Inspection of Ball Bearings
Surface Inspection and Component Detection
Customer Request
Our customer produces over 20,000 ball bearings daily, which were inspected both by a classic inspection system and, in some cases, by human inspectors. The classic inspection system often mistook color differences for real defects. This resulted in an excessively high pseudo scrap rate, which had to be checked manually at a high cost.
To massively reduce the pseudo scrap rate, the Maddox AI inspection system combines existing camera hardware with the Maddox AI software. Classic defect types include damages such as impact points, incorrectly mounted components or scratches.
A classic rule-based system was used for the initial inspection. This was followed by a manual inspection in three shifts by two employees per shift to recheck rejects and pseudo-rejects.
All products are inspected 100% automatically according to a precise defect definition. This made it possible to reduce pseudo scrap by more than 90%, eliminating the need for manual rechecking.
The plant received two relevant customer complaints in the last two years, 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 digitalized inspection process, process optimizations could be realized (e.g. direct feedback loop for machine setting).
Sounds like what you need?
Do you have questions about this solution or your very specific application?
Our experts will be happy to advise you!
More Case Studies
Browse through some of our selected case studies. If you have any questions about individual examples or your specific use case, please feel free to contact us at any time!
Pharmaceutical and Medical
- All
- Automotive
- Consumer Goods
- Electronical
- Energy Technology
- Logistics
- Metal
- Pharmaceutical and Medical
- Plastic
Component Detection
- All
- Code Recognition
- Component Detection
- Positioning Errors
- Surface Inspection
Cardboard
- All
- Cardboard
- Copper
- Metal
- Paper
- Plastic
- Rubber
- Steel
