Good Light Bad Light

Selecting the correct lighting will determine if your solution is robust and repeatable. Without the correct lighting technique your application will be prone to influence from ambient lighting conditions and poor images quality...which will directly determine the success or failure of your application.

Below are a few examples of the different results you can get from using a standard 'ring' light to a correctly specified illuminator designed to highlight the feature of interest.

A Lead Frame...

    

A HASL board...

    

An expiry date on foil...

    

Date/Lot code on a concave can...

    

Without the right light you cannot see the slots...