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Industries Served
Solutions For a Wide Variety of Industries
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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