Advantages of Our Profile Projector

As the only completely digital optical comparator on the market, the 500 Series is powerful and versatile enough to measure both small and large parts.

Compared with traditional optical comparators, our VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are competitively priced and offer numerous benefits:

• They produce a very high contrast image with very sharp edge profiles so it is easily viewed in full daylight.
• They are much more accurate.
• Users are much more productive and get more work done with a single machine.
• Our patented CAD  Auto-Align™ and CAD Auto-Pass/Fail™ tools and our patent-pending Tooth Checker™ tools are included.
• The part's deviation from nominal can be computed, displayed, and compared to bi-directional tolerances.
• Review, report, and label Auto Pass/Fail cross sections with Advanced Analysis and Reporting tools
• Work directly with the CAD data so no overlays / templates / Mylars™ are required.
• Collect images (with/without the CAD data overlay and annotations), measurements, and data.
• Execute fully automated measurements (like a video CMM).
• Automatically send measurements, statistics, and data to Excel™ or other external applications.
• The systems have a smaller footprint and use less floor space.
• They can be moved much more easily without requiring re-calibration (i.e. "rolling cart" configuration is standard).
• They have a much greater optical depth of field, i.e. ("everything is in focus all at once").
• They have a longer optical working distance (i.e. more clearance between the part and the lens).
• You can compare a part to its CAD data beyond the optical field-of-view! (because the CAD data tracks the part and follows the stage motion).
• The systems have LED illumination for very stable illumination over a 10 year life. No more bulbs to change!

Thanks to their advanced patented technology, VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are much faster, much more accurate, and easier to use than traditional optical comparators.

And while traditional optical comparators require an overlay (i.e. a template or transparency), with the VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator everything is done electronically so that there are no more templates! You will never again have to buy, print, calibrate, verify, identify, trace, manage, and physically store, and retrieve another template. No more template-related costs, delays, or errors. The VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator works directly with your CAD data.

Through their barcode reader and joystick interface, these systems are extremely intuitive and require only minimal operator training. The system can also be setup to allow on-screen measurements, to collect measurement statistics, and to save the image of the part with its superimposed CAD drawing, etc... Because they are fully digital, these systems allow you to collect complete digital records of the inspection and measurement operations.

VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparators are competitively priced and have a very simple yearly calibration procedure that you can carry out yourself.

Its automation capabilities and user-friendly design make the 500 Series the fastest optical comparator in the industry. We’ll be happy to set up a configuration that meets your job requirements and helps you increase inspection productivity. Please contact us for more information including a detailed spec sheet, a "Frequently Asked Questions" document, pricing, etc...