Barco launches High Speed on loom inspection system
Sensors & Systems specialist Barco launches a brand new generation of its CYCLOPS on loom inspection system. The new generation is targeted towards the growing market of technical textiles, where 100% coverage in inspection is often required. The High Speed CYCLOPS system scans for defects at a 3 times higher speed than today’s single camera system. This allows for 100% inspection coverage for all fabric up to a width of 280cm.
CYCLOPS is Barco’s automatic, camera-based on-loom fabric inspection system. The camera moves from left to right and back, taking pictures of the fabric. By means of an image processor and related software algorithms, these images are analyzed to detect defects in the fabric. 
Until now, the scan speed of the camera in Cyclops was 18cm/second. The new High Speed CYCLOPS scans at 54cm/second, a scanning speed that is three times higher. Where the existing CYCLOPS system inspected about 80% of the fabric, the new version has a coverage of 100% for all fabrics and loom speeds. As a result, detection of small local defects, such as stains, kinky weft or filling, etc. can now also be guaranteed, along with the detection of running defects and full width weft or filling defects.
For fabric widths up to 500cm, there is a CYCLOPS version available with 2 cameras. The scanning speed of the dual camera version has been increased from 18 cm/second to 27cm/second, allowing for improved inspection coverage for wide fabrics.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB).
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