These defects are flat. They do not change the thickness of the material, but they change how it looks. Our 2D Area and Line Scan cameras use contrast and AI to spot them instantly.
What it is: Oil drops, dirt, or chemical spills that leave dark or light spots on the material.
How we detect it: Our 2D cameras analyze the Gold Vest Value (the contrast difference between the spot and the clean material) to flag the issue instantly. Excellent for textiles, paper, and nonwovens.
What it is: Insects, loose threads, or dust particles trapped on or inside the material web during production.
How we detect it: While standard rules can find high-contrast objects, our AI-powered models are perfect for recognizing irregular shapes like insects or hair, even on complex material textures.
What it is: Continuous horizontal or vertical lines caused by damaged rollers or sharp machine edges scraping the surface.
How we detect it: Line scan cameras capture these defects with zero motion blur. The software uses directional rules to find long, thin geometric flaws along the material flow.
What it is: Missing material where light shines completely through, threatening the strength of the product web.
How we detect it: By using backlight illumination underneath the material, a hole creates an extreme, unmistakable peak in light intensity that our rule-based software catches instantly.
What it is: Broken threads, missing stitches, or crooked seams where layers of material are joined together.
How we detect it: Missing or incorrect stitches change the expected pattern of the surface. Because textile textures are complex, our AI-powered vision system is trained to know the "perfect stitch line" and instantly flags skipped stitches, loose threads, or open seams that standard rules might miss.
What it is: Extremely small, microscopic holes in thin materials like plastic films, aluminum foils, or coatings.
How we detect it: Because pinholes are so tiny, they require high-resolution cameras combined with a powerful backlight underneath the material. When the material passes over the light source, even a microscopic pinhole lets a bright beam of light through. This creates a sharp contrast peak that our software catches instantly.
These defects change the actual shape, height, or thickness of the material. They are often hard to see with standard cameras, but our 3D Laser Profilers catch them with micrometer precision.
What it is: Air trapped underneath a coating or inside a plastic layer, causing a small physical bump on the surface.
How we detect it: The 3D Laser Profiler projects a line across the material. When it hits a bubble, the line bends. The camera captures this change and immediately calculates the exact height and volume of the bubble.
What it is: Material that bunches up instead of rolling out perfectly flat, creating high peaks and deep valleys.
How we detect it: The system maps the entire surface topography in real time. If the height variations cross your pre-set safety limits, an alarm light notifies the operator immediately.
What it is: Low spots where the material surface dips downward, often caused by dirt stuck on a pressure roller.
How we detect it: Just like bumps, the laser triangulation system recognizes downward curves instantly. It can differentiate between a flat visual mark and an actual physical indentation.
What it is: Areas where the material suddenly gets too thin, especially near the outer edges of an extrusion line.
How we detect it: By combining edge tracking (visible as blue lines on the connectivity 3.0 screen) with continuous 3D laser height profiling, the software monitors the full cross-section width of your production batch.
