To determine whether a bowl feeder is delivering the right types and sizes of screws and other devices to a production line, TI Automotive (Oxford, UK;
www.tiauto.com) has installed four machine-vision systems on a transfer line for automotive brake and fuel-pipe assemblies. The systems use Compact Vision Systems SBOC-Q/SBOI-Q from Festo (Esslingen, Germany;
www.festo.com) to check device size, orientation, and quality.