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Colour sensors

A selection of the latest product news, technical articles and application examples for the term Colour sensors:

Color measurement of recyclates in the recycling process

Color measurement of recyclates in the recycling

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Why should the color of recyclates also be measured? A lot of effort is already put into separating the color of the objects to be recycled. The color separation of whole plastic objects is followed by a further color...

2024-10-08
Clarity in darkness – Detect in Carbon Black

Clarity in darkness – Detect in Carbon Black

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Soot-blackened plastic, like a black hole that devours all light? Not quite! Although a large proportion of the light hitting the black plastic material is absorbed in the visible and near infrared range (NIR), the...

2024-10-07
Differentiation of recyclate types using NIR during the recycling process

Differentiation of recyclate types using NIR ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The use of more and more recyclates in the plastic processing industry, driven not least by the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) with regard to the proportion of recyclates in plastics, also increases the...

2024-10-03
TAGTEC – in search of the hidden

TAGTEC – in search of the hidden

Sensor Instruments GmbH: There are already a number of systems for separating and sorting plastic waste according to color and plastic type. In addition, image processing systems, paired with artificial intelligence (AI), provide good services in...

2024-10-02
Inline color calibration with respect to plastic recyclate

Inline color calibration with respect to ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The Windows® Software SPECTRO3 MSM DOCAL Scope facilitates inline calibration of the color sensor system in different ways, which are explained below in further detail. Calibration with RAL plastic color cards The...

2023-11-24
Test report on the inline color measurement of recyclates

Test report on the inline color measurement ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The increasing use of recyclates in the plastics industry means that efficient product control is assuming ever-greater importance. Whilst laboratory-based random quality control was sufficient in the past, the industry is...

2023-11-06
Inspecting the correct labeling of drug packages

Inspecting the correct labeling of drug packages

Micro-Epsilon: Medication packaging must be properly labeled. Imprinted are serialization data, the bar code and additional information. The correct positioning of the label is also important. If these imprints and the position are incorrect, the...

2023-09-28
Following color

Following color

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Sometimes it makes sense to follow. For example, your conscience or good advice from friends. But following people or brands on Instagram or LinkedIn? That is not obligatory. And what about the mainstream? "All is well!...

2023-09-11
Inline color measurement on the extruder line

Inline color measurement on the extruder line

Micro-Epsilon: When finishing polyamide plastic by extrusion and strand pelletizing, absolute color fidelity is necessary to achieve high quality. Micro-Epsilon colorSENSOR CFO sensors are used for reliable color inspection of the granulate. To...

2023-05-19
Sensor system for precise turbidity measurement of liquids

Sensor system for precise turbidity ...

Micro-Epsilon: The smart and precise CFO100 colorSENSORs from Micro-Epsilon impress in liquid turbidity measurements with their high color accuracy and repeatability. During the textile dyeing process, for example, they continuously detect the...

2023-03-31
Functional testing of LEDs on electronic assemblies

Functional testing of LEDs on electronic ...

Micro-Epsilon: The sensor systems of the colorCONTROL MFA series take over the color, intensity and function control of LEDs, displays and other self-illuminators. They are also used for LED testing of electronic assemblies. The receiver sensors...

2023-01-30
Color measurement of recyclates

Color measurement of recyclates

Sensor Instruments GmbH: For years, the mass of recyclable plastic waste has been steadily increasing. This is due, on the one hand, to technical progress in the processing and sorting of plastic waste and, on the other hand, to the EU´s...

2022-08-29
Powerful color sensors for versatile applications

Powerful color sensors for versatile application

Micro-Epsilon offers a unique product range of True Color sensors which are designed for different requirements. This is how almost all color measurements tasks can be solved with high precision across all industries. Four sensor types measure...

2021-07-19
True Color sensors for BUS environments

True Color sensors for BUS environments

Micro-Epsilon: colorSENSOR CFO True Color sensors combine high color accuracy, modern interfaces and intuitive operation. They are used for high precision measurement tasks in the industry and can be integrated via a gateway into BUS...

2021-05-11
Inline gloss measurement of painted wooden panels

Inline gloss measurement of painted wooden ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The human eye reacts principally to differences in contrast (differences in gloss) and color. For example, if we look at freshly-installed floor boards, we immediately notice even the smallest differences in color and...

2021-04-16
The color tone is decisive: the color tone measurement of various colored fiber bundles

The color tone is decisive: the color tone ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The color tone of textile fibers should, as far as possible, be measured at the start of the textile dyeing process using inline measurement. The information about the actual color tone (the actual value) can be compared...

