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MVPRO_The 3D Impact in Automotive Production

The 3D Impact in Automotive Production

LMI Technologies share a case study on how cobot-mounted Gocator 3D snapshot sensors perform automotive gap and flush measurement and inspection.
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Smart 3D Robot Vision: The Science of Seamless System Integration

Smart 3D Robot Vision: The Science of Seamless System Integration

Learn how 3D smart sensors can be tightly integrated with robots to achieve a number of dynamic manufacturing processes.
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High Speed, Non-contact 3D Laser Scanning In The Rubber & Tyre Industry

High Speed, Non-contact 3D Laser Scanning In The Rubber & Tyre Industry

Rubber presents a challenge for optical-based measurement sensors. By nature, the black surface is difficult to capture reliable data from and accurately measure. This challenge is often intensified by the complex shapes into which rubber derivatives are extruded or molded. Read how Gocator 3D smart sensors can implement scanning and quality control functions for both in-process and final product inspection applications in rubber and tire manufacturing.
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3D scanning for shiny metal and black materials

3D Scanning for shiny metal and black materials

The Gocator 2530 is the latest 3D smart sensor from scanning and inspection specialist LMI Technologies. The 2530 offers quality control and factory automation engineers a high-speed 3D blue laser
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Smart 3D Vision for Welding

Smart 3D Vision for Welding

Today’s industrial robots require a pre-programmed motion plan. This is because without machine vision, parts must be exactly positioned in order for the robot to locate them in space. Adding smart 3D
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Accurate Pick-and-Place Robot

Accurate Pick-and-Place Robot

A Gocator® 2150 laser profiler is mounted to a Fanuc M10iA Robot. Engineers use Gocator’s built-in hand-eye calibration to determine the sensor coordinate transformation to robot coordinates. This
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How to Design a faster, smarter 3D sensor for small part inspection

How to Design a faster, smarter 3D sensor for small part inspection

In industries such as battery, consumer electronics (CE) and solar, the race for faster scanning, measurement and control is critical to delivering 100 percent inspection of small parts moving at production speed.
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IEN_Manufacturing Companies Must Automate their Production to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Manufacturing Companies Must Automate their Production to Stay Ahead of the Curve

As the adoption of collaborative robots is rapidly growing in the manufacturing industry, IEN interviewed Terry Arden, CEO at LMI Technologies, about the integration of 3D snapshot sensor into UR
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Introducing 3D Surface Blob Analysis

Introducing 3D Surface Blob Analysis

In 2D blob extraction, one can only isolate the image foreground from the background based on a specified threshold of intensity data.
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Surface Bounding Box Advanced Tool

Leveraging Advanced 3D Measurement for Packaging & Logistics Applications

There are several key challenges that technicians face regularly in packaging & logistics applications.
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Integrating 3D Line Profilers with UR Cobots

Integrating 3D Line Profilers with UR Cobots

To expand the range of our smart 3D robot vision systems for industrial automation applications, we’ve now made it possible for engineers to integrate Gocator® laser profile sensors with Universal Robots (UR) cobots.
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Working with Mixed Model Multi-Sensor Systems

Working with Mixed Model Multi-Sensor Systems

The ability to create multi-sensor networks with Gocator® is one of the unique advantages of the smart software built into every sensor, and sets the bar for ease of use in the design and deployment of such systems. With new mixed model support, capturing 360º of a scan target or multiple views by mixing sensor models that optimize field of view and resolution takes multi-sensor networking to the next level.
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Gocator Emulator for Sample Testing

Accelerate Your Vision Solutions with Virtualization - Part 3

Gocator® Emulator for Sample Testing allows you to send us a physical part, so that we scan it at one of our labs, generate a 3D image, and create a custom Emulator scenario that you can use in a variety of ways that benefit to speed your vision solution.
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Accelerate Your Vision Solutions with Virtualization - Part 2



Accelerate Your Vision Solutions with Virtualization - Part 2

Gocator® Emulator for Desktop is a PC-based simulator designed for automation engineers––providing you with the ability to work offline, view recorded data, and develop new solutions without actual hardware.
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Accelerate Your Vision Solutions with Virtualization - Part 1

