(Shanghai,Aug.30, 2010) Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) today announced its next-generation DataMan handheld industrial ID scanner, the DataMan 8000 Series. The rugged DataMan 8000 Series is designed for the factory floor and offers the industry s most advanced code reading technology using patented IDMax technology for reading 1D and 2D codes regardless of size, quality, printing method or surface. The DataMan 8000 Series also offers two new innovations for an industrial handheld code reader: modular communications (including Ethernet) and liquid lens variable focus technology.
Caption: Next Generation Cognex DataMan Handheld ID Reader Offers Industrial Ethernet and Autofocus
The DataMan 8000 Series represents a true breakthrough for industrial handheld readers, said Carl Gerst, Business Unit Manager for ID Products. In addition to its powerful code reading capability and rugged design, the DataMan 8000 Series communicates easily with factory networks and ERP systems for real-time traceability, and the automatic variable focus enables operators to use the system close up for very small 2DData Matrix direct part marks and at a distance to read longer 1D barcodes.
The DataMan 8000 Series features Cognex superior code reading capabilities with two powerful algorithms, 1DMax and 2DMax , that provide the most advanced decoding available for reading virtually every type of code, every time, with unsurpassed read rates.
The DataMan 8000 Series is the first industrial handheld reader to offer integrated liquid lens technology. The adjustable focus of the liquid lens gives the maximum depth of field flexibility for an image-based handheld reader. This proven new technology, already integrated into Cognex fixed-mount readers, allows a user for the first time to read small 2D direct part marks as well as long linear bar codes with a single reader.
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