Presence
Check whether a required part or feature is there: connector, screw, clip, seal, fastener, label, cover, protective component.
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VIC combines industrial camera technology with intuitive inspection software for visual quality and product checks – flexible across a wide range of industries and production processes.
Types of inspection
Not only whether something is there – but whether it is right.
VIC checks presence and completeness, but equally position, alignment and geometric features within defined tolerances.
Completeness
Check whether an assembly has been mounted completely – are all intended components present?
Position
Check whether a part sits within the intended position or tolerance.
Orientation
Check the correct alignment: rotated, mirrored, wrongly inserted, wrong installation position.
Geometry
Contours, distances, angles, positions, diameters, lengths, widths, form features, tolerance ranges.
Seals and sealing elements
Present, correctly positioned, in the right place.
Assembly state
Evaluate whether components have been mounted as intended.
Marking
Check whether labels and markings are present and correctly positioned.
How VIC works
Capture. Inspect. Decide. Document.
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Capture
The product is positioned in the defined inspection area, the camera takes the image.
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Inspect
VIC loads the inspection program for this article and evaluates the defined characteristics.
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Decide
The result appears immediately at the workstation: OK or not OK.
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Document
The inspection is recorded with its characteristics and stays traceable.
At the workstation
The manual inspection station.
The operator places the product in the defined inspection area. VIC captures the image, evaluates the characteristics, shows the result immediately and records the process. If something deviates, the affected characteristic is highlighted – the operator sees straight away what it is about.
Inspection programs
Every product brings its own inspection criteria.
An inspection program is stored for each article. When it is opened, VIC knows which characteristics have to be checked for this product – and how many. That is what keeps the solution open across industries.
- Article A 10 characteristics
- Article B 17 characteristics
- Article C 6 characteristics
Inspection results
Quality that stays traceable.
An inspection is more than a result. Depending on the configuration, checks can be linked to different records and thus form a traceable inspection history.
- Article
- Inspection program
- Order
- Serial number
- Time of inspection
- Inspection station
- User
- Result
- Individual characteristics
Use case in detail
Cable assembly: one harness, many characteristics.
A good example of what VIC can do – and one of many possible fields of use. What can be secured on a wiring harness can equally be secured on other assemblies.
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Connectors
Correct connector, presence, position, orientation, assembly state.
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Single wire seals
Seal present, correctly positioned, in the right place, no obvious damage.
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Chamber seals
Sealing elements present and correctly inserted.
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Clips and fasteners
Present, right position, right orientation, fully mounted.
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Protective conduits
Present, correct position, length and placement within the defined criteria.
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Heat-shrink tubing
Present, correct position, execution within the defined criteria.
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Connector population
Visual check of defined features on connectors and their population.
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Labels and markings
Present and correctly positioned.
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Geometric features
Distances, lengths, component positions, branch positions, clip positions, position of protective components.
One system – many industries
Wherever something can be looked at.
VIC can be used wherever a product, part or assembly state can be checked optically or geometrically.
- Cable assembly
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics manufacturing
- Automotive
- Mechanical engineering
- Metalworking
- Plastics
- Medical technology
- Assembly operations
- Sub-assembly production
- Packaging
- Component manufacturing
- Supplier industry
- Series production
- Quality inspection stations
- Incoming goods inspection
- End-of-line testing
- Manual assembly
- Semi-automated production
- Fully automated lines
Application examples
What that means in practice.
Assembly inspection
A part or assembly is checked after mounting: are all parts present and correctly fitted?
Mechanical engineering
Screws, components, covers, plug connections, hoses, positions, assembly states.
Plastic parts
Contours, geometries, visible defects, completeness, mounted components, positions.
Metal parts
Geometry, bores, contours, positions, mounted components, visible deviations.
Electronics
Present components, plug connections, positions, assembly states, labels, housing parts.
Packing and final check
Product present, accessories complete, marking present, packaging correctly filled.
Outlook
Production and inspection belong together.
VIC is a standalone product and works independently. For future integrated production and quality processes, however, it is deliberately designed so that inspection results can become part of an end-to-end flow.
- Production order
- Manufacturing / assembly
- VIC inspection
- Result
- Release / next step
Designed for future integrated production and quality processes. This does not claim a finished technical link to POM.
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