It passed in your lab. Will it pass on their floor?

Every vision system is tuned under perfect lab lighting — then it ships to a factory floor full of windows, forklift lamps, overhead glare, and stray laser light. A MidOpt filter controls the light so the system performs on-site, every shift. It’s roughly 1% of your bill of materials, protecting the other 99%.

The same inspection, three times

lab lighting, clean imageFAT · Pass
Step 1 — in the lab

Controlled lighting

Perfect, even light. The system reads every part. Factory Acceptance Test passes.

factory floor, washed outSAT · Fail
Step 2 — on their floor

Uncontrolled ambient

Windows, forklifts, and ceiling lights wash out contrast. The same system now misses parts.

factory floor with MidOpt filter, cleanSAT · Pass
Step 3 — add the filter

Light, controlled

A MidOpt bandpass passes your signal and blocks the rest. Repeatable on-site, in any conditions.

Pair the light to the filter

The whole method is one idea: choose a light source, then pass only that wavelength to the sensor. A red light and a red bandpass see the same color — and everything else goes dark.

Don’t know your wavelength? Start from your LED and we’ll match it.

Open the LED-to-Filter Guide →
Light source
660 nm red LED
+
Filter
BP660 bandpass
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Result
Signal in, glare out

Solve it with the right filter

All applications →

Monochrome imaging

Maximize contrast

Wavelength separation

Isolate one color of light so the feature you care about pops and everything else falls away.

Block unwanted light

Kill ambient and off-band light that washes out contrast on the line.

Near-infrared imaging

See through surface coatings, inks, and obscurants the eye can’t.

Ultraviolet imaging

Reveal scratches, residues, and defects invisible under white light.

Fluorescence

Separate a weak emission signal from the strong light exciting it.

Glare reduction

Cut specular hotspots off shiny, wet, or curved surfaces.

Increased resolution

Tighten the band to a single wavelength and sharpen every edge.

Exposure control

Tame a bright scene without touching the lens or lighting.

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Color imaging

True color, controlled light

Natural color rendition

Render true, repeatable color under any light source.

Day / night imaging

One camera, dawn-to-dark, switching IR-cut and IR-pass.

NDVI / agriculture

Map crop and vegetation health from reflected near-infrared.

Infrared blocking

Stop invisible IR from contaminating a color sensor.

Light balancing

Correct color temperature to match the source.

Lens protection

A sacrificial, cleanable front surface in harsh environments.

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Spec it with data, not adjectives

Test on your part, in your light, before you commit.

Filter test kits let you trial the full range on your actual application — de-risk the proof-of-concept before you spec a single part number.

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Built for the floor, across every industry

Factory automationElectronics & semiconductorRobotics & guidanceFood & agriculturePharmaceutical & life scienceLogistics & code readingAutomotive & EVAerial & remote sensingPrint & packagingSecurity & ITS

Tell us what you’re imaging

Describe your application and lighting — our team recommends the filter and connects you with a local distributor.