INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LTD

ITS House
High Force Road
Riverside Park Middlesbrough
TS2 1RH

Since 1991, Industrial Technology Systems Ltd. (ITS), an independent systems integrator, has specialised in the design and implementation of machine vision and industrial automation systems. With accreditation to BSEN ISO 9001, ISO 90003 TickIT and compliance with GAMP guidelines, ITS's engineering team offers the highest quality service.

Since the company was established, ITS's engineers have gained extensive experience in the design and implementation of machine vision systems for customers in the Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Packaging, Food and Beverage, and Nuclear Industries.

• Part location
• Inspection
• Measurement
• Optical Character Verification
• Optical Character Recognition
• 1D and 2D Code Reading
• Colour detection and sorting

Whatever your requirements, whether you need to resolve a quality issue through a single inspection task or build a new line or factory with a range of networked solutions, ITS's team has the expertise to perform feasibility studies, in order to recommend and deliver a range of reliable solutions that will meet your needs.

ITS's services are designed to assist manufacturers in their quest for improved quality control, more accurate measurement, greater yield and improved business performance. Machine vision is just one of the techniques that ITS uses to help customers achieve these benefits. ITS's machine vision solutions can also be integrated with the company's other services including Business Improvement Systems, Traceability Systems, Batch Control Systems, Distributed Control Systems, Process Control Systems, Validation Services, Manpower Services, and Support and Regulatory Compliance Training.

ITS has a long history in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, designing and managing projects to the validation standards required by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. ITS's pharmaceutical and medical device customers include AstraZeneca, Becton Dickinson, Bespak, DePuy, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline and NPIL Pharma.

In 2001 ITS signed an agreement with Cognex to become one of its UK Partner System Integrator (PSI) for vision applications. As a partner ITS offers complete turnkey solutions, from feasibility studies, and the design and implementation of Cognex vision systems, through to the documentation, training and support.

"Cognex chose ITS for its excellent track record in providing turnkey solutions to manufacturing customers and considerable experience in delivering validated solutions to pharmaceutical customers throughout the UK. By combining Cognex's market-leading machine vision and traceability solutions with ITS's expertise in systems integration, the two companies can deliver best-in-class solutions to manufacturing customers."                                                                           Cognex UK

The benefits of vision inspection systems - accuracy, speed etc - are all verifiable, however many potential users of the technology still do not realise the full end benefits to their process. ITS aims to raise this level of awareness through a range of free machine vision seminars, designed to demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of machine vision technology. For further information regarding these seminars please visit www.its-ltd.co.uk/index.htm?vis-visionevent.htm&3

ITS has extensive experience in the following industries: Automotive, Chemical, Cosmetics, Electronic, Food and Beverage, Medical Device, Nuclear, Packaging, Petrochemical, and Pharmaceutical

Typical applications include the following:-

Automotive

• Verifying piston assembly
• Reading 2D matrix codes
• Colour-sorting parts

Electronic

• Verifying the assembly of circuit breaker switches
• Measuring the position of connector pins
• Verifying the presence of batteries

Food and Beverage

• Locating products for robot picking
• Measuring fill levels on bottles
• Verifying the roundness of cakes

Packaging

• Checking label presence and skew
• Verifying date and lot codes
• Counting bottles

Pharmaceutical / Medical Device

• Verifying the presence of tamper evident seals
• Locating instruction pamphlet leaflets
• Measuring syringe needle tips

PRODUCTS Principal / Manufacturer	Specialist Product Area / Applications	Any Trade Name
Vision Systems & Sensors
Cognex	Standalone vision sensor solution - no PC required - highest performance of the Cognex family of products - 4 times faster than the In-Sight 2000 and 3000	Cognex In-Sight 3400
Cognex	Vision sensor - provides the highest level of In-Sight 5000 series performance	Cognex In-Sight 5400
Cognex	Vision sensor - high resolution, 1024 x 768 imaging	Cognex In-Sight 5401
Cognex	Vision sensor - differentiates between 16 million colours at high production speeds	Cognex In-Sight 5400C
Cognex	Vision sensor - best price/performance of the In-Sight 5000 series	Cognex In-Sight 5100
Cognex	Vision sensor - Entry-level performance with 5000 series ruggedness	Cognex In-Sight 5000
Cognex	Vision sensor - captures full-frame, 1600 x 1200 images at up to 14 frames per second	Cognex In-Sight 5403
Cognex	Low cost vision sensor - checks for the presence and absence of multiple features at very high speed	Cognex Checker
Cognex	PC based vision systems for more complex vision applications	Cognex VisionPro
Cognex	SmartImage sensor with built-in ethernet connectivity	DVT Legend 510
Cognex	Smallest ethernet ready sensor for robot control, OCR, barcode reading and machine vision inspection.	DVT Legend 540
Cognex	Vision sensor - 24 bits colour recognition and high speed inspections	DVT Legend 542C
Cognex	Legend line scan vision system - offers a wider range of inspection capabilities	DVT Legend LS
Cognex	Colour SmartImage sensor - measures multiple points on a spectrum in a single image	DVT LegendSC
Systech International	PC based vision system	TIPS SENTRI
Systech International	Vision system for applications that require a single camera inspection device	TIPS MicroSENTRI
ID Products
Cognex	Hand held ID reader - provides outstanding performance on problem 2D codes (laser and inkjet codes)	DataMan 6400
Cognex	Hand held ID reader - reads low contrast codes and codes on curved surfaces (electro-chemical etch and dot peen codes)	DataMan 6500
Cognex	High resolution hand held ID reader - reads extremely low contrast codes	DataMan 7500 / 7550 - Cordless
Cognex	Fixed mountID reader - entry level solution - cost effective	Cognex In-Sight 5110
Cognex	Fixed mountID reader - improved hardware processor performance - ideal for 1D and 2D high speed applications	Cognex In-Sight 5410
Cognex	Fixed mountID reader - 1024 x 768 resolution	Cognex In-Sight 5411
Cognex	Powerful code reading scanner	DVT Legend XS
Optical Character Verification
Cognex	Provides optical character verification (OCV) even when the print is extremely distorted	Cognex ProofRead
Wafer Reader
Cognex	Highest performing wafer reader available - offers twice the speed performance of earlier In-Sight wafer readers	Cognex In-Sight 1721