Soliton to be a major industry sponsor for the recently inaugurated TIFAC Center Of Relevance and Excellence in Machine Vision

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Soliton, India's first and largest manufacturer of smart cameras and machine vision components, to be a major industry sponsor for the TIFAC-CORE in Machine Vision set up at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

Chennai, India, July 30 2009 (PressReleasePoint)
-- Dr. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, today inaugurated the TIFAC Center Of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) which has been setup at the Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai. The event was attended by industrialists and people from the academic sector including faculty and students of various colleges and research institutes.

Coming from the Government of India, this initiative to setup a machine vision center of excellence in Chennai, has acknowledged and accentuated the fact that machine vision is one of the most important technologies contributing to the progress of India. The objective of this center is to provide exposure to Machine Vision technology to the academia, and to give industries the opportunity to adopt machine vision for it's automated inspection and manufacturing needs.

The Machine Vision Center at REC:

1. Will give access to a state-of-the-art Machine Vision Lab
2. Can be consulted for industrial project needs and for technical guidance
3. Could be used to train engineers/students in the practical applications of Machine Vision in industry
4. Will provide access to Soliton's range of indigenously designed and manufactured Machine Vision products and the necessary training to deploy it for various applications in a wide range of sectors ranging from manufacturing to health care

Soliton, India's first and largest manufacturer of smart cameras and machine vision components, is a core member of this Center as a major industry sponsor, and will be participating actively in this venture to spread awareness, knowledge and expertise in Machine Vision to all potential users of machine vision in India.

At the inauguration function, Soliton demonstrated it's product range including FireWire cameras, smart cameras and LED lighting for industrial applications which included:

1. Bearing inspection – Manufacturing Industry
2. Eye drop bottle seal inspection – Pharmaceutical
3. Spark plug inspection – Automotive
4. Automated gauge reading and calibration using GaugeVIEW – Automotive / Instrumentation
5. PCB inspection - Electronics

For more information about this initiative and machine vision products from Soliton, email vision@solitontech.com or visit our website www.solitontech.com. Or call us at +91-80-41208600 to talk to our application engineers for more details regarding product pricing and possible applications.

About machine vision products from Soliton:

Soliton's line of high value machine vision products are designed and priced especially for value conscious customers. These include a fully integrated smart camera, low cost 3 megapixel machine vision camera, and the LEDer range of high intensity, low cost LED-based machine vision lighting.

Machine vision products from Soliton have been used to address a wide range of requirements to automate visual inspection and mistake proof the production processes, including part presence check, assembly verification, defect identification, sorting, dimensional inspection etc. Soliton also offers complete integrated solutions to customers, through it's partner network of system integrators who handle the important responsibility of system design, fabrication, software development, installation, and final commissioning at the end-user site, in all major industrial centers in India.

About Soliton:

Soliton is India’s leading machine vision company and the first company in India to manufacture machine vision products including industrial-grade cameras, smart cameras, LED lighting and OEM products. Our innovative solutions and designs have won us many international awards including the “Imaging Solution of the Year 2004” award from Advanced Imaging Magazine for machine vision and the “Overall Winner” award in National Instruments’ “Best Application Contest” (3 times).