Sunday, July 8, 2012

What Is Active Alignment All About

By Elinor Tran


With developments in technology the manufacturing and automotive industries have seen many transformations. One of the transformations is digitization of systems. Digitizing systems has increased safety of machines and vehicles. Active alignment has improved our lives significantly and all we have to thank is computers.

Modern cars come with cameras which have been actively aligned to enable the driver view everything around the vehicle. Monitor are fitted on the dashboard to let the driver view all the camera views. When its night time the infra red night vision enables the driver to still use the cameras for an even better view than looking outside.

This technology has helped many drivers to avoid tricky situations. Apart from just providing a view the cameras also issue a warning when the automobile is too close to another vehicle or pedestrian. The driver is therefore able to avoid a large percentage of accidents. Actively aligned vehicles have recorded the least accidents.

Sensors are incorporated in the vehicle control system in such a way that they can take over when the driver is unable to control the vehicle. The sensors can force the car to brake to avoid accidents. Airbags also automatically come out when an accident takes place. The cameras also have an analog video recorder which records information. In the event of an accident crash investigators use this information to access the accident cause.

Both planar and single channel systems are utilized to actively align processes of manufacturing. Quality performing products are acquired easily because adjustment is made on the manufacturing processes dynamically. Safety for workers has also improved because they no longer have to make the changes 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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