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Plastics and housings
Cosmetic defect detection after moulding and painting, with reject sorting on the belt.
Manufacturing
Forge Floor
A factory floor that sees every risk and every defect — in real time.
Vision AI for production floors: PPE and exclusion-zone enforcement, forklift–pedestrian collision warning, line-stoppage and bottleneck detection, and inline quality inspection that catches defects before the carton is sealed.
- near-miss incidents in the first six months
- -62%
- defect recall on painted and moulded parts
- 99.2%
- line status refreshed on the floor dashboard
- Every 4 s
A moment with Forge Floor
A pedestrian steps into the forklift lane behind a rack. The driver's cab light flashes red and the forklift slows before anyone shouts. On line 3 the system has flagged a 2% rise in scratched housings in the last hour and pointed at the polishing station.
The problem it removes
Safety walks happen once a shift.
Quality is checked at the end of the line, by eye, under time pressure. Managers learn about a stoppage when the output report arrives.
01 / 06Capability 1
PPE compliance
Helmets, vests, goggles, gloves and harnesses verified at entry points and in zones, with per-area rules and shift reports.
02 / 06Capability 2
Forklift safety
Pedestrian and vehicle tracking across the floor; proximity warnings to the driver and the walker; speed zones enforced.
03 / 06Capability 3
Exclusion zones
Robot cells, presses and loading bays guarded by vision instead of light curtains alone; machine stop on intrusion.
04 / 06Capability 4
Inline quality inspection
Scratches, dents, missing parts, colour drift and label errors caught on the belt, with images attached to the lot.
05 / 06Capability 5
Line analytics
Cycle time, micro-stops, bottlenecks and changeover duration measured from the camera, not the PLC alone.
06 / 06Capability 6
Sourcing link
Inspection records flow into Outsource China's pre-shipment reports, so a buyer sees the same evidence the line saw.
How it works
Sense. Understand. Decide. Act.
- 01SenseCameras, radar, microphones, environmental and access sensors — chosen for the space, not the brochure.
- 02UnderstandVision and speech models run on an edge gateway in the room, so nothing waits for the cloud and nothing leaves it without consent.
- 03DecideScene rules and safety policies turn detections into decisions: escalate, notify, actuate, or stay quiet.
- 04ActLights, locks, motors, doors, screens, speakers and people — through open protocols and one operations console.
Operations
One console. Every event, with its evidence.
Live status, detections with the clip or image that triggered them, who was notified and what happened next. Per room, per car, per gate, per site.
| Cameras | Industrial GigE/IP cameras, line-scan for belts, thermal for electrical cabinets |
|---|---|
| Edge compute | Rack or DIN-rail inference servers, 8–64 streams, OPC-UA/PLC outputs |
| Models | PPE, person/vehicle, intrusion, defect classes trained on your parts (from ~200 samples per class) |
| Integration | PLC safety relays, MES/ERP, andon boards, forklift telematics, WMS |
| Reporting | Shift and lot reports, exportable to QC systems and buyer inspection reports |
Integrations
Deployments
Where it goes to work.
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Assembly line
Missing-screw and wrong-part detection at stations, operator PPE at entry.
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Warehouse
Forklift–pedestrian safety, dock and racking exclusion zones, loading verification.
Questions
What clients ask first.
How much training data is needed?
For PPE and safety, none: the models ship ready. For your parts, around 200 labelled samples per defect class to start; the system keeps learning from operator feedback.
Can it stop a machine?
Yes, through a certified safety relay or PLC input. The vision system augments existing safety; it does not replace a certified light curtain where regulation requires one.
Does it work in a factory we source from?
That is the point. We deploy it with partner factories so buyers get the inspection evidence as part of their order.
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See it running on your site, not in a slide deck.
A demo starts with your floor plan, deck plan or garden drawing. We come back with a design, a bill of materials and a written quote.
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