Product Profile

Cognex Corporation has announced itsnext-generation DataMan® handheld industrial ID scanner, the DataMan8000 Series. The rugged DataMan 8000 Series is designed for the factoryfloor and offers the industry's most advanced code reading technologyusing patented IDMax® technology for reading 1D and 2D codes regardlessof size, quality, printing method or surface. The DataMan 8000 Seriesalso offers two new innovations for an industrial handheld code reader:modular communications (including Ethernet) and liquid lens variablefocus technology. The series features Cognex superior code readingcapabilities with two powerful algorithms, 1DMax™ and 2DMax™, thatprovide the most advanced decoding available for reading virtually everytype of code, every time, with unsurpassed read rates. The DataMan 8000Series is the first industrial handheld reader to offer integratedliquid lens technology. The adjustable focus of the liquid lens givesthe maximum depth of field flexibility for an image-based handheldreader. This proven new technology, already integrated into Cognexfixed-mount readers, allows a user for the first time to read small 2Ddirect part marks as well as long linear bar codes with a single reader.The DataMan 8000 Series also supports both RS-232/USB and IndustrialEthernet communication. The DataMan 8000 Series is available in twomodels: The DataMan 8000 Series is available in two models: DataMan 8500– incorporate patented UltraLight® technology from Cognex for superiorimage formation on any mark type and surface; and DataMan 8100 – idealfor applications that require superior code reading performance withoutspecialty lighting.