3D Printing
3D printing has become mainstream over the last few years. It can now reliably be used by home hobbyists and small businesses to produce parts that would have been impossible just a few years ago.
Mechanical design
Designing an outdoor people counter
Having been in the retail footfall counting business for a number of years I am well aware of the process of counting people, a sensor to ‘see’ the people, a data logger to record the counts and then a way of uploading the counts to a central server so the numbers can be seen by the client, however this presents a whole new set of challenges when there is no power and you are miles from anywhere…
A tablet based inspection system?
One of my clients wanted to offer a simple low cost inspection system to one of their end users. A traditional low cost inspection system would cost several thousands of pounds, they were aiming at several hundred, what about using a tablet Vision systems A typical vision system consists of several key components: A camera. Image processing software. …
Some previous projects….
Here are some of the things I have been involved with over the years…. Along time ago in some workshops not so far away….. Injection moulded parts The complete system One of the larger parts! The large part with all the scribbles on is one of the largest parts we made an inspection system for. …
