High-Speed GigE Cameras for Industrial Automation and Inspection

Emergent was the first to introduce high-speed 10, 25, and 100GigE area scan and line cameras and software that deliver high-resolution and imaging at production speed.

Our multi-camera systems provide precise synchronisation and reliability for your industrial automation, inspection, defect detection, and process optimization applications. A full set of tools for you to create robust systems. You bring the engineering ingenuity, we deliver the vision and imaging performance.

Your Production and Inspection Lines. Our GigE Camera Systems.

Capture Every Frame

Our cameras capture and process every frame, ensuring no defects are missed. Performance is validated on high-speed production lines.

Real-Time Processing

Make decisions at production speed with GPU-accelerated processing and immediate data access.

Lower Cost of Ownership

More cameras per computer and fully-validated for multi-camera inspection set-ups.

Industrial Reliability

Designed for continuous operation in demanding manufacturing environments, offering proven durability and low maintenance.

Scalable

Begin with a single line and scale to facility-wide deployment without redesign or loss of performance.

Emergent’s Automation & Inspection Camera Solutions

GigE cameras for industrial automation and inspection applications, including 10GigE, 25GigE and 100GigE area scan and line scan cameras.
GigE cameras for industrial automation applications

Emergent's GigE camera range includes, from left to right: EROS 10GigE, BOLT 25GigE and ZENITH 100GigE area scan cameras, and the 100GigE PINNACLE series of line scan cameras. Not pictured: PACE 10GigE and ACCEL 25GigE line scan cameras, and HR Series 10GigE area scan cameras.

Inspect at production speed

Achieve up to 3462 frames per second (fps) for real-time production line inspection. GigE Vision 3.0 and RDMA compliance  eliminates CPU bottlenecks and prevents data loss. Direct GPU memory transfer enables simultaneous capture of high-resolution images from 0.5MP to over 150MP across multiple cameras without impacting system performance.

Cost-effective inspection capabilities

Install more than nine cameras on a single computer using standard ethernet equipment, removing the need for specialized hardware. Emergent area scan and line scan cameras have color, mono, near-infrared, shortwave infrared (SWIR) and polarized sensors for applications in automotive, medical, and other fields. One vendor to provide reliable, validated systems.

Faster to design and deploy

eCapture Pro and eSDK Pro software provide eCapture Pro is a GUI-based system, while eSDK Pro allows you to do your own programming. You will have to do less basic programming vs. conventional vision software. Both programs take care of the essential functions of optimal capture, processing, transfer and storage.

Easy setup with PyTorch and TensorFlow using eCapture Pro or eSDK Pro lets you quickly test ideas. NVIDIA GPU Direct and CUDA frameworks support your deployment of AI and deep learning systems.

Catch defects that other machine vision systems miss

AI-powered inspection finds flaws as small as 0.5mm, reduces mistakes, and saves 15 to 40 percent of quality costs. Special cameras detect surface problems that people cannot see, and instant data checks quickly identify and fix the main issues. Automatic record-keeping helps companies comply with the rules of their respective industries, including food, medical, pharma and automotive.

Line scan camera systems allow real-time inspection of fast-moving parts. Processing is performed by a GPU in a workstation located near to the line. In this case, three cameras work in conjunction to inspect the parts as they move by.

Multi-camera systems are supported by the use of the IEEE 1588 standard, which enables 1µs sync between cameras. Emergent’s eSDK Pro and eCapture Pro software have the built-in FlexProc (“flexible processing”) and FlexTrans (“flexible transport”) technologies, which allow you to control which nodes in your system perform capture, processing, transfer and storage tasks.

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Emergent Vision Technologies powers high-speed imaging, defect detection, and quality inspection systems for global manufacturing operations and research facilities.

Imaging Behind Every Decision

Our GigE cameras power leading inspection and automation systems worldwide. They enable automated optical inspection (AOI), surface quality analysis, dimensional measurement, and robotic guidance with real-time synchronisation and precision, ensuring product quality and enhancing production efficiency.

