VISION ENGINEERING LAUNCHES PICOZOOM, A NEW AUTOFOCUS DIGITAL INSPECTION MICROSCOPE FOR GLOBAL QUALITY CONTROL
New benchtop system combines motorised autofocus, focus stacking, and built-in measurement and reporting to help electronics, medical device and precision manufacturing teams inspect faster and document results more consistently.
Vision Engineering, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of magnification and inspection systems, today announced the global launch of PicoZoom, a new autofocus digital inspection microscope built for electronics, component amotorised zoom, one-click autofocus, focus stacking, and built-in measurement and reporting tools in a single workflow, helping inspection and quality teams achieve clearer images, faster set-up and more consistent, documented results.
Manufacturers are under growing pressure to meet tighter quality control requirements and to document inspection results more thoroughly, without slowing down production. PicoZoom has been developed to meet that need, sitting between low-cost USB microscopes and higher-end digital inspection platforms and giving manufacturing and quality control teams access to autofocus imaging, measurement and reporting within one accessible system.
One-click autofocus and a motorised 0.7 × to 4.5 × optical zoom( 18.9 × to 121.8 × system magnification) allow operators to move between parts, surfaces and magnification levels without changing lenses or manually refocusing, reducing set-up time and helping keep results consistent between operators and shifts.
Quadrant-controlled LED lighting gives operators directional control over illumination and automatic exposure, making edges, marks and surface detail easier to see on reflective or low-contrast parts.
On parts with depth, such as solder joints, stepped surfaces and threaded components, a single image often only shows one area in sharp focus. PicoZoom’ s focus stacking function combines images captured at different focal planes into one sharp composite, extending depth of field across the part without manual refocusing.
Built-in dimensioning and annotation tools, together with custom report output, let operators capture on-screen measurements and images and compile them into formatted reports without leaving the system, supporting quality control documentation and traceability.
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