Tire/wheel identification. (Instruments).

This supplier of machine vision systems has introduced two high-performance identification systems for automatically identifying tires and wheels. Designed to ensure the presence of correct tires and wheels at multiple process points, the systems are said to offer unmatched identification accuracy at production line speeds. The TIS-8000 tire identification system is said to provide high accuracy, in-process verification and identification of tires using specialized machine vision software for recognizing tire treads and sidewalls. Common applications include trucking and sorting tires during manufacturing, verifying the correct tire models prior to mounting onto wheels, and ensuring the correct sequence of tires prior to shipping. The WIS-8000 wheel identification system automatically recognizes wheel spoke patterns, wheel finish and other features to ensure the presence of correct wheels. By identifying tires and wheels with 99.99% accuracy, these identification systems are said to enable companies to reliably authenticate wheel and tire models from the time they are produced to the time they are assembled onto vehicles. (Cognex)

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