UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · Awarded contract

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Supply and Installation of Machine Vision Systems and Laser Profiler to the University of Birmingham

Awarded 27 Nov 2020

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Awarded27 Nov 2020

Value£89,927.00

SupplierKeyence UK Ltd

AgencyUNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

RegionUnited Kingdom

CategoryManufacturing & Industrial

Ended 5y 9mo ago2mo term

Awarded 27 Nov 2020Expired 29 Jan 2021

About

The University of Birmingham awarded a contract to Keyence UK Ltd for the supply and installation of three machine vision systems and one laser profiler, valued at £89,927.

Funded by the European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF), the systems will be integrated into automation and robotic systems to form physical demonstrators that support the take-up of high-impact automation technologies by SMEs in the West Midlands.

The machine vision systems will be used for automated inspection tasks such as presence/absence detection, position and alignment detection, dimension measurement, flaw detection, counting, defect inspection, character recognition, and 2D code and barcode reading, and will be integrated with industrial robots including TechMan, KUKA LBR iiwa, and Staubli for vision-guided robot motion.

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