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INDUSTRY NEWS
New industry guide supports
manufacturers to increase
yield and reduce cost
AMETEK Surface Vision, a
world leader in automated
online surface inspection
solutions, now offers an
informative guide for metals
manufacturers looking to
achieve both high quality
and yield optimization.
The Metals Surface Inspection Guide
is a ready reference for Surface Vision’s
SmartView ® surface inspection system, one
of the most trusted and valued automatic
surface inspection solutions in the world.
A proven partner for increasing efficiency
and improving product quality in the metals
industry for over three decades, SmartView
continues to be a market leader in the highly
precise real-time detection and classification
of metal defects.
The new guide outlines the benefits of the
system’s real-time video and modular design
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flexibility for steel, aluminum and alloy
manufacturers looking to improve the
quality of their production through
the highly configurable inspection
and reporting SmartView offers.
Highly customizable to individual customer
process needs, SmartView’s reliable top and
bottom real-time optical inspection provides
surface quality visibility in even the most-
demanding metal processing environments.
Combining powerful software, line-scan
camera technology, high intensity lighting,
and supported by industry-leading
application knowledge and engineering
services, SmartView’s automatic detection,
classification and visualization of metal
defects make it effective in a wide range
of metal process applications, including
scalpers, hot mills, cold rolling mills,
annealing lines, coating lines and slitters.
“No other solution offers the flexibility and
ease-of-use that SmartView delivers, and our
new guide makes that clear. Our approach
is simple: to provide the latest and best
inspection solution for each application,
delivered with the highest consistency and
without compromise” comments Jason Zyglis,
JANUARY 2019
Divisional Vice President of Project
and Product Management, AMETEK
Surface Vision.
About AMETEK Surface Vision
AMETEK Surface Vision is a world leader in
automated online surface inspection solutions
with a broad product portfolio optimized for
web and surface inspection and monitoring
and process surveillance applications.
Its product portfolio includes three
distinct product lines: SmartView ® systems,
SmartAdvisor ® systems and Slit Inspection.
Each product line uniquely enables customers
to inspect the surfaces of materials processed
in a continuous fashion across the metals,
paper, plastics, nonwovens and glass
industries. ameteksurfacevision.com
AMETEK Surface Vision (formerly Cognex
Surface Inspection Systems Division)
is a unit of AMETEK Process and Analytical
Instruments, a division of AMETEK, Inc.,
a global manufacturer of electronic
instruments and electromechanical devices.
Visit for more information:
www.ameteksurfacevision.com
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