David L. Dechow

engineer, programmer, technologist

David L. Dechow, engineer, programmer and technologist with expertise in the integration of machine vision, robotics and automation technologies, will present “Fundamentals of Machine Vision” at 8 am on May 12; "Machine Vision for Precision In-line Metrology" at 2:30 pm on May 13; "Vision System Design" with Perry West, president, Automated Vision Systems, at 10:30 on May 14; and "Vision System Design," with Robert Tait, partner, Optical Metrology Solutions, at 8 am on May 16, during A3's Automate 2025 in Detroit. Dechow has served various companies and most notably was founder, owner and principal engineer for two automation system integration firms. Dechow is a recipient of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Automated Imaging Achievement Award and is a member of A3 Imaging Technology Strategy Board. As an educator within the machine-vision industry, Dechow has participated in the training of hundreds of engineers as an instructor with the A3 Certified Vision Professional program. Contact him at [email protected].

Other articles by David Dechow include:

Machine-vision system integration basics