Inspection Cell for Plastic Seals

Surface Inspection

By integrating a rotating inspection cell with three cameras in combination with Maddox AI's software, the plastic seals are reliably inspected 100% of the time.

product

Seals

industry

Plastics

total savings year

375-625k €

Customer Request

Our customer manufactures over 10,000 seals daily, which were originally inspected manually by twelve people working in three shifts. Depending on the shift and personnel, the sorting accuracy varied considerably. The company refrained from using classic, rule-based inspection systems. It was feared that these systems could only inadequately deal with the high production variability, as the seals come out of the injection molding machine slightly differently depending on the batch and status of the mold.

Maddox AI has developed a three-camera inspection cell that rotates the seals 360° and inspects them 100% from all sides. The device is used to detect burrs, bubbles and contamination, among other things. The gaskets are clamped manually, while the inspection, sorting and packaging preparation is fully automated.

Before

Previous Inspection System

After

With Maddox AI

The gaskets were manually inspected in three shifts with a total of twelve operators. The detection accuracy varied depending on the inspector.

All products are inspected 100% automatically according to a precise defect definition. The inspection system is operated by one employee per shift.

The plant received an average of one to two customer complaints per year, which had to be manually rechecked.

No further customer complaints have been received since the installation of Maddox AI.

Since the inspection results were not digitized, no regular structured root cause analysis was performed.

Thanks to the digitized inspection process, several process optimizations could be realized (e.g. employee training for tool change).

100 %

Digitized Analyses

MES Integration

for a central collection of the data

9 parts / min.

Inspection Speed

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