Surface Inspection, Retrofit

Optimization of Laser Bars Quality Inspection

By integrating Maddox AI into the existing camera system, manual re-inspection of laser bars is significantly reduced, while detection quality is improved and the OK/NOK evaluation is standardized.

Product

Laser Bars

Industry

Industry & Infrastructure

Total savings / year​

100-120k €

Customer Request

Our customer produces highly sensitive laser bars in a 24/7 three-shift operation. Quality control was previously carried out through automatic image capture followed by manual evaluation by trained experts. Per shift, one specialist reviewed over 10,000 images from a single batch. The defect rate fluctuated significantly, between 2% and 20%, depending on individual assessment.

The goal was to automate image inspection in order to reduce re-inspection, ease the workload of employees, and make evaluations more objective.

Before

Previous Inspection System

After

With Maddox AI

Quality control was carried out manually, resulting in significant time expenditure and high costs.

Thanks to Maddox AI’s fully automated inspection system, all laser bars are inspected efficiently, with defects detected precisely and reliably.

Detection accuracy varied depending on the inspector. Subjective assessment led to large fluctuations in defect rates (2–20%).

With the increased precision of Maddox AI’s inspection system, the false reject rate was significantly reduced, avoiding unnecessary costs.

High personnel effort for re-inspections of rejected bars.

Reduction of re-inspection for rejected bars by 60–90%.

Before

Previous Inspection System

Quality control was carried out manually, resulting in significant time expenditure and high costs.

Detection accuracy varied depending on the inspector. Subjective assessment led to large fluctuations in defect rates (2–20%).

High personnel effort for re-inspections of rejected bars.

After

With Maddox AI

Thanks to Maddox AI’s fully automated inspection system, all laser bars are inspected efficiently, with defects detected precisely and reliably.

With the increased precision of Maddox AI’s inspection system, the false reject rate was significantly reduced, avoiding unnecessary costs.

Reduction of re-inspection for rejected bars by 60–90%.

>60%

Less re-inspection

>90%

Reduced manual effort

100%

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