Production and quality guarantee

Quality assurance is one of the most important parts of the manufacturing process. It is the part that comes at the end of production where the final product is checked for defects and errors before it is sold to customers. This is important because it not only reduces errors in production, but also prevents humans from accessing potentially dangerous items.

For much of industrial history, inspection work was performed by humans, but now companies can use advanced technological systems to improve their quality control. Industries involved in the production of end products such as appliances, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, beverages and food, etc. can benefit greatly from visual inspection systems, offering reduced costs and increased accuracy and reliability along with excellent mechanical stability.

How do visual inspection systems work?

Visual inspection systems use digital sensors that are protected inside the cameras. These cameras use optical sensors to take images that are then processed by computers in order to measure specific characteristics for decision making. They use the applications of artificial intelligence to make accurate and faster comparisons between the correct stereotypes and the real products.

Components of visual inspection systems:

1. Lights – Lights help highlight a feature so that cameras can capture it clearly.

2. Lenses: Lenses present images to sensors, which are actually machine vision cameras and are intended to transform light into images in digital form.

3. Vision process: They work on algorithms that analyze the images and extract as much information as possible about the defects and errors observed in the image.

Benefits of visual inspection systems

• Once visual inspection systems have been programmed and tuned to the manufacturing process, they can perform a large number of production checks in a very short time compared to human inspection.

• In human inspection systems, there is always a great possibility for errors and no matter how experienced and focused the employees are, these errors can never be reduced to a negligible level. Human capabilities have limitations that visual inspection systems do not have. And this is how they largely eliminate the chances of error in the inspection and provide a higher quality of products.

• Another benefit of visual inspections is that, should the production method change, these systems are also adjusted accordingly with great ease.

• They also improve production efficiency. They can detect errors at a faster rate. Analysis of these observed defects can be done quickly and the necessary corrections can be made immediately.

• Unlike humans, these systems can run non-stop for twenty-four hours with unmatched diligence. They can also be operated and programmed from a distant location.

Bottom line

By adopting the visual inspection system in the production process, companies can increase production and also avoid the waste caused by defective and defective products. This will save not only the revenue of the business, but also ensure complete customer satisfaction.