Smart Camera for Steel Sheet Surface Inspection
AI ShaC™ Steel Surface Defect Detection System (SDD)
An AI vision solution for quality innovation in the steel industry
INPEG Vision's AI ShaC™ SDD (Surface Defect Detector) system is an artificial intelligence-based machine vision inspection system that detects and analyzes, in real time, diverse surface defects arising in steel production processes.
It applies our independently developed AI ShaC™ image enhancement technology and a deep learning-based defect analysis algorithm, enabling quality inspection that is more accurate and faster than existing inspection systems.
Primary Detection Targets
AI ShaC™ SDD automatically detects the diverse surface defects that arise in steel rolling processes.
Scratch
Crack
Pin Hole
Dent
Stain
Delamination
Roll Mark
Oxide Scale
Silvers / Seams
Blisters
Edge Cracks
Crazing
Pitted Surface
Patches
AI ShaC™ Performance
World-class image enhancement technology
AI ShaC™ SDD is a next-generation AI machine vision solution that raises quality competitiveness in the steel industry and realizes the digital transformation of manufacturing sites.
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AI ShaC™ What Sets the Technology Apart
AI ShaC™, the starting point of quality innovation in the steel industry
AI ShaC™ is an image enhancement technology developed in-house by INPEG Vision that sharply extracts fine defects difficult to identify in ordinary camera images.
It reliably detects defects even in production sites with complex lighting and shadows, and it dramatically improves the accuracy of deep learning-based AI analysis.
It reliably detects defects even in production sites with complex lighting and shadows, and it dramatically improves the accuracy of deep learning-based AI analysis.
Fast Processing
It creates a real-time inspection environment in sync with production line speed and reliably detects defects even in high-speed production processes.
High Detection Accuracy
It combines AI deep learning algorithms with AI ShaC™ image enhancement technology to precisely detect and classify even fine defects.
Cost-Effective System Deployment
It delivers quality improvements and cost savings simultaneously, with performance superior to expensive imported equipment at a reasonable deployment cost.
AI ShaC™ Strengths
INPEG Vision supports quality innovation on industrial sites, building on more than 20 years of accumulated image-processing technology and numerous proprietary, patent-protected technologies.
Defect inspection performance more than 30% higher than existing systems
System price as low as 1/2 that of competing products
Extremely fast defect detection, at 1/3 or less the time of existing systems
Uses the world's best and only ShaC™ image enhancement algorithm
Even in curved, shadowed areas, the texture, features, grain, stains, delamination, roll marks, and other defect characteristics of the inspected object are revealed clearly
Classifies and extracts oxide scale, slivers/seams, blisters, edge cracks, crazing, patches, pitted surfaces, scratches, and more in conjunction with the AI deep learning algorithm
The company's own lossless CMOS, Bayer 2Bytes raw data interface
Supports varied configurations by process, responding with an optimal system architecture
Full-time support from expert technical staff
Holds 43 proprietary patents
System Configuration
AI ShaC™ SDD operates in the following configuration.
Acquired images are not only analyzed in real time but also stored long-term for use in quality control and after-the-fact history management.
Applications
Ironmaking and steelmaking processes
Cold- and hot-rolled steel sheet production lines
Automotive steel sheet production processes
Stainless steel production processes
Metal material manufacturing processes
Secondary battery material inspection
Film and industrial material inspection