Micro-Imagechecker
AX30/AX40
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
The Systems at a Glance
Micro-Imagechecker
AX30
AX40
Differential
Binary
Colour
Colour
Grey Value
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Easy to use colour image
processing system
Everything the AX30 can do
plus several functions from tried and
tested A200
Various ready-to-use inspection
tools for a wide range of visual
inspection applications
Colour processing and additional grey
value routines such as sub-pixel edge
detection, feature extraction and smart matching
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Supports 360° contour matching function
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Fast binary routines such as feature extraction
New differential pre-processing
Several useful add-ons such as setting help, data
monitoring and display functions
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Compact and industrial stand-alone hardware
Fast and reliable
Time-saving setup thanks to an easy-to-use graphical interface
Two colour-CCD cameras connectable
Serial, parallel and Ethernet interfaces
VGA-monitor connection
Data storage of Compact Flash memory cards
Support dual language menu
Optional project management software AXTOOL
Contents:
The Sytems at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hardware Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Software Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Inspection Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Software AXTOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
System Configuration and Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Hardware Highlights
Compact and industrial
With their dimensions of just 130 x 59 mm, AX30/AX40 Imagecheckers help you
realise the growing demand of downsizing equipment.They permit space saving
DIN-rail installation in a switching cabinet or direct mounting at the inspection site.
All interface connectors are located on the front side, which makes it easy to install
and service the systems. Furthermore, they have an impressive record in industrial
safety, which results also from the fact that they do not employ any mechanical parts
such as fans or hard disks.
Precise and reliable
Being the successors to our successful A-Series Imagecheckers, AX30/AX40 systems
inherit proven image-processing technology built up over many years. These high-
precision devices ensure advanced quality inspection of your products, since they
include colour data in the evaluation process. They are designed as stand-alone
devices with a proprietary operating system and a dedicated inspection firmware.
The systems are ready for operation immediately after power up and can provide
inspections 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.
Powerful dual camera inspection
AX Series Imagecheckers include a dedicated 32-bit RISC CPU that secures a high-
performance inspection level. Besides the short response time, the systems enable
very powerful inspection algorithms, such as those used for the newly developed
contour matching. They detect objects reliably, even if they partially overlap or if
ambient light changes.
AX30/AX40 process the images of up to two colour CCD cameras in parallel and
output inspection results after a few milliseconds.
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
A Sophisticated Hardware Concept
Indicator LEDs
■ Display of all essential signals
DIN rail installation
■ One touch at the rear, is all that is
on the controller
required for DIN rail installation
Ethernet port
Compact flash
■ 100 Base-Tx
memory card slot
■ Several backup/restore functions
■ Optional: AXTOOL software
■ Backup/restore of camera images,
screenshots and project data
■ Very reliable, rugged and cost
efficient storage media
Two serial ports1)
■ Communicate with PCs
Keypad interface
■ Easy video-game-like setting with
and/or PLCs
a four-button keypad
■ Direct connection to various PLCs
without programming efforts
Parallel I/O
Two colour cameras
connectable
■ Single chip CCD technology
■ Fast progressive scan image
capturing
■ 14 digital outputs for judgement and
result data output plus additional
signals for error, ready, flash-light
trigger, etc.
■ 13 digital inputs for program change
teach-in, etc.
■ All camera parameters adjustable via
software
■ PhotoMOS technology
■ Miniature camera design
Original Product size
VGA-monitor interface
■ High-quality display (flicker-free)
■ Use of cost effective standard
monitors
1) Cannot be used simmultaneously
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Software Highlights
Colour image processing opens a new world of possibilities.
Human eye-like sensitivity
The colour recognition/extraction
algorithms of AX30 and AX40 are based
on the LCH (luminosity, chroma and
hue) mode, which covers all colours a
human eye can recognise. This mode
allows for colour recognition more
similar to that of the human eye than
conventional RGB-mode colour
extraction.
