What is first article inspection? At what points in the production process is first article inspection needed? What requirements are validated by the first article inspection process? The first boards ...

Automatic and reliable defect detection using AI-enabled vision systems increases productivity. By Michael Uyttersprot and Giovanni Gualdi. Vision systems are a key part of industrial automation, ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...

How deep learning enhances rule-based machine vision in quality and process control inspection applications. How edge learning compares to deep learning in machine-vision applications. Which ...

Final product inspection results should be included as part of the batch release documentation, says Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Nelson Laboratories, LLC. A: This is not a new problem ...

Manual and automated inspection technologies have their own advantages and limitations. Finished pharma product inspection requires stringent oversight that may be lacking in systems that rely on ...