Technologies and components for machine vision and optical inspection

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Backlight LED Illuminators for Silhouette and Dimensional Inspection

Backlight LED Illuminators: The Complete Guide to Silhouette and Transmission Inspection

Backlight illuminators create the high-contrast silhouettes that make dimensional measurement and contour inspection remarkably reliable. Learn everything about backlight design, uniformity requirements and the BL-series product range …

LED Illuminators for Logistics and E-Commerce Parcel Sorting

Machine Vision Lighting for Logistics and E-Commerce: Parcel Sorting, Dimensioning and Label Reading

The explosion of e-commerce has driven unprecedented demand for vision-based parcel sorting and dimensioning systems. Learn how LED illumination solves the key challenges: variable parcel sizes, high conveyor speeds, ambient light and barcode omnidirectionality …

Ambient Light Rejection Strategies for Machine Vision Systems

Ambient Light Rejection in Machine Vision: How to Protect Your System from Factory Lighting

Factory ambient light — fluorescent tubes, skylights, neighbouring machines — can ruin machine vision results if not properly managed. Learn the hardware and software strategies that make your inspection immune to environmental light variation …

IP Ratings for Machine Vision Illuminators — IP65 IP67 IP69K Explained

IP Ratings for Machine Vision Illuminators: IP65, IP67, IP69K — What They Mean and When You Need Them

IP protection ratings directly determine whether an LED illuminator can survive in your production environment. This guide explains IP65, IP67 and IP69K ratings and helps you choose the right protection level for food, chemical, outdoor and washdown applications …

Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging in Industrial Quality Control

Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging: The Next Frontier for Industrial Quality Control

Hyperspectral and multispectral imaging see beyond what conventional monochrome or colour cameras can detect — revealing composition, contamination and material properties invisible to standard vision systems. Learn the state of the art and where it’s headed …

Machine Vision Lighting for Collaborative Robots and Cobots

Vision Systems for Collaborative Robots: Lighting Considerations for Cobot Integration

Collaborative robots are transforming flexible manufacturing — and vision-guided cobots depend on lighting that’s safe, compact, flexible and easy to integrate. Learn the specific lighting requirements for cobot vision cells and how to meet them …

Machine Vision Lighting Market Trends 2025 to 2030

Machine Vision Market Trends 2025–2030: What’s Driving Growth in Industrial Inspection

The global machine vision market is forecast to exceed $18 billion by 2030. What’s driving this growth? Explore the key trends: AI adoption, semiconductor shortages driving localisation, e-commerce automation, sustainability and the rise of smart factories …

Made in Italy Machine Vision Illuminators — Quality and Traceability

Why Made in Italy Matters for Machine Vision Illuminators: Quality, Traceability and Supply Security

Made in Italy is more than a marketing label — for precision industrial components like LED illuminators, it means full production traceability, strict quality control, ISO9001 certification and supply chain security. Here’s what it means in practice for RODER Vision …

RODER Vision Application Notes: Real-World Machine Vision Lighting Solutions

RODER Vision Application Notes: Real-World Machine Vision Lighting Solutions

Explore RODER Vision’s library of application notes: real-world machine vision inspection challenges solved with LED illumination. From cap inspection to automotive weld checking, each note documents the setup, lighting choice, results achieved and lessons learned …

AI and Deep Learning Requirements for Machine Vision Lighting

AI-Powered Machine Vision: How Deep Learning Is Changing Inspection Lighting Requirements

Deep learning is reshaping industrial inspection — but AI-based machine vision still depends on consistent, well-designed illumination. Discover how neural networks change lighting requirements, why dataset quality starts with the light source, and what AI-ready illumination means in practice …

Backlight LED illuminator application for quality control inspection of industrial parts using machine vision

Real-time defect detection on packaging lines with high-intensity backlighting

In high-speed packaging lines, timing is everything. We analyze the importance of high-intensity backlighting to “freeze” motion and detect structural defects in real time. Thanks to strobe LED technology, high productivity can be maintained without sacrificing accurate and flawless inspection of every single piece passing through the line …

Machine Vision Robot Guidance Application with LED Illuminators and Industrial Cameras

Flat Dome LED Lights for Conveyor Applications

Flat dome LED lights ensure uniform, glare-free illumination for conveyor and pallet applications. Their diffuse lighting improves image consistency, minimizes reflections, and supports accurate robotic guidance. By providing stable brightness and eliminating shadows, these lights enhance machine vision performance in inspection, quality control, and automated industrial processes …

Robot-guided machine vision application and artificial intelligence

LED bar lights for robot guidance on conveyor belts

Choosing the right LED illuminator for robot guidance on conveyor belts determines the reliability of every inspection, pick & place, and positioning task in automated production lines. RODER Vision designs direct and backlight LED illuminators engineered for machine vision integration on conveyor systems — delivering stable, synchronized illumination for accurate …

Backlight LED illuminator application for white cardboard box silhouette and profile inspection in machine vision

How to optimize packaging quality control with backlight illuminators.

