Cognex Corporation, the world's leader in machine vision, has announced the release of its fastest and most economical industrial handheld readers yet, the DataMan? 8050 Series. Designed with a ruggedised housing to handle harsh factory floor conditions and equipped with Cognex's world-class barcode reading algorithms, the DataMan 8050 Series can read even challenging barcodes quickly and easily.

"The new DataMan 8050 and 8050X build on the success of our industry-leading DataMan 8500? handheld barcode reader, which has set the standard in industrial direct part mark [DPM] barcode reading," said Carl Gerst, Vice President and Business Unit Manager, ID Products. "The new DataMan 8050 and 8050X bring reliable, high-speed barcode reading to the many other handheld barcode reading applications on the factory floor that use labels, direct inkjet or laser-marked codes. This new line expands our offerings in the industrial space."

The patent-pending DataMan 8050 and 8050X are ideal for applications in many manufacturing environments, such as automotive, consumer electronics, aerospace and packaging. The DataMan 8050 and 8050X utilize Cognex's patented 1DMax+ with Hotbars