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No — it is a line scan camera with vision-like capabilities packaged as a sensor. It detects edges, measures widths, counts threads, and flags splices, tears, and surface defects.
No. A Roll-2-Roll® sensor is actually a line scan camera with vision-like capabilities, packaged with the simplicity of a sensor.
Traditional edge sensors give you a single-point measurement — one edge position, one signal. Roll-2-Roll® sensors have 768 to over 14,000 pixels, integrated LED lighting (infrared, ultraviolet, or white light options), and adaptive algorithms that provide spatial awareness across the full sensing range.
This means a single Roll-2-Roll® sensor can handle:
- Edge detection — up to 128 edges simultaneously
- Width measurement — real-time, across ranges up to 960 mm
- Splice detection — tape splices, overlaps, and joints
- Flag detection — operator flags, markers, and registration marks
- Thread counting — individual thread or string detection
- Tear and void inspection — holes, tears, and surface anomalies
All of this without machine vision complexity. The same sensor-controller combination can be repurposed across entirely different applications without hardware replacement — significantly reducing ownership costs.