Discover how to raise quality control standards in industrial packaging. The use of LED backlights allows for sharp profiles and precise measurements, eliminating interference caused by complex colors and graphics. A strategic investment to optimize production flows, drastically reduce false rejects, and ensure consistently flawless and compliant packaging …

Backlight LED illuminator application for wooden door panel profile inspection in machine vision

Profile and edge inspection on wooden products using LED backlighting

Woodworking requires pinpoint precision. In this article, we explore how LED backlighting revolutionizes profile and edge inspection, overcoming the technical challenges associated with the material’s natural grain. Discover how to ensure maximum compliance for doors, windows, and other products through high-contrast, reliable artificial vision systems …

Backlight LED illuminator application for bottle silhouette and fill-level inspection in machine vision

Glass and PET bottle inspection: how to ensure compliance with LED backlights.

Inspecting glass and PET bottles presents unique challenges related to transparency and reflections. Learn how LED backlights allow you to look “through” the container to verify fill levels, cap integrity, and the presence of contaminants. An essential guide to ensuring food safety and full compliance in the beverage industry …

VisionCheck machine vision inspection of plastic caps detecting ovality defect – cap out of round

The Advantages of LED Backlighting in Precise Dimensional Measurement

Precise Dimensional Measurement requires the high-contrast edge definitions provided by backlight LED illuminators. Professional LED Backlighting and Silhouette Lighting eliminate surface reflections and texture noise, allowing vision systems to achieve maximum accuracy in Precision Inspection. High-uniformity backlight LED illuminators are essential for sub-pixel reliability in automotive, pharmaceutical, and electronic manufacturing …

Machine vision inspection of pin registration paper with defect detection algorithm highlighting alignment issues

Glass Bottle Integrity: Detecting Cracks with Diffuse Backlighting

Ensuring Glass Bottle Integrity requires specialized illumination to overcome transparency and reflections. Diffuse Backlighting provides the uniform background necessary for Detecting Cracks and structural flaws. By visualizing internal defects as high-contrast shapes, this technique enables vision systems to maintain safety standards in high-speed bottling lines across the pharmaceutical and beverage …

Machine vision application with industrial cameras and artificial intelligence

LED Illuminators for Linear Camera Systems

Linear camera systems require precise, uniform lighting to achieve high-speed, high-resolution inspection. LED Illuminators for Linear Camera Systems provide stable, efficient, and adaptable illumination, ensuring accurate image acquisition across continuous materials. Their reliability, spectral flexibility, and energy efficiency make them essential for modern industrial automation and advanced machine vision applications …

Computer Vision Application with Backlight and AI

Backlight LED illuminators for shadow-based vision systems

Backlight LED illuminators for shadow-based vision systems provide high-contrast silhouettes for precise dimensional, profile, and geometric inspections. Widely used across industries, they ensure accurate measurements and reliable quality control. With long-lasting efficiency and uniform illumination, LED backlights are essential for modern machine vision in automated production environments …

Defect detection with artificial vision systems and LED lighting

Machine Vision Lighting: Improving Performance

Illumination is essential for machine vision, ensuring contrast and precision in analysis. Techniques such as front, back, and coaxial illumination are suitable for various applications. Careful selection of wavelengths and LEDs, combined with advanced configurations, ensures optimal results …

Products and technologies for machine vision and optical inspection

RODER products are used in 
machine vision, identification, R&D, optical inspection and robotics applications. The wide range of products includes modular solutions that offer flexibility to users, as well as 
innovative products dedicated to quality control , optical inspection, code reading, traceability and other industrial applications.

The RODER product portfolio includes bar lights, backlights, spot lights, ring lights, dome lights, low-angle lights and more.

Our reliable technology and high output power ensure 
excellent lighting performance and energy efficiency for all projects . RODER LED illuminators are designed to ensure excellent light distribution for optimum image quality.

Powered by RODER SRL

RODER Vision products are designed, produced and tested in the Italian plant of RODER SRL with ISO9001 quality control process certified by DNV. This guarantees high standards of reliability , precision and performance in every industrial application.

48 hours – 100% Tested

All RODER Vision products are tested with a 48-hour test cycle to ensure maximum reliability and product urability. At the end of the 48-hour test, a test certificate is issued that certifies the functionality and compliance with the functional parameters.

High Tech components

RODER Vision products use 
the latest generation electronic and optical components and are supplied by the major brands in the optoelectronic sector. RODER products guarantee 
high efficiency , stability over time and optimal performance even in critical environmental conditions.

Custom projects for special applications

RODER Vision’s design and development team can create special products and customized software for applications that cannot be designed with standard products.

Thanks to a flexible approach and the use of the most modern technologies, 
RODER Vision develops tailor-made solutions that meet specific needs, ensuring perfect integration into production processes and maximum performance.

” The technical support team saved us a lot of time in finding the right product for our vision systems “

ANNA S.

” The high price/performance ratio of the products offered has allowed us to be more competitive on our reference market “

GIORGIO R.

” The high brightness of the RODER VISION illuminators allowed us to save on the total number of devices to be installed in our application “

LORENZO T.

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