Numerous advantages
½ Independent evaluation of luminance, saturation and hue
½ Low influence by variation in luminance
½ Higher recognition certainty
½ Reliable detection of objects barly distinguishable
in grey colour pictures
Colours like green,
cyan or yellow can
hardly be
distinguished in
grey colour pictures.
Only a colour system makes reliable
control possible.
Inspection examples
Colour Detection, Presence Checking
Measures the area of the specified region or pre-defined
colours to detect foreign objects, perform presence checking,
sort or count objects.
Size Measurement
Grey-scale based inspection functions such as edge finders
allow the system to measure dimensions, angles, diameters,
radii, etc. with sub-pixel resolution.
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Fast and easy setup
Our newly designed user interface
allows you to set up your inspection
routine quickly. The clearly structured
screen with its pull-down menus,
semitransparent spreadsheets and
indicators makes it easy to configure the
AX30 or AX40 to each individual
application, even for non-experts.
Position detection
Several algorithms in the systems are made for precisely
detecting the position of an object.
x/y coordinates and the rotation angle are typically output.
Matching
Advanced matching functions such as contour-matching and
smart matching1) can be used to identify or to validate object
details reliably and efficiently.
1) AX40 only
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Special Features
360° contour-matching
By calculating contour lines and judging,
stable positional detection is possible
even for hidden, overlapped objects that
have been difficult to detect up to now.
Thanks to this, better yields are
achieved.
Previous
AX40
Versatile rotational and positional
adjustment
Highly accurate and reliable inspection
is realized by automatically adjusting
object orientation and stop-position
deviation. Since adjustment is done
using grey scale data, the AX40 shows
its strength when it comes to changes in
brightness. Complicated adjustments
are possible because of the priority
adjustment function.
Mask
Colour tone diagram
Fine adjustment for color inspection is
possible. Even when colors resemble
each other, the target color alone can be bitmaps on a memory card. This is
extracted to enable highly accurate
inspection.
Print screen
You can save setting displays or
displays that occur during operation as
The shape of the inspection area can be
set to match particular targets. Also,
mask area settings can be combined so
that efficient inspection can be carried
out just for a required part.
convenient for creating documents or for
verifying previously shot images.
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Additional Features of the AX40
1 System – 4 inspection modes
AX40 commands four different inspection modes: colour, binary, grey-scale and differential image processing. Combined with a
large pool of ready-made and easy-to-configure inspection functions such as 360° contour-matching and smart matching, AX40
can handle nearly any inspection task.
Full colour
½ LCH mode for human-eye like colour
inspection
Smart matching
Grey scale matching makes sub-pixel
positional detection possible
½ Suitable for various inspection tasks
such as sorting, counting, parts
recognition, etc.
Furthermore, shape inspection, such as
for the detection of chipped objects, can
be carried out simultaneously with the
grey scale difference processing
function
Grey scale
½ 256 grey tones for precise
measurement, positioning, etc.
Template
Differential
½ Extracts edges/changes in the
image data
Detected
image
½ Ideal method e.g. for surface
inspection
Difference result
Binary
½ A reduction of the image data to black
and white pixels allows fastest
inspection
Data monitor Statistical support
Up to 50 inspection results are displayed Data can be tracked, e.g. as maximum
Numerical calculation/judgement
output
on the monitor in chart form for operator
verification. Also, threshold adjustment
(upper and lower limit values) can be
changed on the data monitor without
entering them in the setting menu.
value, minimum value, average value,
and number of NG (no-good) results.
Maximum, minimum, average and other
OK judgment values can be verified,
which is useful as a guide for making
upper and lower limit settings.
The computation function, which has
been troublesome up to now, now can
be easily made, even by beginners.
Also, operation has become even easier
thanks to the ability to set both
numerical calculation and judgement
output on the same screen.
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
User-friendly User Interface
Intuitive and clearly arranged
Colour window achieves unrivaled ease of operation!
