Tuesday, July 10, 2012

What Is Active Alignment All About

By Elinor Tran


Automotive and manufacturing industries have been impacted greatly by advancement in technology. One of the transformations that have been done is digitization of systems. System digitization has increased safety of machines and automobiles. Active alignment of systems using computers has improved quality and performance of products.

Nowadays vehicles use cameras which are actively aligned to help the driver get a view of everything happening close to the vehicle. A monitor is strategically placed in the vehicle so that the driver can view all the camera views when driving. At night the driver can use the cameras for a better view. The cameras use infra red night vision at night.

Using active alignment drivers have been able to beat difficult situations. Not only do the cameras provide a view of the area around the vehicle they also give warnings when the automobile is too near to other automobiles or pedestrians. Vehicles that have been actively aligned have recorded very few accidents.

Sensors are also installed in the vehicle to control it in case the situation gets out of hand. They carry out actions such as forcing the car to brake to avoid collisions and other accidents. Airbags also pop out automatically in case of an accident happening. Information from the cameras is recorded by an analog video recorder and is used by crash investigators to determine the cause of accident.

Planar and single channel systems are used to actively align manufacturing processes. Dynamic adjustment of manufacturing processes has resulted in quality and highly performing products. The risks workers faced when working have been reduced greatly because they no longer have to do everything by hand.

It has become very easy to make small adjustments and calculate small measurements. This has led to improved performance of the products made. Another advantage of active alignment over passive ones is cost. Actively aligned systems are cheaper.




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