ISRA Vision Systems AG, a leading supplier of machine vision systems, has won orders for display glass inspection worth a total of EUR 1.8 million. The ISRA systems will be installed in production pla…
ISRA Vision Systems AG, a leading supplier of machine vision systems, has won orders for display glass inspection worth a total of EUR 1.8 million. The ISRA systems will be installed in production plants in Asia and Europe during the current fiscal year. They will inspect ultra-thin generation 7 glass, which is used in the production of flat panel displays, for defects as small as a few micrometers. The inspected glass sheets measure over 2.0 m and are a mere half a millimeter thick. This market segment is particularly attractive for ISRA because the segment is currently growing at more than 30% per annum. Currently, ISRA systems are being employed only in specific steps, such as the production of the glass substrate and in subsequent steps. The systems search the glass for defects such as inclusions, scratches, edge defects, coating defects and for defects in the electronic layers. When faults are located, the systems identify and measure the defects and determine their position. The systems are equipped with state-of-the-art high-resolution cameras and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)-based processor technology in order to process the immense amounts of data within acceptable cycle times. Display glass activities are part of Surface Vision, ISRA“s larger division, which the company says grew strongly during fiscal year 2004/2005: Total output increased 32%, while pre-tax profit grew almost 90%. ISRA expects display glass inspection to drive growth in the 2005/2006 fiscal year. In order to fully exploit the potential of the display glass growth market, ISRA will expand its product range to cover the high-ROI process steps in the latter stages of the production process. For fiscal year 2005/2006, ISRA-Group says it expects to continue along its double-digit profitable growth path.