2021-02-17
Color differentiation of second hand clothes in the recycling process

Color differentiation of second hand clothes ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Different colored second hand clothes, transported on a conveyor belt, should be differentiated. At this, the orientation of the respective textile is randomly, which means randomly folded, flat or exaggerated positioned....

2021-02-09
Sustainable v. virgin! The arrival of plastic recyclates

Sustainable v. virgin! The arrival of plastic ..

Sensor Instruments GmbH: A difficult birth! After standing in the shadow of virgin materials for many years, plastic recyclates have now come into their own. There are many reasons for this: whilst the complex technical procedures to which...

2020-11-03
Color Measurement of Painted Metal Plates

Color Measurement of Painted Metal Plates

Sensor Instruments GmbH: The color of metal plates should be measured immediately after the painting process. It must be taken into account here that there are both high-gloss surfaces and very dull surfaces, and that the color value must be...

2020-06-10
Do not overstep the red line

Do not overstep the red line

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Plastic wires with various thicknesses, colors, forms and surface properties are used for a range of different purposes. Examples include tennis rackets with polyester monofilaments; the triangular profile of the racket...

2020-04-24
Sensors for the finest of color graduations

Sensors for the finest of color graduations

Micro-Epsilon: The new CFS2-M11 and CFS2-M20 circular sensors from Micro-Epsilon recognize the finest of color graduations, even on demanding, shiny metallic and structured surfaces. For stable and precise color recognition, the sensors uniformly...

2020-04-17
Measuring speed upgrade - colorSENSOR CFO200 now with 30 kHz

Measuring speed upgrade - colorSENSOR CFO200 ...

Micro-Epsilon: The powerful True Color CFO sensors from Micro-Epsilon are designed for high precision color measurements. With the firmware update 1.4.20, the CFO200 models can now be operated at a measurement frequency of up to 30 kHz. The web...

2019-11-04
Marking detection on cosmetics bottles

Marking detection on cosmetics bottles

Micro-Epsilon: The colorSENSOR CFO100 is used for precise position detection in automated printing processes of cosmetics bottles. The semi-transparent glass ceramic bottles are embossed before they are printed. Due to the indentation, there is a...

2019-11-01

New ams light sensor with 50/60Hz flicker ...

ams Sensors Germany GmbH: ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, introduces a new color (RGB), proximity and flicker detection sensor, the TCS3707, which enables a mobile phone camera to take clean, unblemished...

2019-02-26

New multi-channel spectral sensor from ams ...

ams Sensors Germany GmbH: ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, launched a miniature spectral sensor chip that brings laboratory-grade multi-channel color analysis capability to portable and mobile devices. ...

2019-01-11
ams releases industry’s slimmest proximity/color sensor module for bezel-less smartphone designs

ams releases industry’s slimmest proximity ...

ams Sensors Germany GmbH: ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, introduced a 1.44mm-wide fully integrated color/ambient light/proximity sensor module which has the super-slim package footprint required by the...

2018-11-23
Inline - Color Measurement of Paint Through a 15mm Thick Inspection Glass

Inline - Color Measurement of Paint Through ...

Sensor Instruments GmbH: Usually the color checking of color paint during production primarily is done in a laboratory. A paint sample is taken, and the color of this sample is then checked by way of a thin paint layer in dry condition. This...

2018-11-15
Measuring the zinc strip color in the production line

Measuring the zinc strip color in the production

Micro-Epsilon: During surface finishing of strip material, the color sensor system used must meet high requirements in terms of precision and speed. In order to detect color shades with an accuracy of ΔE <0.1, the colorCONTROL ACS7000...

2018-07-25
Maximum color accuracy with the CFO100 and CFO200 True Color Recognition Sensors

Maximum color accuracy with the CFO100 and ...

Micro-Epsilon’s color sensor range has been extended with the new CFO200 colorSENSOR model, which with a measurement frequency of 20kHz, is ideally suited to dynamic measurement tasks. Furthermore, 220 lumen produces enormous light power. In...

2018-07-18
Maximum color accuracy with the CFO100 and CFO200 True Color Recognition Sensors

Maximum color accuracy with the CFO100 and ...

Micro-Epsilon: The new colorSENSOR CFO200 takes the powerful True Color recognition sensors of the CFO series to a new performance level. The new model is distinguished by its increased precision, speed, light power, color memory and additional...

2018-05-21
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