FEBRUARY 20--PPT Vision Inc. (Minneapolis, MN; www.pptvision.com) announced that Power/mation, a distributor of industrial automation and controls products in the upper Midwest, will be the exclusive distributor for its 2-D machine-vision systems in the upper Midwest region. The alliance with Power/mation is focused primarily on PPT's new IMPACT Machine Vision Micro-System. IMPACT offers the power and flexibility of high-end vision systems at a price-point similar to vision sensors and smart cameras. This system is well suited to the general-purpose industrial market and is complementary to the existing automation and controls products offered by Power/mation.
Says John Pirner, vice president of business development at Power/mation, "By creating a flexible software interface package for IMPACT called Inspection Builder, PPT provides access to the algorithms needed by integrators and developers. It has also made the operator-interface panels easy to use. Operators can customize screens with point and click and view and operate multiple cameras on one screen."