Award Winning GigE Cameras

Recognized with multiple Product of the Year awards, Emergent’s high-speed cameras and eCapture Pro software with built-in FlexProc and FlexTrans technologies deliver real-time, multi-camera performance trusted on many manufacturing lines.

Key Industrial Applications for Machine Vision Cameras

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Electronics & Semiconductor Inspection

Camera systems for automated optical inspection (AOI) in electronics manufacturing. including:

PCB / Electronics Assembly Inspection / Verification
Component placement, solder joint quality, and assembly verification.

Semiconductor wafer inspection
Defect detection and metrology at wafer level using high-resolution imaging, including SWIR.

Failure Analysis and Material Testing
Root cause investigation and material characterization with scalable camera networks.

Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturing

Compliant machine vision systems for pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing:

Injectable Product Inspection
Inspect for visible particles and container / closure integrity in vials, syringes and cartridges.

Blow-Fill-Seal Inspection
Critical sterile process verification with synchronized multi-point inspection.

Oral Solid Dose Packaging and Seal
Blister packs, tablet counting, and seal verification across distributed production lines.

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Automotive & Industrial Quality Control

Camera systems for automotive and industrial manufacturing, including:

Component Validation
Dimensional measurement, tolerance verification, and surface defect detection on metal/plastic parts.

Cosmetic and Mechanical Quality Control
Quality assessment of finishes, surface treatments, misalignments and more.

Warehouse Package Inspection
Package condition, dimensions, and label verification for quality control.

Robotic Guidance Systems
Vision-enabled bin picking, pick and place, palletizing, racking / de-racking and automated storage/retrieval operation.

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Agricultural Quality Inspection Systems

Agricultural quality inspection for produce grading, defect detection, and sorting, including SWIR imaging:

High-Speed Produce Sorting Lines 
Real-time grading and sorting for fast-moving conveyor systems.

Multi-Camera Ripeness Assessment
Synchronized color and maturity evaluation across multiple inspection stations via standard ethernet infrastructure.

Foreign Material Detection
Use multiple GigE cameras for comprehensive contamination monitoring across processing line across large facilities (up to 100m).

Recommended GigE cameras for industrial automation and inspection applications

EROS Series: Compact 10GigE, low-power, adaptable to network speeds

EROS is our most cost-effective machine vision camera series, and will perform well in most inspection or automation tasks.

EROS 10GigE camera highlights:

  • 10GigE speed for the price of 5 and 2.5GigE.
  • The smallest 10GigE camera series in the world at just 29 x 29mm. Retrofit existing cameras easily.
  • Incredible power efficiency, using just 3W over fiber, 4W RJ45 without POE and 4.8W RJ45 with POE. 
  • Framerate: 30-753fps
  • Resolution: 0.33-24.5MP
  • Auto-negotiates to 10, 5, 2.5 or 1GigE, depending on the network speed.
  • Color, mono,UV,  SWIR and polarized sensors.
Fit Model Resolution Frame Rate Chroma Sensor
Short-wave infrared (SWIR) HE-5300-S-I 5.2 MP 132fps SWIR Sony IMX992
Highest Framerate HE-500-S 0.5 MP 753fps Color, Mono Sony IMX426
Blend Speed / Resolution HE-12000-SBL 12.3 MP 60fps Color, Mono Sony IMX925 Backlit
Blend Speed / Resolution HE-20000-SBL 20.3 MP 35fps Color, Mono Sony IMX541 Backlit
Highest Resolution HE-25000-SBL 24.5 MP 30fps Color, Mono Sony IMX540 Backlit
EROS 10GigE camera for sports applications, including broadcast, analytics, officiating / refereeing and VR.

