18 Jul 2007 In response to the increasing need for telecentric lenses with higher & higher magnification, Moritex (www.moritex.com) has developed a new micromachine lens, the SOD-10X. Most 10X - 20X vision applications have until now required microscopes. The new Super Optical Device (SOD-10X) delivers up to 20X magnification without affecting resolution or numerical aperture - making it the first of its kind in the industry.
The SOD-10X has 1.5-mm spatial resolution, five times the resolution of standard micromachine lenses. Additionally benefiting from a high numerical aperture (0.23) and long working distance the SOD-10X provides the perfect machine vision lens for demanding applications such as Semiconductor or LCD alignment and inspection.
Moritex micromachine lenses maintain a constant view angle to the subject. This is achieved by keeping the optical ray paths parallel to each other. Lens telecentricity is crucial in machine vision applications such as alignment or gauging where view angle and magnification errors need to be minimised. In such applications, the parts being inspected are subject to fluctuations in position. A telecentric lens will maintain magnification and view angle to the subject as long as the part stays within the lens's depth of field. Moritex's new C-mountable SOD-10X is highly telecentric by design thereby providing the vision engineer with the best possible image for repeatable and accurate image processing.
Moritex is an internationally renowned manufacturer of fibre-optic illumination and optical lensing systems for various machine vision and inspection applications.
For further information on the SOD-10X please contact Moritex on telephone (+44-1223-301148 / +1-508-315-3340) or on email sales@moritex.com. | 