Select colours to detect right on the screen.
System uses
18-dot fonts.
Operating systems
equipped with pull-down
menus and dialogue
windows. System closer to
“look and feel” of Windows
applications for more
intuitive operation.
Easy-to-see overall
pass/fail result display.
Image display area (512 x 480)
Reserved area for status
display (128 x 480).
Display results and more
without affecting the
camera image.
Easy-to-see
semitransparent menu
screen. Configure various
settings while viewing
captured image.
Our newly designed user interface saves you time and allows you to set your visual inspection routine efficiently. The clearly
structured screen with its pull-down menus, semitransparent spreadsheets and indicators makes it easy even for non-experts to
adjust AX30/AX40 to each individual application. The big overall good/bad display as well as the status indicators give you
reliable output information any time during the setting and inspection procedure.
Since AX30/AX40 has a standard VGA interface, it can be connected to any normal computer monitor.
Other highlights:
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Password protection
Multiple language configuration (German, English, French, etc.)
Setting help for focus and apperture (AX40)
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Inspection Functions
AX30/AX40 Imagecheckers can be used for a wide range of visual inspection applications such as 2D measurement,
presence/absence checking, object position detection, object identification, sorting, counting, print inspection, colour
discrimination and much more. Here are the inspection tools available in detail:
Detect the object position relative to a specified
reference point, detect rotations or
displacements of objects. Output object
position or adjust other checkers accordingly.
Identify objects and their position based on
significant object features or differences.
Count, sort and categorise objects.
Object
Feature
Detection
Position
Detection
Measure the area of pixels in order to check the
presence/absence of certain object features, to
detect foreign objects, etc.
Detect contours in the current camera
image and output the correlation of the
found object with the given contour.
360°
Contour-
Matching
Area
Measurement
Measure dimensions, distances and widths of
objects or of object features. Determine
diameters, radii, angles, etc.
Detect an object based on stored reference
templates and extracts the differences
between the two images to find e.g. minute
imperfections in imprints or faulty print
images on discrete parts.
Size
Measurement
Smart
Matching
Overview of inspection functions
Feature
PRE-PROCESSING
AX30 Micro-Imagechecker
AX40 Micro-Imagechecker
Colour extraction
Grey scale
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Differential processing
PROCESSING
Position Detection
X/Y
Angle
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b
Area Measurement
Colour extraction
Grey scale
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Size Measurement
Colour (pixel)
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Grey scale (sub-pixel)
Object/Feature Detection
Colour extraction
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Colour (advanced)
Grey (advanced)
360° Contour-Matching
Colour extraction
Grey
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Smart Matching
Grey scale
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POST-PROCESSING
Advanced result calculation
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Software AXTOOL
AXTOOL
This new software tool makes it very convenient to administer and organise your AX30/AX40 projects comprehensively by drag & drop.
AXTOOL allows direct access to AX30/AX40 project data and images. It is easy to back up and to restore inspection program information
from/to your computer and to organise this data.
An integrated image viewer allows you to display and print out saved images. Last but not least the ‘Documenter’ gives you a detailed insight
into each inspection program and simplifies project documentation and archiving.
