As the Americas distributor, there's a chance that I'm severly biased here but even with that, you should check out the Cluso Vision System for FAI. I've worked with many AOI platforms over the years, back even when each machine shipped with it's own Ph.D. level programmer! Despite how much AOI has advanced over the years, there are still some limitations &, across the industry, there are many combinations of companies/products/quality systems that still make human visual inspection necessary. I won't get into the many & varied arguments about what defines FAI vs. AOI but suffice it to say that there are still many who justify visual inspection & there are now some alternative systems, like Cluso, that can dramatically improve on traditional visual inspection techniques. Such systems try to improve both the efficiency & the effectiveness of the FAI process at a level higher than the usual "crayon" colored inspection sheet that's been converted to an interactive PDF for "automation" purposes! There may also be some significance to the lower cost of such FAI systems when compared to even desktop AOI solutions.
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I'm still not sure if I've got this posting process right, as I've never posted here before, & I offer my apologies concurrently, if I've transgressed any boundaries that I should be aware of. I'm not even sure that I'll be able to find my way back here to check! Please just email me (paul@brockelectronics.com) & let me know, I'm really not some foul, nasty marketing guy trying to put one over on anyone but I have become a believer in the compatibilty of these new FAI systems with our AOI universe. Best Regards, Paul.
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