Seattle, WA, February 9, 2004 - Newton Labs,
a Seattle based manufacturer of machine vision and
optical automation, announced today an agreement for
Newton to design, manufacture and supply a vision-based
profile measurement system to Beta LaserMike. This
system, designed for the extrusion industry, will
be marketed, sold and serviced by Beta LaserMike.
The new measurement system uses Newton's advanced
machine vision technology to continuously and accurately
measure extruded plastic profiles in 360 degrees.
"We are very pleased to be able to work with
a synergistic company like Beta LaserMike," said
John W. Bramblet, President and CEO of Newton Labs.
"This is an opportunity for Beta LaserMike to
answer the significant demand from its worldwide customer
base for this high end solution."
Newton Labs designs, manufactures and markets general-purpose
machine vision systems as well as OEM/custom systems
and has a reputation in the vision industry for accomplishing
very complex inspection tasks. Many of these tasks,
such as live bullet tracking, identifying tire tread
patterns, shiny surface defect detection, tire sidewall
(black rubber) letter reading/defect detection and
3 dimensional personnel tracking for security purposes
had not been previously supplied to the market.
For over 30 years Beta LaserMike has been a leading
provider of non-contact dimensional gauges and controls
for the Wire, Cable, and Extrusion industries. The
new vision based measurement system will join a product
line which includes state-of -the art ultrasonics
and line speed/length measurement devices, will add
the ability to actually measure the manufacturing
specifications of extruded profiles, including the
contour, features, shape, and size. "We investigated
numerous other machine vision providers during our
search but chose Newton due to their obvious technical
capability as well as their flexibility and responsiveness
in meeting our exact requirements," noted Dan
Doster, President of Beta LaserMike.
Newton Labs has been producing both general purpose
and custom machine vision systems for more than 10
years and has shipped over 12,000 products. The company
manufactures all of the key components of its vision
systems, thus allowing the design of each system to
precisely match the unique specifications and commercial
requirements of an application or customer. In addition
to machine vision systems, Newton designs and manufactures
advanced robotic systems, optical automation and vision
equipped machines. Newton Labs will manufacture the
product at its Seattle, Washington facilities.
For more information, please visit our website at
www.newtonlabs.com
