As a manufacturer in industries such as medical, pharmaceutical, automotive or consumer goods, have you ever experienced common issues like typographical errors, incorrect date codes, misprints and other print related defects? Flaws such as these diminish the reputation of a brand, and inhibit the ability to achieve traceability and package compliance. In addition, these flaws […]

Is your high speed production line running faster than what your QA system can keep up with? Production rate is an important factor when it comes to meeting customer demand, but what good is volume if the quality is lacking? What happens when your customers realize they purchased a faulty product? No one wants upset […]

Are you interested in a machine vision system to help with quality control at your manufacturing plant? Chances are we have engineered systems similar to your upcoming project. Below you will find the second part of “What’s Happening in EPIC’s Vision System Lab,” which highlights vision applications we are currently working with. If you missed the […]

Planning a vision project? Wondering if EPIC has experience similar to your application? From wrinkled label feasibility testing to sub-millimeter defect inspection, our engineers are always testing or engineering an array of vision applications. Read on to see highlights of what is happening in our industrial machine vision lab… Wrinkled Label Inspection Feasibility Testing Our […]

When you have a vision application, how should that first conversation “go” with a machine vision engineer? You might ask yourself similar questions before going on a first date? What do I need to bring? What will we talk about? How much is dinner going to be? When calling EPIC for the first time there […]

EPIC’s machine vision engineer, Chris Walker, worked with Vision Systems Design Magazine on an article featured in their technology trends section for their November 2015 issue. The article was based around a high speed bottling line project that EPIC Systems recently completed for a major soft drink producer. The client was in need of a […]

Ever wondered how large manufacturers of consumer goods ship pallets and pallets of products out their doors each year with limited defects? Chances are they have a machine vision system inspecting their products before they are boxed, palletized, and stretch wrapped… EPIC works with nation-wide and global manufacturers providing machine vision systems that inspect products […]

Post material pulled from machine vision expert Chris Walkers blog. Image normalization is often used to enhance image contrast. Normalization techniques create a greater difference between the darkest grays (by pushing them towards black) and the lightest grays (by pushing these towards white). The image on the left below is an image before normalization, with […]

EPIC strive’s to be better by limiting policies, eliminating the unnecessary, and empowering employees. We pride ourselves in being a not-so-typical business. EPIC’s President, John Schott, would describe EPIC as the “un-corporation”. His goal for EPIC is to reduce the bureaucracy, to empower every employee to make decisions, and move projects forward. As a result, […]