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Industries Served

Solutions For a Wide Variety of Industries

Vision solution examples are linked to the categories listed below.

Assembly
Automotive
Consumer
Electronic
Food & Beverage
Medical

 

Packaging
Paper
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Robotics
Telecommunications

Assembly Industry

  • Find all of the components of an assembly such as a medical test kit and verify that all are present, in the correct position, and undamaged.
  • Verify correct assembly of fuse blocks.
  • Ensure proper assembly of brake cables into terminals.
  • Verify auto speaker assembly (presence of wire harness, amplifier, grill cloth, gaskets & labels).
  • Verify correct assembly of automobile door panel (handle, speaker grill, carpet, etc.).
  • Verify car seat assembly (placement of clips, pins, sensors and seat belt latch).

Automotive Industry

  • Verify hole location and presence/absence and position of components (i.e. sun visor, door handle, dome light, sunroof).
  • Inspect speedometer needles for size, color, any cosmetic defects.
  • Engine piston assembly verification.
  • Ensure print quality on radio faceplates.
  • Gauge dimensions on automotive brake pads.
  • Guide robotic assembly of an anti-lock brake sensor.
  • Identify automotive tires.
  • Dashboard assembly inspection.
  • Crankshaft and camshaft inspection.
  • Gauging the holes on nozzles of oil jet pumps.
  • Inspect adhesive dispensed on a gear box.
  • Verify presence and correct form of gear teeth.
  • Read characters on engine blocks, piston heads and connecting rods.
  • Inspect engine castings.
  • Check engine block type before assembly.
  • Gauge spark plug gap.
  • Verify presence of a stopper on a fuel injection pump.
  • Gauge robotic assembly of instrument panel illumination systems.
  • Calibrate readouts of instruments.
  • Verify correct assembly of instruments.
  • Test correct function of LED’s and lamps.
  • Inspect logo quality.
  • Verify correct installation of seat adjustment levers
  • Gauge brake cable terminals
  • Inspect brake assembly seals
  • Ensure proper assembly of brake cables into terminals
  • Gauge tire treads
  • Inspect air bag controls
  • Verify correct assembly of fuse blocks
  • Inspect soldering of electronic modules
  • Verify presence/absence & orientation of light bulbs in auto dash/instrument panel
  • Verify presence/absence of wire harness, amplifier, grill cloth, gasket & labels on auto speaker assembly
  • Verify correct assembly & orientation of components of wheeling bearing
  • Verify presence of all kit components in transmission assembly kit
  • Verify correct assembly of grease fittings including spring presence; inspect surface for cracks and damage
  • Verify correct assembly of oil slinger and installation into transmission
  • Verify correct door assembly, including speaker grill, handle, pushbuttons & carpet insert

Consumer Products

  • Inspect labels for presence/absence, position and skew
  • Inspect pull-tops, screw caps or trigger sprays for presence/absence, correct color, skew and proper seating
  • Inspect sunglasses for scratches and blemishes prior to heat forming
  • Verify the presence of ink ball tips on pens
  • Read characters on contact lens molds
  • Verify that logos on razor blade handles are of high quality
  • Verify eyeliner pencils are sharpened at correct end
  • Verify that shampoo bottles have the correct color caps

Electronics Industry

  • Measure diameters, arcs, distances, and angles on connector parts to determine whether a part is within tolerance
  • Gauging of pins and related metal components
  • Verifying crimps between cable and connector
  • Gauging lead length
  • Inspecting for component defects prior to assembly
  • Read OCR or 2D matrix codes for part identification, inventory control, and trace ability
  • Inspect LCD displays
  • Inspection of calculator keypads, radio buttons, PDA keypads, notebook keyboards
  • Verify the color of LED’s used to indicate the status of "service" on cellular phones and the color of keys on keyboards
  • Inspect display surface for scratches, cracks, etc

