies on innovative optical sorter technology using a Key Raptor Laser to improve operations</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Key Technology</category>
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      <title>Ruby non-contact colour measurement "on-the-fly"</title>
      <description>The Ruby non-contact spectrocolorimetry system is able to supply up to 2000 spectra/second for the analysis of, for example, the colour of solid and liquid foodstuffs and colour matching of packaging</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Armstrong Optical</category>
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      <title>Label inspection at 300metres/min</title>
      <description>aco Solutions has recently purchased a Drello 3125 'Labelscope' from UK agents Advanced Supplies for an SI Label Inspection machine destined for the US market</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Advanced Supplies</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/ads/ads103.html</link>
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      <title>Automatic defect removal - in French fries</title>
      <description>Quality is a top priority at Frigemo, the Swiss food processor that manufactures French fries for McDonald's: Frigemo applies a Key ADR4 Vis/IR camera system to remove defective potato slices</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Key Technology</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/kyt/kyt132.html</link>
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      <title>Optoelectronic Gas / Chemical Sensing: the future?</title>
      <description>This key event is a must for all companies and researchers involved in optoelectronic gas and chemical sensing, as it is an opportunity to define the future for OptoCem.Net</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>OptoCem.Net</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/opo/opo105.html</link>
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      <title>Optical detection of toxins, viruses and bacteria</title>
      <description>The first complete optical sensing unit based on the Stratophase patented biochemical detection technology has been selected for a three-year German government-funded research project</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Stratophase</category>
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      <title>Hired camera for safe underground inspections</title>
      <description>Advanced remote visual inspection equipment from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped one client explore a confined drainage and water storage network without ever having to venture underground himself!</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ashtead Technology</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/aht/aht127.html</link>
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      <title>Walker Cranberry installs optical sorters</title>
      <description>Even though Walker only run the new Raptor Laser Sorter eight weeks a year, the reduction in labour needed for QA sorting on the cranberries has earned a payback of three and a half years</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Key Technology</category>
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      <title>Third Queen's Award for Fibercore</title>
      <description>Fibercore, the World's leading developer and manufacturer of specialty optical fibers, will be presented with two Queen's Awards on 8 November 2007 by HRH The Duke of Kent KG at its Hampshire HQ</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Fibercore</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/fib/fib102.html</link>
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      <title>Compact, yet powerful thermal surveillance system</title>
      <description>The Adamant IR camera from Cedip Infrared Systems is a compact, yet powerful thermal surveillance system designed for a wide range of demanding applications</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Cedip Infrared Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/cey/cey120.html</link>
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      <title>Multispectral cameras from JAI for QA monitoring</title>
      <description>Firstsight Vision can now offer multispectral cameras from JAI, uniquely providing combined visible and near IR imaging through a single lens, in one camera housing</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Firstsight Vision</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/fir/fir129.html</link>
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      <title>GE Rhythm software for remote visual inspection </title>
      <description>Rhythm Visual, remote visual inspection (RVI) software, brings the significant benefits of the GE field-proven Rhythm software, with more effective, flexible and robust management of inspection data</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>GE Inspection Technologies</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/gep/gep101.html</link>
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      <title>NI announces new vision development module</title>
      <description>The new NI Vision Development module 8.5 offers new edge-detection algorithms and added support for popular machine vision applications</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>National Instruments</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/nti/nti188.html</link>
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      <title>High speed, visible and thermal imaging seminars</title>
      <description>Photron Teams with Electrophysics to announce a series of educational seminars focusing on the latest advancements in high speed visible and thermal imaging systems</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Electrophysics Corp</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/elr/elr102.html</link>
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      <title>New digital line scan NIR/SWIR camera</title>
      <description>SUI, a global supplier of shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging systems, has introduced their new SU-LDH Digital Line Scan SWIR Camera for spectroscopy and machine vision applications</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SUI Goodrich</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/seu/seu110.html</link>
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      <title>CCTV systems improve security + process monitoring</title>
      <description>CCTV systems are useful as security devices, but also as an aid to monitoring critical processes or machines within a production environment in manufacturing companies</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Corus Northern Engineering Services</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/cml/cml107.html</link>
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      <title>Thermoelectrically cooled cameras reduce noise</title>
      <description>Multipix Imaging announce the TEC family of cameras from Imperx for applications requiring the lowest possible thermal noise</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Multipix Imaging</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mlt/mlt102.html</link>
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      <title>UV-Zoom lens for spent nuclear fuel inspection</title>
      <description>A novel high performance ultraviolet transmitting Zoom lens, with a focal length of 80 - 200 mm, has been developed for Channel Systems in Canada for their Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Resolve Optics</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/rep/rep100.html</link>
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      <title>MultiPix Imaging seminar event in Northampton</title>
      <description>Multipix are repeating their successful 1/2 day 'Passport to Vision seminar' event again on the 26th June at the Northampton Marriott Hotel, to discuss machine vision applications</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Multipix Imaging</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mlt/mlt101.html</link>
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      <title>MVTec expands marketing activities in France</title>
      <description>From May 2007, the distribution of MVTec machine vision software products in France will additionally be performed by Photon Lines SAS</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MVTec Software</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mvt/mvt105.html</link>
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      <title>Multipix Imaging will distribute for DCM Sistemes</title>
      <description>Multipix Imaging are to distribute for DCM Sistemes, a company dedicated to the design and development of LED lighting</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Multipix Imaging</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mlt/mlt100.html</link>
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      <title>New wafer loader for microscopy</title>
      <description>McBain Instruments, a leading supplier of research, inspection and laboratory microscopes, announces a newly designed lab tool, the Wafer Handler WL150 and WL200 Series</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>McBain Instruments</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mcb/mcb101.html</link>
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      <title>Halcon user conference in Japan</title>
      <description>On the occasion of ten years of cooperation, MVTec and its exclusive distributor in Japan, LinX, organised an international machine vision user conference to discuss the uses of Halcon software</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MVTec Software</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mvt/mvt102.html</link>
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      <title>New approach to smart imaging for QA and control</title>
      <description>Firstsight Vision is offering a new approach to smart imaging for control and quality assurance in manufacturing, with the introduction of the VA21 automated inspection device</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Firstsight Vision</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/fir/fir127.html</link>
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      <title>MVTec starts operations in North America </title>
      <description>MVTec Software of Munich in Germany has opened MVTec in Cambridge (Massachusetts) as a US company, to break new ground for machine vision technology in the important North American market</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>MVTec Software</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/mvt/mvt101.html</link>
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      <title>IR sensor for use onboard unmanned aerial vehicles</title>
      <description>Goodrich has been awarded a contract from the US Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle battlelab at Nellis Air Force Base to fabricate a shortwave infrared sensor for the Spectre-Finder initiative</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SUI Goodrich</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/seu/seu109.html</link>
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      <title>New machine vision training courses for 2007.</title>
      <description>IVS have once again teamed up with WilliamsF1 Grand Prix Engineering Conferences to offer their machine vision training courses at the WilliamsF1 facility in Wantage, Oxfordshire for 2007</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Industrial Vision Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/iia/iia104.html</link>
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      <title>German introduction to lighting and vision</title>
      <description>In response to visitor demand at the recent Vision 2006 show in Stuttgart, Moritex has had printed a further run of its highly popular 'Introduction to Lighting and Vision' booklet in German</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Moritex Europe</category>
      <link>http://www.processingtalk.com/news/moz/moz100.html</link>
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