Blog · AI visual inspection
Notes from the inspection line.
Anomaly detection, few-shot training, edge deployment and the metrics that matter: practical writing for solution partners, quality managers and automation engineers.
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Protecting your margin when you add vision to a line build
Custom vision rigs bleed margin through unbudgeted engineering hours. A fixed-scope edge-AI unit, one person, about 30 minutes, makes inspection a priced line item.
July 2026 · 6 min read
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Washdown inspection for food, beverage and pharma: the AV-W100 (IP65)
Why a standard IP54 camera fails on a hosed-down line, and how the IP65 AV-W100 runs the same AI that reached 99.65% F1 on a live cap line, with images staying on the line.
July 2026 · 7 min read
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Who owns the customer after the vision unit goes live
In a channel-first model the integrator keeps the account, service and next project after go-live. How vertical integration and on-device data prevent lock-in.
July 2026 · 7 min read
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Winning quality-inspection projects as an automation integrator
Why proof beats adjectives on a vision tender: lead with a named, numeric case like 99.65% F1 and 0.69% false-negative, and compete in the anomaly band.
July 2026 · 8 min read
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Wiring pass/fail to your PLC: the Wire step of commissioning
The Wire step of commissioning: how to map inspection pass/fail and reject reason into your PLC over five fieldbuses or 4-in/4-out 24V I/O, with triggering.
July 2026 · 7 min read