To
put it another way, are you monogamous or poly-amorous when it comes
to your machine vision? Some of the factories I visit are obsessive
about only letting one brand in through their gates, others just
don’t care.
I
see arguments for both sides. Standardizing on a single brand
(camera, light lens … whatever) creates more purchasing leverage,
simplifies spares holdings, and means less training coupled with
greater opportunity to develop deeper skills.
On
the other hand, there’s the risk that you won’t have the best
tool for a specific task, and that you’ll be missing out on the
latest and greatest innovations. And there’s another problem too.
Say you standardize on Dalsa smart cameras running Sherlock, and then
your vision specialist leaves. Yes, you hire a replacement, but he or
she might only speak Cognex. That means he’ll want to bring in a
whole new set of cameras.
So
what do you do? Vote in the poll above and let’s find out.
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