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AI visual inspection for a production line
Real-time AI analysis of line-camera footage to detect visual defects, retrofitted without stopping the line.
- Client
- Manufacturer (Japan)
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Market
- Japanese client
- Duration
- 6 months (incl. 2-month PoC)
- Team
- 4 (PM, 2 CV engineers, systems engineer)
Key metrics
-70%
Inspection labour
-90%+
Missed defects
99%+
Accuracy
Challenge
Inspection relied on skilled staff. Shortages and fatigue caused missed defects, and training new inspectors took a long time.
Approach
Deployed a real-time image-inspection system on the line cameras, designed for non-intrusive retrofit, with a dashboard for results.
Scope of work
- Defect data collection & labelling
- Model training and on-line evaluation
- Edge AI deployment & dashboard
- Operations and periodic model updates
Results
Inspection labour fell 70% and missed defects dropped by over 90%, solving the skills shortage while standardising quality.