Saved
image display
Set data
display screen
Navigator
Communication
screen
Message area
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Technical Data
Main Unit
Micro-Imagechecker
PART NUMBER
AX30
AX40
ANMX304
ANMX305
ANMX404
ANMX405
English/German
French/English
32-bit RISC
CPU
RESOLUTION
512 (h) x 480 (v) pixel
2 x 8 colours
2 x 8 colours
8-bit grey scale processing
PROCESSING
8-bit differential processing
INTERFACES
Serial
Parallel
COM port: RS232C (max. speed 115,200 bps)
13-point input, 12-24VDC, bipolar (NPN/PNP), optically coupled
14-point output, 12-24VDC, bipolar (NPN/PNP), optically coupled
100Base-Tx, 10Base-T
Ethernet
Storage device
Compact Flash Memory Card, type I, max. 512 MB
NUMBER OF CAMERAS CONNECTABLE
VISUALISATION
2
1 colour-VGA connection
24 VDC
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
CURRENT CONSUMPTION
OPERATING TEMP. RANGE
WEIGHT
< 0.9 A
0 to 50 °C (no frost or condensation)
Approx. 450 g
Camera
Micro-Imagechecker
AX30
AX40
PART NUMBER
ANMX8310
1/3” CCD, 659 x 494 square pixels
C mount
IMAGE SENSOR
LENS MOUNT
SHUTTER SPEED
OPERATING TEMPERATURE
1/30, 1/100, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/10000 s
Guaranteed performance range: 0 to 40 °C
Allowed operating temperature range: 0 to 50 °C
(no frosting, no condensation)
VIBRATION RESISTANCE
SHOCK RESISTANCE
WEIGHT
10 to 55 Hz; 1 sweep/min, vibration width 1.2 mm, 30 min each in x, y, z directions
700 m/s3, 3 times each x, y, z directions
Approx. 70 g (excluding camera cable, lens and camera mounting brackets)
All specification are subjected to change without further notice.
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
System Configuration and Dimensions
Standard internal Ethernet
interface.
High-speed interface with
AXTOOL makes backing up
images and product type data
a snap.
Supports max. 512MB
CompactFlash™ card*.
Save all that configuration data,
image data and display-screen
data.
Easy configuration with
a handy keypad.
Supports flashlight.
RS232C port makes
Large range of lights
and objectives available.
communicating with PLCs and
other external devices a snap.
Program-less connection via
our PLC protocol as well as
PLCs of other companies.
Supports dedicated 6.5-inch
colour LCD VGA monitor.
Connects up to two colour
cameras.
* CompactFlash™ is a registered trademark of Sun Disk Inc., US.
Dimensions
● Main unit (Controller)
● Dedicated colour camera:
AX30/AX40
54.5
2.146
31
1.220
(10)
(.394)
8
.315
(46.5)
(1.831)
59
2.323
100
3.937
POWER
COM
FLA
CF
ERROR
READY
TOOL
29
1.142
COM.1
COM.2
COM
RDY
ERR
REN
STR
OVF
D1
D2
D3
10
.394
KEYPAD
COM.1
COM.2
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
31
1.220
24.5±0.6
.965±.024
19
.748
CAMERA1
130
5.118
1/4-20UNC
(Depth 9 mm
.354 inch)
COM
STA
4-M3 .118
(Depth 2.5 mm
.098 inch)
24.5±0.6
.965±.024
COM
FCT1
FCT2
13
.512
ACK
TYP
IN1
IN2
IN3
IN4
IN5
IN6
IN7
IN8
+
MONITOR
CAMERA2
31
1.220
26±0.6
1.024±.024
-
2-M3 .118
(Depth: 4 mm .157 inch)
(3.25)
(.128)
2.5
.098
5
.197
ø4.6
ø.181
(19)
(.748)
(5.5)
(.217)
With mounting
bracket
No mounting
bracket
(31.3)
(1.232)
(Unit: mm inch)
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Micro-Imagechecker AX30/AX40
Accessories
Photoelectric sensors
is the brand name for our sensor products. Whatever type of sensor is required, our wide
product range offers you the right solution.
Lenses and optics
High quality lenses for industrial machine vision applications.
Programmable Logic Controllers
Our Programmable Logic Controllers represent "Control advantages" that pay for themselves right
from the start.
Human Machine Interfaces
Our compact size, bright and easy-to-read Human Machine Interfaces can be used to visualise
inspection results. Touch panels can even replace the standard keypad if you so desire.
Power Supplies
Our DIN-rail power supplies offer all features required for industrial use in an incredibly compact
design.
ACD Components
Components such as Timers/Counters and Limit Switches round off our wide Factory Automation
product range.
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