{"id":61,"date":"2016-07-25T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/2016\/07\/25\/advantages-of-telecentric-lenses-in-machine-vision-applications\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:31:02","slug":"tutorial-advantages-of-telescentric-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/2016\/07\/tutorial-advantages-of-telescentric-lenses.html","title":{"rendered":"Advantages of Telecentric lenses in machine vision applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/lens\/opto_eng\/telecentric-lenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Telecentric lenses<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">are essential in eliminating distortion errors caused by standard lenses in machine vision applications. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Telecentric lenses are defined by lenses only\u00a0accepting\u00a0incoming light ray bundles whose principal\u00a0rays are parallel to the optical axis of the lens as seen in the diagram below<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/lens\/opto_eng\/telecentric-lenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Telecentric lenses here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-F6clQaTc1Uo\/V4k7jahaCJI\/AAAAAAABG5k\/SI_c48_uvrgb4bV3MXjbPJ-w099u4l5OgCLcB\/s1600\/Telescentric%2Bvs%2BStandard%2Blens.JPG\"><span style=\"clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-F6clQaTc1Uo\/V4k7jahaCJI\/AAAAAAABG5k\/SI_c48_uvrgb4bV3MXjbPJ-w099u4l5OgCLcB\/s640\/Telescentric%2Bvs%2BStandard%2Blens.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b>Key advantages to a Telecentric lens are constant magnification, no\u00a0perspective\u00a0error\u00a0and very low\u00a0distortion<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQBZIjyccA4\/V4k8fQuhlSI\/AAAAAAABG5s\/ApI7kwBPKRgsaD0-pDHL3o7hn8Xl7mjYwCLcB\/s1600\/Telecentric%2Blens%2Badvantage.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pQBZIjyccA4\/V4k8fQuhlSI\/AAAAAAABG5s\/ApI7kwBPKRgsaD0-pDHL3o7hn8Xl7mjYwCLcB\/s640\/Telecentric%2Blens%2Badvantage.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"241\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1stvision.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st Vision can specify the right telecentric lens for your application! \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0Contact us!<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b><u>How do the advantages of telecentric lenses help in machine vision applications? \u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/b><\/span><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Constant Magnification<\/span><\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Telecentric lenses can provide constant magnification, and not influenced by varying lens to object distances. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m8-HIMRW_I8\/V4k-ICkuxdI\/AAAAAAABG54\/ipsONtrJMaIJe4XON9pRma28Llb7tjjqwCLcB\/s1600\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Blens%2Bsetup.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-m8-HIMRW_I8\/V4k-ICkuxdI\/AAAAAAABG54\/ipsONtrJMaIJe4XON9pRma28Llb7tjjqwCLcB\/s320\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Blens%2Bsetup.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><u><i>Example:\u00a0<\/i><\/u><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">The image to the right shows 2 screws in which the 2nd screw is 10mm further away from screw 1 when viewed from the Telecentric lens in the setup.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TrIW-rPr5jU\/V4k-sCUYduI\/AAAAAAABG58\/s96sJWIojMUK1oB3pUsqEgcPtEDXOuHKgCLcB\/s1600\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Bstandard%2Blens.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TrIW-rPr5jU\/V4k-sCUYduI\/AAAAAAABG58\/s96sJWIojMUK1oB3pUsqEgcPtEDXOuHKgCLcB\/s320\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Bstandard%2Blens.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Using a standard lens, screw #1 which is closer will appear to be larger<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IC5UndGe6oE\/V4k-9pe5nPI\/AAAAAAABG6A\/zSBg9ZB18wQ5yqB5WG4s1kh1C2Vxy71VgCLcB\/s1600\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Btelecentric%2Blens.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IC5UndGe6oE\/V4k-9pe5nPI\/AAAAAAABG6A\/zSBg9ZB18wQ5yqB5WG4s1kh1C2Vxy71VgCLcB\/s320\/Opto%2Bengineering%2Btelecentric%2Blens.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"242\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Using a Telecentric lens, the screws look the same size and not influenced by the lens to object distance. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is very helpful in applications to ensure accurate measurements negating any deviations from part placement.<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b><u>Perspective Error<\/u><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Standard lenses show significant perspective errors, whereas telecentric lenses are able to eliminate any perspective effects. \u00a0In cases where measurements are critical, using a telecentric lens is a must!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Spw-LIyupMk\/V40_t1H_nlI\/AAAAAAABHL8\/ZP2XI8XXu0wNGsJI6SU6LFoEZY7zPqNLgCLcB\/s1600\/perspective%2Berror%2Btelecentric.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Spw-LIyupMk\/V40_t1H_nlI\/AAAAAAABHL8\/ZP2XI8XXu0wNGsJI6SU6LFoEZY7zPqNLgCLcB\/s1600\/perspective%2Berror%2Btelecentric.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Low Distortion<\/span><\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Regular lenses have 1-2% distortion, whereas telecentric lenses have 0.1%<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2eSmhEOOEEc\/V5I61MawtOI\/AAAAAAABHOA\/Zvlvj33EjH00efaN6AXrpaknh45yjs7qgCLcB\/s1600\/lens%2Bdistortion.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2eSmhEOOEEc\/V5I61MawtOI\/AAAAAAABHOA\/Zvlvj33EjH00efaN6AXrpaknh45yjs7qgCLcB\/s400\/lens%2Bdistortion.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Regular lens will either have &#8220;Barrel&#8221; (left image) or &#8220;Pin cusion&#8221; distortion (right image)\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><u> \u00a0 \u00a0 Barrel Distortion \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pin Cushion Distortion<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">In barrel distortion, image magnification decreases with distance from the optical axis. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">This is common in fish-eye lenses. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">In pincushion distortion, image magnification increases with the distance from the optical axis. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Using telecentric lenses in machine vision applications will eliminate barrel and pin cusion distortion. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Low distortion is imperative where accuracy is required. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b><u><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">How can it get any better! \u00a0&#8211; Use Collimated light!<\/span><\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Telecentric lenses provide a high level of accuracy, but when coupled with a collimated light source, edge definition is increased.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">Diffused backlights can generate unwanted border effects and create a &#8220;fake&#8221; image of the edge of a part. \u00a0Collimated backlights allow only parallel rays to pass by objects. \u00a0This setup would be setup like the diagram below. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sdfP6Kip52k\/V5J8C4wQ3MI\/AAAAAAABHOc\/z9LZhpUkjCw3loDcv6cFvSv9k2ZJl5GYACLcB\/s1600\/collimated%2Blight.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sdfP6Kip52k\/V5J8C4wQ3MI\/AAAAAAABHOc\/z9LZhpUkjCw3loDcv6cFvSv9k2ZJl5GYACLcB\/s640\/collimated%2Blight.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"188\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\">The result is very crisp edge definition as seen in the images below. \u00a0The left image is using a standard backlight in which light &#8220;wraps&#8221; around the cap. \u00a0The right images use a collimated back light providing excellent edge definition.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0-0a7Bf41YA\/V5J8gaGKDbI\/AAAAAAABHOg\/3eY8BCxmKqg3TR1641zd8_OLbWVE0lzqgCLcB\/s1600\/collimated%2Blight%2Bexample.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0-0a7Bf41YA\/V5J8gaGKDbI\/AAAAAAABHOg\/3eY8BCxmKqg3TR1641zd8_OLbWVE0lzqgCLcB\/s640\/collimated%2Blight%2Bexample.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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