Machine vision

Cameras that inspect, count and trace

A camera, a compute unit and a model trained on your own parts. The system sees what an operator cannot watch continuously: a defect, a missing part, a forgotten piece of protective equipment, an unreadable label.

Describe your need
Industrial camera above a workstation, screen showing one verified and one failed inspection
Vision inspection station: camera, dedicated lighting, verdict on screen.

Five inspections and their deliverables

They combine on a single station.

Anomaly detection

Scratches, dents, missing material, weld or paint defects. The model learns what a good part looks like and flags anything that departs from it.

  • Trained on good parts only
  • Heat map of the defect
  • Adjustable threshold

Detection and counting

Presence, position, orientation, number of parts in a bin or on a conveyor.

  • Counting in continuous flow
  • Kit verification
  • Orientation checking

Actions and safety

Protective equipment worn, presence in a dangerous zone, expected gesture at a station. Real-time alerts, without identifying anyone.

  • Helmet, gloves, mask, vest
  • Intrusion into a machine zone
  • Assembly sequence

OCR and traceability

Labels, serial numbers, barcodes and Data Matrix codes, compared with the work order.

  • Printed or marked characters
  • Checked against your reference data
  • History by serial number

Contactless measurement

Lengths, distances, diameters and positions measured by camera, with or without depth.

  • Calibrated 2D camera or depth sensor
  • Dimensions recorded
  • Compared against the drawing

What you get back

A verdict for the operator, an annotated image archived, a traceability record. The same deliverables as our benches.

  • Report per serial number
  • CSV, PDF or API export
  • Quality dashboards

Automatic harness measurement

The extension of our NEXO harness tester. The camera reconstructs the layout of a harness placed on the table, identifies every branch and measures its length in seconds.

A tape measurement takes long minutes and leaves no record. Vision returns every branch at once, with an annotated image kept in the file.

  • Length of every branch between fixing points
  • Automatic comparison against the wiring drawing
  • Complements the NEXO electrical test on the same station
See the NEXO tester
Wiring harness laid flat, each branch traced in a different colour with its length in centimetres
Automatic branch length measurement. Design view.

Part inspection and counting

On a conveyor or an assembly station, the system locates each part, checks that it is present, correctly oriented and in the right quantity, then passes the count on.

  • Counting in motion, with no mechanical sensor
  • Kit verification before packing
  • Misoriented part or missing component
  • Cycle time compatible with the line rate
Metal parts on a conveyor, each inside a detection box with a counter displayed
Detection and counting of parts flowing on a conveyor.
Machined aeronautical part with a defect area highlighted in red and its confidence score
Surface defect located, with heat map and score.

Anomaly detection

The model learns from conforming parts, which avoids collecting hundreds of examples of every defect. Anything that departs is flagged, located and scored.

The threshold is set with your inspectors: rework, scrap or pass.

  • Appearance: scratch, dent, corrosion, burr
  • Assembly: missing screw, reversed part, absent seal
  • Threshold adjustable without retraining

Safety and actions at the workstation

The system reads the scene, not identities.

What it detects

  • Helmet, gloves, glasses, mask, vest
  • A person in a machine zone during a cycle
  • An assembly sequence that departs from the procedure

What it does not do

  • No facial recognition
  • No individual productivity tracking
  • No image leaves your network

We agree these rules with you before installation.

OCR, labels and traceability

The camera reads the label, the serial number or the Data Matrix, then compares it with what the work order expects. If the two differ, the part is stopped before packing.

Every read leaves a record: when, what value, what decision. That is what your customers ask for during an audit.

  • Printed, laser-marked or dot-peened characters
  • Barcodes, Data Matrix and QR codes on difficult surfaces
  • History by serial number, with the original image
Label on a connector, text fields boxed and the recognised characters shown alongside
Label reading and confirmation against the work order.

How it is installed

Processing happens beside the line. Your images stay with you.

AcquisitionIndustrial or depth camera, lens and lighting chosen for the part. Lighting is half the result.
ProcessingEmbedded compute unit at the station, with hardware acceleration. Works with no internet.
InterfaceScreen at the station, verdict readable from a distance. Web administration on your local network.
IntegrationPLC output, file export, or an API into your production system.
DataStored locally, optional network backup. Nothing sent to a cloud.
EvolutionThe model is retrained with images from your own line.

How we proceed

Vision has to be proven before it is bought.

  1. Feasibility

    You send us good parts and defective parts. We test, then we tell you what is detectable.

  2. Prototype

    A demonstration station on your line, alongside your current inspection, to measure the real rate.

  3. Industrialisation

    Mechanics, lighting, compute unit and PLC integration built in our workshop.

  4. Acceptance

    Tests on a known batch, thresholds tuned, operator training.

If the study shows inspection is not reliable on your parts, we say so at that stage.

Let's talk about your next test equipment.

Send us a specification, a drawing or just an idea. We come back within two working days with a first architecture and a budget.