Hi!
So soon we got a "new" robot with rj3ic controller and ipendant, we planning to use some kind of camera in the cell, the idea is to check a pad-printed logo (quality) on the injection molded part, the problem is right now i don't even know where to start. ???We have 3 m6ib fanuc robots, but never used any camera with them.Not sure, but if I'm right, there is an option to integrate some kind of cam software to the ipendant.Can somebody please point me to the right direction?
thanks for any suggestions!
Any suggestion for what camera we need for M-20iA (RJ3iC)
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moln4r -
September 24, 2016 at 5:11 PM -
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it sounds like you are talking about Fanic irVision but really cognex.com is where you want to start for a inspection vision system
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Hi
I guess you dont have irvision installed. That will be my first choice . As far as cameras, the camera willl be the Sony xc-56 and you will buy the lens accordingly. Irvision also uses another camera but I dont remember the name . Most of the people uses the Sony
The other option is Cognex which for me Coesnt make sense to connect cognex system to a Fanuc robot. You could put a Cognex camera if you have a PLC and just send the Pass No Pass to the robot
Do you need the camera attached to the robot ? As for the camera and lens itself. Call Cognex
Unless somebody here has the same application you better do some tests before purchasing
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it sounds like you are talking about Fanic irVision but really cognex.com is where you want to start for a inspection vision systemThank you for the tip!
HiI guess you dont have irvision installed. That will be my first choice . As far as cameras, the camera willl be the Sony xc-56 and you will buy the lens accordingly. Irvision also uses another camera but I dont remember the name . Most of the people uses the Sony
The other option is Cognex which for me Coesnt make sense to connect cognex system to a Fanuc robot. You could put a Cognex camera if you have a PLC and just send the Pass No Pass to the robot
Do you need the camera attached to the robot ? As for the camera and lens itself. Call Cognex
Unless somebody here has the same application you better do some tests before purchasing
Don't know yet the robot have irvision installed or not, and no the camera doesn't need to be attached to the robot.Going to check out all the available options first, and do some testing of course.I'll hope someone have something similar here on the forums.Thanks for all the info!
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The first place I would start is, are you familiar with Fanuc's iRVision system? If you aren't, I would start with some training. Navigating Fanuc's vision setup is not very intuitive or beginner friendly, at least not to me. They have vision training at their training facilities, or you can even take their online training(Or pay $$$ and they will come train you at your facility). I did my first iRVision cell for a customer after only doing the online training. It was rough going at first, but luckily I was only doing inspection like what you mentioned doing. I got through the setup, but if I had been trying to pick up parts based on the vision it would have been a disaster with how little I knew at that point. I did some minor work with vision after that, but when I finally took the classroom training at Fanuc's facility here in Michigan a few months ago I was blown away how little I actually knew. Its extremely helpful having someone show you all the "little things" that aren't in the book.
That will get you started with vision, but that is just the beginning. Hopefully you have some decent vendors that deal with machine vision around you. You should be able to get them to come in and show you some lighting, lens, and filter options. Most vendors will do this in the hopes you will buy their products. The lighting and filters can quickly become the hardest part of a good reliable vision setup, more so than setting up the iRVision.
Hope some of this helped.
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I'm sure we going to order some kind of training if we decide to use irvision.The project is on hold right now, but it gets green light later I guess.Thank you so much for the tips!!
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Here we have a majority of cognex inspection camera and irvivision on only one robot (Came with a deal when we bough the robot).
For what you want to do, inspecting a part cognex is the way to go. Fanuc IrVision is a pain to use. The user interface on the iPendant suck and good luck connecting to it via computer. The only situtation where i would go again for IrVision is for part picking since for that it's really well integrated into the robot.
Cognex have many more options and tool when it comes down to inspect parts. In-Sight explorer is a pleasure to use.
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If you are doing positional guidance of the robot, iRvision is definitely the way to go. You can do inspection with it and be very successful, but Cognex is known as having the best software.
Towerguil, not sure why you are having issues connecting to iRvision with a computer, maybe your Internet Explorer settings? I only use my laptop when programming iRVision and have never had issues connecting. Using the pendant for vision programming would be awful.