Who makes low cost vision equipment...... and sells it at low price?

I've been looking for a vision system which can check our fully mounted boards containing a mix of smt and thru hole. The concepts on all the machines are virtually the same, they got about 12-16 cameras, some pcb fixing and the rest is software. Some companies like Viscom and Orbitech have gone to the high extremes with thier designs and the price follows suit, around $290,000. Today I tested system called Opticheck from a company called M3 in Germany. It's just a simple scanner and some very intellegent software. This is only checking for placement errors and polarity errors, just what I need. Now comes the best part, the price : $45,000 for the inline model. Does anyone know this model or of anything similar?

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I've been looking for a vision system which can check our fully mounted boards containing a mix of smt and thru hole. | | The concepts on all the machines are virtually the same, they got about 12-16 cameras, some pcb fixing and the rest is software. | Some companies like Viscom and Orbitech have gone to the high extremes with thier designs and the price follows suit, around $290,000. | Today I tested system called Opticheck from a company called M3 in Germany. It's just a simple scanner and some very intellegent software. This is only checking for placement errors and polarity errors, just what I need. Now comes the best part, the price : $45,000 for the inline model. | Does anyone know this model or of anything similar? |

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Please check out MV Technologies at www.mvt.ie. They are one of our generous sponsors. Good luck. Cunli

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Hi JVO, I just learned about a system from a company called CR technology... (there's still more I need to find out). But supposedly, they make a machine called the CRX2000 that is both a real-time xray and AOI machine all rolled into one. When you're not bombarding the board with xrays, you can then use it as a AOI machine...from what I seen on their web page, they're pretty darn reasonable too. There's a straight xray machine they sell called a CRX80 that is under 65K brand new....something you might wanna check out. My boss is asking me to find out as much as I can on it. Sounds pretty slick!!! -Steve Gregory-

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You can also check out I Systems. Make vison inspection and measurement equipment Wayne

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