Industries Overview

Cognex supplies inspection, guidance and identification solutions to virtually all manufacturing industry sectors. In addition to the major sectors shown below, we also supply the Aerospace, Electronic Assembly Equipment, Document Processing and Printing, Life Sciences and Product Security markets.

• 

  Automation Equipment & Machine Building

  Machine builders, systems integrators, and line builders rely on Cognex machine vision technologyto deliver reliable and accurate, high-speed inspec

  Automation Equipment & Machine Building

• 

  Automotive

  Cognex vision and ID has been used to inspect and identify virtually every type of component and sub-assembly used in vehicle production.

  Automotive

• 

  Consumer Products

  An incredibly wide range of high volume consumer products are inspected every day by Cognex vision.

  Consumer Products

• 

  Electronics

  For manufacturers of products and production equipment in consumer and industrial electronics, our vision and ID systems provide a wide range of inspection, process control and traceability solutions.

  Electronics

• 

  Electric Vehicles

  Machine vision and deep learning helps EV manufacturers automate inspections for quality and consistency throughout production.

  Electric Vehicles

• 

  Food and Beverage

  High speed, high volume manufacture of food and beverage products are ideal applications for Cognex vision and ID products.

  Food and Beverage

• 

  Life Science Solutions

  The Life Science industry is pushing for greater automation as global healthcare needs continue to grow at a fast pace.

  Life Science Solutions

• 

  Logistics

  Vision based barcode reading is replacing traditional laser scanners in an ever increasing range of applications in the logistics industry.

  Logistics

• 

  Pharmaceutical/Medical

  Ensuring the healthcare products you manufacture meet patient safety and traceability requirements in a cost effective manner.

  Pharmaceutical/Medical

• 

  Product Security

  Cognex technology reads, inspects, and authenticates products at the unit- and package-level, easily exchanging security data with third party software and hardware systems to verify the safe and accurate movement of products.

  Product Security

• 

  Semiconductor

  Cognex has been the leading vision and ID supplier to the semiconductor and electronics industry for over 30 years.

  Semiconductor

• 

  Solar

  Vision and ID technology has enabled rapid development of a wide range of solar manufacturing processes.

  Solar

• 

  Tobacco

  Product and distribution tracking for each step of the tobacco supply chain

  Tobacco

• 

  Vision-Guided Robotics

  Cognex machine vision solutions reliably and accurately guide robots and cobots that perform pick-and-place application

  Vision-Guided Robotics

View all Industry Applications

Sort applications by industry and product or run a unique search to find the vision solution that’s right for you.

View All