OMRON Corporation Launches PCB Inspection System 'VT-S10 Series'
August 02, 2021 at 01:00 am EDT
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OMRON Corporation announced on August 2 that it will globally launch on August 5 the PCB inspection system "VT-S10 Series," which features an industry-first imaging technique and AI to automate the high-precision inspection process for electronic substrates, thus eliminating the need for specialist skills. As the inspection of in-vehicle electronic substrates becomes increasingly difficult with the growing need for the fifth-generation mobile communication system (5G), electric vehicles (EVs), and autonomous driving, this new offering from OMRON performs high-precision inspection of such key components to maintain and enhance their quality, thus contributing to the security and safety of society. Equipped with OMRON's proprietary MDMC (Multi-Direction Multi-Color) imaging technique, the VT-S10 Series automatically optimizes irradiation angles, colors, and light intensity of illumination during inspection of substrates according to characteristics such as the shapes of electronic components and soldering on the substrates, thus reducing the human-hours required for setup by approximately 70%. Furthermore, with the assistance of AI that has been taught the imaging knowhow OMRON has accumulated over more than 30 years in the field of automated inspection, as well as knowledge in solder inspection, this PCB inspection system is capable of automating inspections that have hitherto had to rely on human senses, significantly improving inspection accuracy.
OMRON Corporation specializes in manufacturing and marketing industrial automation systems. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- industrial automation systems (56.7%): sensors, switches, programmable controllers, automatic optical inspection devices, temperature control systems, etc.;
- medical equipments (17.4%): thermometers, blood pressure monitors, etc.;
- electronic and mechanical devices and modules (14%);
- social infrastructure solutions and systems (11.5%): energy and environmental solutions, public transport automation solutions (automatic doors, automated ticket vending machines, etc.), road traffic control systems, security, payment and network protection systems, etc.;
- other (0.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (38%), China (25.7%), Europe (15.8%), Americas (10.3%) and other (10.2%).