Teledyne DALSA Ships SWIR Hyperspectral Camera for High-Speed Industrial Sorting

What happened:

Teledyne DALSA has launched Kaleido, a short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral camera designed for applications such as recycling, food safety, pharmaceuticals, and waste management.

The camera offers 1,280-pixel spatial resolution and line speeds above 2.3 kHz, making it suitable for high-speed industrial sorting lines. Teledyne developed the sensor, spectrograph, and interface components internally. The system also uses a 10 GigE interface compatible with GigE Vision and GenICam standards.

Why it matters:

Kaleido includes built-in spectral band selection and spectrograph-based image correction to improve accuracy and consistency.The system is designed to maintain stable calibration across units and throughout its operating temperature range. It also includes features from Teledyne’s existing line scan camera portfolio, such as metadata tagging and support for multiple regions of interest. The camera can maintain strong signal quality even in low-light environments, helping support energy-efficient SWIR LED lighting systems.

Industry context:

Hyperspectral imaging allows cameras to identify materials based on their spectral signatures, going beyond what conventional cameras can detect.

Industries using automated sorting systems need both accurate material identification and high processing speeds. However, hyperspectral imaging has traditionally faced challenges related to system complexity, integration difficulty, and cost, which has slowed wider industrial adoption.

Our take:

By developing the sensor, optics, and interface components in-house, Teledyne gains greater control over system performance, integration, and cost management. The high 2.3 kHz line rate indicates the camera is built for fast-moving production and conveyor environments where material identification must happen in real time.