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What Is Predictive Maintenance And How Can It Help You?

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  By  Qualitas Editorial Team May 31, 2022 Quality Control Insights  No Comments 1. Introduction to Predictive Maintenance 2. Advantages of Predictive Maintenance 3. Disadvantages of Predictive Maintenance 4. Applications of Predictive Maintenance 5. Is predictive maintenance suitable for your organization? 6. How to implement predictive maintenance? 7. Conclusion Introduction to Predictive Maintenance Are you worried about huge maintenance costs and high maintenance frequency eating up your profits? Do you often witness unprecedented breakdowns that incur substantial time and resources? If you nod in silent agreement, then predictive maintenance might be a plausible and effective solution to your worries. What is meant by predictive maintenance? Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a kind of condition-based maintenance that continually monitors the performance and condition of assets using sensor devices. These devices supply data in real-time, to predict and prevent any immi...

What is 3D Machine Vision?

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By Qualitas Editorial Team May27, 2022 Image Acquisition Introduction With technology taking massive leaps at faster rates than ever before, innovations that were once unaffordable are becoming cheaper and fitting in well with budgets. This phenomenon has been quite prominent in the field of 3D machine vision . While machine vision has been there for some time, the emergence of affordable 3D industrial cameras and sensors has provided a major impetus to a host of new applications. Sources state that the 3D machine vision market is poised to touch $ 2.4 billion by 2025 from $ 1.5 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2020 to 2025. So, what is a 3D vision? And how does it work? Well, 3D machine vision can be comprehended as a kind of technology that facilitates three-dimensional measurement or inspection of 3D surfaces or objects. Just as the name suggests, the extra dimension is what differentiates a 3D vision system from a 2D machine vision system. More precisely, 2D machine vision ...

7 Applications of Machine Vision in the Pharmaceutical Industry

We cannot underestimate the value of quality control and assurance in the pharmaceutical industry. Quality issues can lead to dangerous repercussions to patients’ life and expose the company to reputation risk and litigation. Quality automation in the pharmaceutical industry is a must for quality assurance, compliance, and better documentation. Inspection is the process of authenticating the quality of the production process and products in the pharmaceutical industry to supply a high-quality and genuine product to the customer. The inspection involves checking for non-compliance in the manufacturing process, quality assurance programs, production environment, and end-products. Inspection offers many advantages: Maintain product quality standards Minimize defects in the production process Reduce downtime Most companies in the pharma sector conduct self-inspection to eliminate irregularities and discrepancies in the overall manufacturing process. Of late, machine vision has become an es...

Mirror Edge Inspection Using AI-Based Vision System

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  By  Qualitas Editorial Team May 25, 2022 Industry Use Cases  (Machine Vision)  No Comments CLIENT BACKGROUND Our client is an ISO 9001-2008 company certified by TUV Nord, engaged in offering innovative automation solutions in the engineering field for the last 8 years. They have experienced amazing business growth exceeding more than 70% year on year, through its innovative & cost-effective salutations in various products and focus on complete customer satisfaction with competitive cost & excellent service. PROBLEM Inaccuracy in defect identification on the edge surface of the glasses (after glass cutting) The danger of getting a cut in manual inspection Speed of the production is high and the minimum defect size is 0.5mm causing many glasses to be uninspected PROBLEM IMPLICATIONS Irregularities in the edge surface of the mirror do not let it sit on the frame properly The quality standards do not meet and affect the customer experience badly CLIENT REQUIREM...