Line Scan Cameras

Introduction to line scan cameras

• Function and applications
• Feature selection criteria
• Setting up a CCD line scan camera system
  • System adjustments using the oscilloscope display
  • Shading correction and white balance
  • Sensor alignment, lens focussing

Software for line scan camera systems

• Software development kit (SDK) with drivers, DLLs, C++ class library, sample programs for Windows, DOS and Linux
• VI library for LabVIEW

Interface overview

• GigE Vision™, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, CameraLink® and LVDS
• Characteristics and variations
• System components, max. cable lengths and accessories

Line scan cameras: Types and technical data

• Ranking table by interface and pixels of all 74 Schäfter+Kirchhoff line scan cameras
• Technical data on line frequency, dynamic range, casing and features
• Wide selection of various line scan cameras with identical pixel lengths (e.g. 5 LVDS cameras with 2048 pixels/line)

Line scan cameras with Gigabit Ethernet and GigE Vision™ interface

• Camera features, software and accessories
• Monochrome and color line scan cameras, TDI cameras

Line scan cameras with USB 2.0 interface

• Camera features, software LabVIEW VI library
• Monochrome and color line scan cameras

Line scan cameras with CameraLink® interface

• Camera features, software and accessories
• Monochrome and color line scan cameras, TDI cameras

Line scan cameras with LVDS interface

• Camera features, software and accessories
• Monochrome, color and TDI line scan cameras with LVDS Interface
• PC interface (grabber board), merger boxes and software tools

Line scan cameras with analog interface

• Camera features, software and LabVIEW library, PC interface (grabber board)
• monochrome and color line scan cameras

Smart line scan cameras with USB 2.0 interface

• Stand-alone-system for measuring width and edge positions without a PC (2 × digital out, 1 × analog out) parameterization via USB 2.0 interface

TDI Line scan cameras

• High light sensitivity because of Time Delayed Integration
• Sensor lengths of 1024, 2048 and 4096 pixels, modular interface concept
• Application: Image acquisition with dark-field illumination

Color line scan cameras

• Triple and dual color line scan cameras with GigE Vision, LVDS, CameraLink or analog interface
• NEW Triple color line scan camera with 3×7504 pixels and max. 3×60 MHz pixel frequency

Line scan camera family …-XL

• Camera series for line sensors up to 60 mm in length
• Modular system for monochrome, TDI and color sensors with GigE Vision™, LVDS, CameraLink® or USB 2.0 interfaces
• Focus adapters and extension rings

PC interfaces and merger boxes

• PC interface (grabber board) for a CCD line scan camera with LVDS interface and with analog interface
• Merger box: for running several CCD line scan cameras from only one PC interface

Synchronization box SK8051

Produces a trigger for line and frame synchronization

• Maximum input frequency 500 kHz
• Direction-dependent jitter suppression; programmable ′clock′
• Programmable via COM port of PC

Lenses and lens adapters

• CCTV lenses
• Photo lenses
• Scan and macro lenses

Mounting brackets and systems, focus adapters

• Mounting brackets of type 5105, 5105L and mounting systems of type 5105-2, 5105-2L for cameras with C-Mount and lens thread M40×0.75 / M45×0.75
• Focus adapter FA26-S45, mounting systems for series -XL cameras

Formulae for lens selection

Try working it out instead of trying to make it work

Optical filters

The quality, contrast and sharpness of the raw data from many measuring tasks can be improved substantially by using the appropriate optical filtering

• Long-pass, bandpass, notch and polarization filters

Illumination components and accessories

• Excimer lamps
• Fluorescent tubes
• LED illumination

Laser line generators for structural illumination: example applications

• Laser line generators in combination, multiplexed for object measurement in 3D
• Laser diode collimator flatbeam®

Cables and power supplies

• Connection cables for line scan cameras

Dimensions

• Dimensions and technical drawings for all S+K line scan cameras

Dark-field illumination / grazing illumination - wafer inspection

• TDI camera and LED dark-field illumination
• Inspection of reflective surfaces and silicon wafers for scratches, dust and grease

Drill core inspection: plug scanner in color with Gigabit ethernet

Surface-scanning macroscope for automated drill core inspection for the investigation of smooth and cylindrical objects, one-click zooming

Line scan camera system with integral bright-field illumination

Applications:

• Verification of embossed and engraved markings
• Detection of painted area defects
• Crack inspection of cold-pressed continuously produced components
  

LASM – Large area scan macroscope with directed bright-field illumination

Innovative developments in glaciology for the inspection of polar ice core microstructure at 5 µm resolution across a measured span of 41 mm

ILCS – Stratigraphy scanner using dark-field illumination

Innovative developments in glaciology for the documentation of polar ice core laminar structure at 50 µm resolution across a measured span of 105 mm and scan length of over 1 m

Filiform corrosion

The objective, rapid and precise surface analysis of round and flat test plates

Our newly developed Filiform Scanner analyses standardized metaltest panels with a resolution of 6 megapixels. The various structuresare detected by our software and evaluated against the relevantstandards, producing accurate results reproducibly and rapidly.

O-ring groove: surface inspection of machined parts

Inspection system with three CCD line scan cameras

Optical configurations for measuring internal dimensions by exploitation of the Scheimpflug principle

Stents: Quality control of medical implants

Geometry, texture and dimension analysis for stents
a novel development in automated surface inspection and analysis