BrainTech Completes Contract For Brake Shoe Refurbishing Factory
23 March 2000
BrainTech Completes Machine Vision Contract For Automotive Brake Shoe Refurbishing Factory
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.--March 22, 2000--BrainTech Inc. (OTCBB:BNTI), today announced the successful completion of its machine vision contract with Satisfied Brake Products (SBP).SBP is an established manufacturing company located in Cornwall, Ontario, which refurbishes automotive brake shoes. BrainTech's contract with SBP was first announced in the company's October 1st, 1999 Press Release and called for the design and implementation of a complete machine vision system.
The system installed at SBP has successfully completed a battery of operational tests under the most rigorous production environment and has operated trouble free during the past month and a half production period. It is designed to perform parts recognition and inspection during the refurbishing process and is currently operating under full production conditions, automatically identifying several hundred different items (brake shoes) at an average rate of two every one and a half seconds. In addition to this function, the system also keeps track of parts "Bin" capacities and generates product inventory reports as well.
This machine vision system utilizes BrainTech's BrainTron II classifier in combination with certain image processing functions of BrainTech's Image Processing Library as well as other proprietary BNTI software components.
"This application provided an excellent environment to incorporate the use of our technology. This fast paced and demanding industrial environment is among the most challenging that can be found anywhere." States BrainTech's CEO, Mr. Owen Jones, adding that, "We appreciated the opportunity to work with the people at Satisfied Brake Products and look forward to building a long term business relationship with their growing organization."
About BrainTech Inc.
BrainTech specializes in the design, development and commercialization of advanced pattern recognition technologies and products. Founded in 1994, the company builds highly effective, adaptive pattern matching recognition systems based on its patented technologies. BrainTech is a public trading company listed on the OTC Bulletin Board, and trades under the symbol BNTI. For more information, visit http://www.bnti.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
OWEN JONES
CEO, DIRECTOR
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