Delivering customised industrial cameras for specialised applications

Whether specific technical needs, unusual environmental conditions or the desire for a camera in a company's own corporate design: Standard products are often not enough to satisfy the diverse needs of modern industrial companies. IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, therefore, provides customised industrial cameras. The spectrum ranges from simple modifications such as logo imprints or software customisations to completely new designs – precisely tailored to the respective application, the environment of use and the customer's brand identity.

"Our customers benefit from customised camera solutions that are as special as necessary and as efficient as possible," explains Moritz Fuchs, project manager of Customised Solutions. "Thanks to our many years of experience in hardware and software development, we accompany projects from the initial idea to the final integration, with comprehensive advice and technical support."

By minimising development effort, companies save time, costs and internal resources. Modifications to the hardware and software of existing series products can be made quickly and easily. The highest manufacturing standards, 'Made in Germany' and certified processes, ensure the quality of every customised industrial camera. Also, the sustainable design of the solutions ensures long-term availability and maximum planning security.

Whether hardware or software customisation, standard solutions become individual systems. Typical customised products include individual designs, special front and lens mounts or customer-specific pre-focusing. White labelling, preconfigured settings and quality assurance agreements are achievable on the software side. "The individual adaptation of the camera to our lens changer was implemented in an uncomplicated manner - functionally, cost-efficiently and in a spirit of partnership," says Dr Christian Moitzi, Research and Development, Anton Paar GmbH, describing the handling of the solution tailored by IDS.

The company also develops and manufactures completely new camera systems for particularly demanding projects, including feasibility analyses, support with system integration and application-specific training. The camera becomes a perfectly integrated component, whether in automation, medical technology, agricultural technology or in the transport and logistics sector.

The company also offers the modular uEye ACP system for smaller quantities that need customised configuration. Here, standardised components such as sensor boards, lens mounts and connectors can be flexibly combined, even from a quantity of one. Customers benefit from readily available, highly customisable cameras for prototype development through to series applications.