BOLT Series: 25GigE offers increased resolution and framerates

BOLT 25GigE cameras provide higher framerates and resolutions than 10GigE cameras. When your application requires higher speed (e.g. moving conveyor) or higher resolution (e.g. PCB inspection), BOLT cameras are a great choice.

Series highlights:

  • Proven technology: Emergent was the first to introduce 25GigE cameras.
  • Versatile: Ethernet-based connectivity using SFP28 standard, capable for multi-camera and long cable runs.
  • Resolution: 0.5-127.4MP
  • Framerates: 17-1586fps
Fit Model Resolution Frame Rate Chroma Sensor Name
Highest framerate HB-500-S 0.5 MP 1594.7fps Mono and Color Sony IMX426
High resolution / high framerate HB-25000-SB 24.5MP 105fps Mono and Color Sony IMX530
Ultra high resolution / high framerate HB-65000 65.4MP 35fps Mono and Color Gpixel GMAX3265
Highest resolution / moderate framerate HB-127-S 127.4MP 17fps Mono and Color Sony IMX661
25GigE Sports Camera for Volumetric Capture / VR, Analytics, High-resolution, high-speed

ZENITH 100GigE: Fastest framerates and highest resolutions

ZENITH cameras provide the highest available framerates and resolutions. For industrial applications, these cameras use the latest Sony and Gpixel sensors to perform in applications where imaging quality and speed matter most.

  • 100GigE interface that uses the QSFP28 standard, allowing the use of cost-effective networking equipment.
  • Resolution: 2.5-152MP
  • Framerates: 16-3462fps
  • NVIDIA edge computing devices such as the DGX Spark now offer native 100GigE connectivity.
Fit Model Resolution Frame Rate Chroma Sensor Name
Highest framerate HZ-2000-G 2.5MP 3463fps Mono and Color Gpixel GSPRINT4502
Blend resolution / ultra-high framerate HZ-12000-SB 12.4MP 662fps Mono and Color Sony IMX949
Blend resolution / ultra-high framerate HZ-25000-SB 24.6MP 443fps Mono and Color Sony IMX925
Blend high resolution / high framerate HZ-50000-SB 50.8MP 225fps Mono and Color Sony IMX929
Ultra-high resolution / high framerate HZ-65000-SB 68.2MP 138fps Mono and Color Sony IMX928
Ultra-high resolution / high framerate HZ-100-SB 104.9MP 113fps Mono and Color Sony IMX927
Highest resolution HZ-150-G 154.8MP 16fps Mono and Color Gpixel GMAX32152
100GigE ultra high-speed sports analytics and motion capture camera, >100MP, >100fps

eSDK Pro and eCapture Pro Software

Factory automation teams choose our eCapture Pro and eSDK Pro software. Both programs provide for multi-camera automation and inspection systems. Programming is plug-in based, allowing you to build faster using your own plug-ins or using pre-built programs.

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Recommended Line Cameras for Inspection Applications

Emergent recommends line scan cameras with time delay integration (TDI) capabilities for industrial and inspection applications. TDI provides for better light absorption as the products get their final inspections, and therefore a crisper image, even at high speeds.

  • Line Rate: 121-1,000kHz
  • Resolution: 8K-16K
Fit Model Resolution Line Rate Chroma Sensor
Highest Line Rate PINNACLE LZT-8KG5 – 100GigE 8K 256 TDI 1000KHz Mono Gpixel GLT5008BSI
Highest Resolution PINNACLE LZT16KG5 – 100GigE 16K 256 TDI 500KHz Mono Gpixel GLT5016BSI
Blend of Line Rate / Resolution ACCEL LBT9KG – 25GigE 9K 256 TDI 304KHz Mono Gpixel GLT5009BSI
Blend of Line Rate / Resolution PACE LRT9KG5 – 10GigE 9K 256 TDI 121KHz Mono Gpixel GLT5009BSI
GigE Line Scan cameras as fast as 1000kHz for finish line / photo finish applications in sports