Sustainability & resource conservation
How industrial cameras contribute to future-proof solutions
Automation is advancing steadily - whether in the industrial sector, such as classic equipment, plant and mechanical engineering, or non-industrial sectors, such as medical technology, logistics or agriculture. Industrial cameras from IDS play an indispensable role in this process. As an integral part of many automation solutions, they open up new ways to ensure greater sustainability.
Used in quality assurance or inspection, they reduce scrap and avoid complaints, returns or repairs. In robotics and automation, cameras enable collaborative work and support employees in physically difficult or monotonous tasks. At the same time, machine vision systems can help reduce energy consumption in manufacturing. By permanently monitoring processes, they help to identify and optimize bottlenecks or inefficient processes. In agriculture and the food industry, cameras support the optimal application of fertilizers, the observation of plants in the growth phase or quality control in the processing of food.
Discover below how customers use industrial cameras from IDS in concrete terms!
Ensure early and efficient fire fighting
An integrated forest fire monitoring and information management system with intelligent image processing protects habitats and infrastructure. Through early fire detection and precise localization of fire outbreaks, it significantly reduces the risk of spread and can minimize the associated damage to people, animals, the environment and the national economy.
Minimize use of herbicides
As an integral part of today's agriculture, crop protection products are designed to protect crops and keep out weeds or pests. Unfortunately, they also pose numerous risks to people and the environment. "Seeing" robots with and without artificial intelligence can identify and target weeds for more sustainable agriculture without the overuse of herbicides.
Save resources with higher throughput
The textile and garment industry is facing major challenges with supply chain and energy issues. The future recovery is also threatened by factors that hinder production, such as labor and equipment shortages. Intelligent automation solution for industrial laundries compensates for shortage of skilled workers and offers savings potential - not only for large laundries.
With our products, we can help shape a future worth living in a wide variety of areas, in industry as well as in research.
Optimize logistics, avoid complaints
Due to the industry standard 4.0, digitization, automation and networking of systems and facilities are becoming the predominant topics in production and thus also in logistics. What is needed is the optimization of processes and workflows for the benefit of productivity and flexibility. To minimize returns and complaints, the internal traceability of goods in the warehouse or production facility plays a key role; robotic systems with intelligent imaging processes have become the driving force for this.
Determine vegetation state and maturity stage
Being able to control processes more easily and make them more sustainable also plays an important role for agriculture and the food industry. Cameras with artificial intelligence recognize, for example, the growth stage and height of vegetable plants. Based on this information, it is possible, among other things, to identify different varieties, determine the optimum harvesting time and precisely define the position of cutting knives. AI can also be used to detect damaged areas and sort out affected products.
Researching the effects of climate change
Waves play an essential role in shaping the coast. Their formation and movement are therefore central factors in coastal morphology. Scientists study wave dynamics to develop a specific wave meteorology and its interactions with structures, such as port infrastructures or wind farms. In the longer term, it will also serve to simulate the effects of climate change.
Our cameras for your sustainable applications
This is just a small excerpt of the many possibilities offered by image processing today. Our versatile 2D uEye industrial cameras with their almost innumerable variants can be integrated into the most diverse applications. In addition, we also offer compact, smart embedded vision cameras that can execute artificial intelligence themselves. Thanks to the all-in-one AI solution IDS NXT Experience Kit, users do not need any expertise in deep learning, image processing or programming to set up and use an intelligent camera for their own applications. The uEye Live industrial monitoring cameras offer streaming and event recording without a PC and without application programming for process monitoring. And with the Ensenso camera families, we offer flexible and powerful 3D cameras that help robots see and whose 3D image information is now indispensable for many automation tasks. Contact our team - we will be happy to assist you with advice and support for your applications with IDS industrial cameras!