Food & Beverage Industry

  • Differentiate between various products or containers by size, shape, or color to ensure the correct products are placed in the correct containers
  • Detect insufficient fill levels
  • Inspect beverage can ends for correct placement of pull tab
  • Ensure correct forming of closures
  • Check barcodes to ensure brands do not get mixed
  • Detect incorrect or missing expiration date
  • Detect incorrect or missing lot code number
  • Read 2D Data Matrix codes to discriminate products
  • Detect incorrect or missing product labels
  • Read and verify bar codes
  • Verify Proper Case/Pack Assembly
  • Verify Case properly filled
  • Inspect for Can Seem Droop on
  • Read and verify bar codes
  • Inspect and measure pizza crusts

Medical Industry

  • Inspect a part such as a filter or vial to ensure that it is not chipped, scratched, dented, missing material, or otherwise flawed
  • Find all of the components of an assembly such as a test kit, and verify that they are present, in the correct position, and undamaged
  • Inspect contact lenses
  • Read OCR or 2D Data Matrix codes for compliance with regulations regarding device trace ability
  • Measure diameters, arcs, distances, and angles on parts such as surgical staples to determine whether a part is within tolerance
  • Verify that laser gradation marks on devices including syringes and test kit readouts are correct and legible
  • Gauge needle tip dimensions and check for burrs
  • Inspect surgical masks
  • Inspect IV bags’ sterile closure to ensure they are present, properly positioned, and crimped
  • Inspect surgical blades for nicks and burrs
  • Gauge diameter of welds on length of steel coronary catheters
  • Inspect LCD screen of home blood glucose test meters

Packaging Industry

  • Inspect for presence/absence and correct expiration date
  • Inspect for presence/absence and correct lot code number
  • Measure pre-form and bottle thickness
  • Verify labeling materials in the labeler
  • Verify labels on round and non-round containers
  • Verify inserts and outserts
  • Verify cartons and secondary labels
  • Feature inspection for blister packs and missing components
  • Verify cap placement
  • Verify fill level
  • Inspect beverage can ends for correct placement of pull tab
  • Detect defects like dents and rivets in beverage can ends
  • Ensure correct forming of closures
  • Check barcodes to ensure that can brands do not get mixed
  • Read 2D Data Matrix codes to discriminate products

Paper Industry

  • Inspect paper webs for correct width
  • Inspect webs for holes, tears or cosmetic defects

Pharmaceutical Industry

  • Verify correct and readable expiration dates and lot code numbers
  • Detect missing, skewed or offset and bad overlap labels
  • Inspect blister packs: presence/absence of pill, detect wrong pill, verify correct type of pill (tablet, capsule, gelcap or coated), verify color
  • Verify labels on round and non-round containers
  • Verify inserts and outserts
  • Verify cap placement
  • Verify fill levels
  • Inspect contact lenses

Plastics Industry

  • Measure perform and bottle thickness, body dimensions, perpendicularity and base clearance
  • View strain/stress patterns and material flow characteristics in performs and petaloid bottle bases
  • Inspect and measure all aspects of plastic bottle neck finish and throat -- neck gauging
  • Inspect for label presence/absence, position, skew
  • Inspect sidewalls for particulate contamination, window flaws
  • Inspect for bubbles in sidewalls and base
  • Inspect for swarfs – contaminates inside the finished bottle

Robotics Industry

  • Sorting products by size, shape, or color to ensure the correct products are placed in the correct containers
  • Guide bonding of semiconductor dies on financial smart cards
  • Robotic pick-and-place of bottle caps
  • Robotic guidance of automotive tires to specific vehicles
  • Automated handling of nuclear products
  • Tuck electrical leads into anti-lock brake sensors
  • Guide assembly of automobile instrument panel illumination systems
  • Guide assembly of computer disk drives

Telecommunications Industry

  • Detect defects on window/lens such as scratches, dust, fingerprints
  • Verify the color of LED´s used to indicate the status of "service" on cellular phones
  • Inspect presence and quality of icons on displays
  • Inspect keypads for key print legibility
  • Verify that backlight turns on
  • Verify that keys are mounted in the correct position and are properly oriented
  • Detect presence/absence of on-off assembly on portable phone battery pack
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