Accelerate Your Vision Solutions with Virtualization - Part 1

Due to the current global shift to digital platforms, it is more important now than ever that automation engineers have access to virtualization technologies in order to develop vision solutions without access to actual hardware.
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Optimization in the Wood Industry with 3D Laser Scanning - Part 2

Optimization in the Wood Industry with 3D Laser Scanning - Part 2

In Part 2 of our wood scanning blog post we will explore board optimization with Gocator 200 Series laser scanners.
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Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools Online Course

Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools

COST: Free
LEVEL: Introductory
DATE: April 22, 2021, 9:00AM PST

Online course Includes:

  • Interactive Instructor Led Training
  • Hands-on Activities on the Gocator Emulator
  • Introduction to Gocator 6.0 Software
  • .GS Activity Files
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Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools Online Course

Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools

COST: Free
LEVEL: Introductory
DATE: May 11, 2021, 9:00AM PST

Online course Includes:

  • Interactive Instructor Led Training
  • Hands-on Activities on the Gocator Emulator
  • Introduction to Gocator 6.0 Software
  • .GS Activity Files
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Webinar: Surface Filtering Part 2 - Advanced Tools

Webinar: Surface Filtering Part 2 - Advanced Tools (Session One)

WHEN: May 25, 2021 at 18:00 PST
SPEAKER: Chris Hooper, Territory Manager and Colin Greatwood, Field Application Engineer
PRODUCT(S): Gocator firmware
LEVEL: Intermediate

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Webinar: Surface Filtering Part 2 - Advanced Tools

Webinar: Surface Filtering Part 2 - Advanced Tools (Session Two)

WHEN: May 26, 2021 at 09:00 PST
SPEAKER: Chris Hooper, Territory Manager and Colin Greatwood, Field Application Engineer
PRODUCT(S): Gocator firmware
LEVEL: Intermediate

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Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools Online Course

Online Course: 2.5 Hour Introduction to Gocator Firmware GUI 6.0 and Measurement Tools

COST: Free
LEVEL: Introductory
DATE: June 22, 2021, 9:00AM PST

Online course Includes:

  • Interactive Instructor Led Training
  • Hands-on Activities on the Gocator Emulator
  • Introduction to Gocator 6.0 Software
  • .GS Activity Files
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LMI Technologies Transitions to New CEO with Bright Future Ahead for Company

After working at LMI for over 18 years, Terry Arden steps down as CEO role as of January 1, 2021. He will continue to serve as Chief Brand Officer in a part-time role, supporting the LMI Executive in product and business strategy development.
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LMI Technologies Adds New Model to Its Series of 5-Megapixel 3D Snapshot Sensors

The Gocator® 3520 extends the field of view of our 5-megapixel smart snapshot sensor series for metrology-grade inline measurement and inspection with increased scan coverage.
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LMI Technologies Extends Popular 2400 Series of 3D Line Profile Sensors with Three New Blue Laser Models

These new blue laser line profilers are designed for precision 3D scanning of shiny materials (e.g. machined-metal surfaces) and offer a range of wide fields of view for applications in various key markets such as EV battery, consumer electronics, and rail.
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LMI Technologies Named to the 2020 List of Best Workplaces™ in Manufacturing

The list is based on independent analysis of direct feedback from hundreds of surveyed organizations across Canada
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LMI Takes Another Big Step in Web-Enabled 3D Inspection Software

LMI is pleased to announce the official launch of Gocator® 6.0 software. This is a major release that introduces significant user interface improvements for enhanced productivity.
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LMI Technologies Named to the 2020 List of Best Workplaces™ in British Columbia

The list is based on independent analysis of direct feedback from thousands of surveyed employees working in leading organizations across the province
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Covid-19 Safety Plan

Employers in the province of British Columba are required to develop a COVID-19 Safety Plan that outlines the policies, guidelines, and procedures they have put in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
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LMI Technologies Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

Here are the steps that LMI Technologies has taken to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to secure our supply chain and services for our customers.
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