Overview of FSI Divisions and Primary Products

The exact name of our parent company is “FSI / Fork Standards, Inc.”, and we also use this name as the identity of one of our 3 divisions:   

- FSI / Fork Standards Inc. - Encoder / Counter / Sensor (ECS) Division  

- FSI Machine Vision

- FSI Express

FSI has been a trusted manufacturer of factory automation products for over 44 years (since 1959).  Our headquarters and main factory is located in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.

FSI / Fork Standards Inc. 

Engineering, Product Development, R & D, Prototyping & Consulting services in areas not covered by our divisions. 

FSI / Fork Standards, Inc, ECS (Encoders, Counters, Sensors)  Div.    

FSI – Manufactured Encoders & Related Accessories

- RSE,

- ESE,

- HDE,

- Defender™,

 - Minicoder,

- Tuff-Coder™,

- measuring wheels,

- couplings,

- Chariot™ encoder mounting systems   

 - Kwangwoo Encoders (North American Headquarters)

- Counter-Based Displays and Controls  (length, distance, total, position, rate, RPM etc.)

- Specialized OEM Photoeyes   built to demanding & special specifications

- HAWK-family Application-Defined Systems related to these products. For example, position indicators, cut-to-length controls, linespeed indicators, etc.   

FSI Machine Vision Div.

Machine vision solutions under our APS™ (Assured Path to Success™) program consisting of:

    -  FSI Machine Vision “Systems” (Units)  

     - CVS-700 Vision Systems powered by NeuroCheck® (including the FireCube™)

   - CVS-500 Smarter Cameras™ powered by NeuroCheck®

 - CVS-074 & CVS-100 family DSP based “Smart Camera” vision systems

  - FSI Machine Vision Lighting products   (encompassing all 6 machine vision lighting families)

   -  FSI Machine Vision lenses and optics 

     - FSI Machine Vision accessories and specialty items

       - APS™ program services, expertise, engineering & lab work  

- FyrEye™ family Application defined machine vision systems that utilize of all of the above plus, in certain cases, FyrEye™ application-specific software engines.  

 FyrEye™ system families include: 

- Wood Product & Profile Inspection Systems

- Graphics, Printing & Printed Packaging Inspection Systems

- Agricultural & unpackaged food product inspection systems

- Cast, Forged and Stamped & Machined & Formed Metal Part Inspection Systems

- Assembly and Assembled Product Inspection systems Inspection Systems

- Tablet, Capsule and Pill Inspection Systems

- Plastic & Molded Part Inspection Systems

- Circuit Board, Integrated Circuit and Semiconductor Inspection Systems

- Liquid Container and Packaged Beverage Inspection Systems

- Surface Analysis Systems NEC (not elsewhere classified)

- Kit and kitted parts verification systems

- Robot Guidance Systems

- Consulting, Engineering, Feasibility Study, Spec-Development, Support & Lab Services 

- Machine Vision Training and NeuroCheck Training

- NeuroCheck® software plus related follow-on services         

- FSI Express Div. On-line & catalog sales of selected machine vision products 

- LED style machine vision lighting

- CVS-072  DSP-based smart cameras  

Through our partners, we also orchestrate offerings of complete turnkey systems and complete machines utilizing the above systems, products and technologies.

Updated 27 July 2007