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 Partner E-NEWS -------------------------------- December 2006
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Welcome to the December issue of Partner E-News. With PPT VISION's Fiscal Year having ended Oct. 31, 2006, PPT is delighted to announce that its IMPACT products grew several times faster than the market! And for the first time in its history, IMPACT sales exceeded 1,000 units in a 12 month period. The Company recorded IMPACT Camera units sales growth of 40% in FY06 over FY05, and IMPACT- related revenue growth of 27% in FY06 over FY05. These numbers clearly show that IMPACT products are well accepted by our Partners and Customers! We want to thank all of you, our loyal PPT Partners, for helping us reach these results, and to wish all of you the best in developing new business opportunities and expanding sales growth during the upcoming new year!

 2007 Global Partner Conference (GPC)
 August 13th, 2007, St. Paul, Minnesota

Mark your calendar for the 2007 PPT VISION Global Partner Conference. This will be held during the week of August 13th, 2007, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. Stay tuned for more details regarding this conference in future issues of Partner E- News. In addition, the presentation materials used during the 2006 Global Partner Conference are now available for download. These materials include all presentations from the 2-day technical training sessions as well as the presentations made during the main event. Topics covered include Golden Rules to Selling IMPACT, PPT Exclusive Composite and Exclusive Tools, Filters and Color Inspection Overview, Integrator Testimonials, Application Case Studies and many more. You can download these materials in the original MS PowerPoint format, PowerPoint View format (requires Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer), or Flash format. Some sessions have the presentation and other files available in a zip file as well. Visit the secured Partner Login page to download these valuable materials today.

2006 GPC Presentation Materials 


 Vision 2006
 Stuttgart, Germany

PPT VISION participated in the 2006 European Machine Vision Show on November 7th- 9th held at the Killesberg Trade Fairgrounds in Stuttgart, Germany. Over 200 exhibitors from 22 countries, including every market leader, demonstrated at this leading international trade fair. The IMPACT product line, including IMPACT A10, IMPACT T20, and IMPACT Software Suite were exhibited at the PPT VISION booth. The show attracted over 5000 visitors this year. It was a great networking event for our representatives to forge direct contacts with end users, integrators, distribution partners and machine vision experts in various industries. Photo on left: PPT VISION Inc. President Joe Christenson, and Director of European Sales and Technical Support, Andy Montieth. For future PPT VISION trade exhibit events, visit our News and Events page, or click on the link below.

News and Events 


 Spectrum Illumination
 A PPT VISION Preferred Supplier

PPT VISION is delighted to introduce products from our latest preferred supplier - Spectrum Illumination. Spectrum Illumination is one of the largest vision lighting suppliers in the North America. They provide a broad range of high output LED lighting products to the machine vision industry. Their product line includes commonly used backlights, ringlights, dome lights, washdown lights and other OEM or specialty lights custom made for machine vision applications. All of their lights use standard industrial cables with quick disconnects and have the option to be in a strobed or constant-on state. For more information, visit their website at www.spectrumillumination.com.

Spectrum Illumination Website 


 Vision Tool Highlights
 Morphology Tools

Morphology is the act of warping an image according to mathematically defined relationships. Morphology tools, when used appropriately, can eliminate unwanted noise, smooth edges, join narrow gaps, and fill small holes on a less-than-ideal image. In this issue of Vision Tool Highlights, we are including a document that highlights the features and functions of each of the six Morphology tools currently available in the IMPACT Software Suite. This document shows how these tools can be used to enhance images and improve vision inspection accuracy. Click on the link below to download a copy of this document to learn more about these powerful tools.

Morphology Tool Highlights 


 Application Corner
 Fastener Inspection

In this issue of Partners ENews, we are featuring a fastener inspection application implemented by Visionary Technologies, Inc. , a machine vision integrator based in Zeeland, Michigan. The application requires the vision system to inspect automotive fasteners for detection of cracked heads. The fastener head is determined to be defective if there is a sharp deviation in the head’s perimeter that exceeds a certain specification as determined by the Customer. Using a PPT VISION T20 Intelligent Camera, and IMPACT Vision Program Manager software(VPM), Visionary Technologies' approach to solving this application was to use the Bump Find tool. The Bump Find tool works by monitoring an object’s edge points and tracking their deviation over distance to determine if their pixel to pixel position is normal or in error. Click on the link below to download a demo video which shows how a Bump Find tool is configured for this application. To learn more about Visionary Technologies Inc.'s capabilities, please contact Brad Munster at 616 392-7622, or visit their website at www.vis-tech.com.

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