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Inspection Solutions for Metals, Composites, and More: How Computer Vision and Synthetic Data Enhance Quality Control Across Materials

Inspection solutions for metals, composites and more

Discover how synthetic data driven computer vision revolutionises quality control across metals, composites, glass, and more. Built for both manufacturers and inspection companies, our automated inspection solution offers precision and adaptability, meeting each material’s unique demands.

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Eilen Katarina Lunde

In today’s competitive landscape, quality control is more than just a checkpoint — it’s essential for safety, reliability, and customer trust. For both manufacturers and inspection companies, meeting these high standards across a variety of materials — from metals to composites and glass — can be challenging. Each material has its own quality control demands. That’s why we designed Spectron™, our automated inspection solution, to meet these diverse challenges with precision and efficiency.

Customised Quality Control for Every Material

Each material requires specialised quality control. Metals need inspection for surface corrosion, while composites need techniques to assess layer integrity. Roofing materials, exposed to environmental extremes, need to withstand UV rays, rain, and temperature changes. Glass requires a flawless finish, while plastics and polymers must meet consistent standards for colour, strength, and surface quality.

Spectron™ equips both manufacturers and inspection companies with the flexibility to handle a broad range of materials, ensuring that quality standards are met regardless of material type.

High-Precision Quality Control for Metals

Even minor surface imperfections in metals can affect a product’s performance, safety, and lifespan (ScienceDirect, 2021). Spectron™ is equipped to detect:

Surface Defects: Our platform precisely identifies scratches, dents, and pits, critical in sectors like automotive and aerospace, where structural integrity is essential .

Corrosion and Coating Quality: Corrosion reduces the lifespan of metal components. One prominent example would be storage tank manufacturing, where surface and coating consistency is vital. Spectron™ assesses coating quality, providing both manufacturers and inspection companies with confidence in product resilience.

Spectron™’s adaptability enables it to support specialised inspections tailored to the unique requirements of metals manufacturing, heavy machinery, and other sectors where metal durability is critical.

Advanced Quality Control for Composite Materials

Composites pose unique challenges, as they consist of multiple layers and specific bonding requirements. Spectron™ ensures:

Layer Consistency: Essential in industries like aerospace and automotive, where structural integrity is paramount.

Delamination and Bonding Issues: Spectron™ identifies delaminations that could compromise safety, making it invaluable for sectors relying on high structural integrity.

These capabilities make Spectron™ a valuable tool for manufacturers and inspection companies working with composites, helping ensure product reliability and longevity.

Precise Inspection for Glass, Plastics, and Polymers

Spectron™ is also highly effective for inspecting glass, plastics, and polymers. Its capabilities include:

Glass Inspection: Spectron™ carefully inspects for cracks, chips, or bubbles — essential for automotive and construction applications, where clarity and strength are crucial.

Plastics and Polymers: Our system ensures colour consistency, surface quality, and strength, helping maintain high standards in consumer goods and packaging.

By covering a wide range of materials, Spectron™ provides manufacturers and inspection companies with a comprehensive, reliable quality control solution that simplifies and streamlines production lines.

Achieving Full Accuracy and Control in Quality Control

At Zetamotion, we understand that each material poses unique quality control challenges — whether it’s achieving flawless surfaces in metals, ensuring resilience in roofing, or verifying structural integrity in composites. Spectron™ is built to meet these diverse demands, empowering both manufacturers and inspection companies with precise, adaptable quality assurance.

With Spectron™, organisations gain real-time, high-precision control over quality assurance, enabling early identification of surface defects, structural inconsistencies, and potential weaknesses. This versatile solution replaces the need for multiple specialised systems, streamlining inspections across industries — from aerospace and automotive to consumer goods and construction.

For both manufacturers and inspection partners, this means greater reliability, customer trust, and long-term savings. Zetamotion’s commitment to accuracy and adaptability makes Spectron™ an invaluable tool in quality control.

Ready to elevate your quality standards? Contact us today to see how Zetamotion’s Spectron™ quality control solution brings complete accuracy and control to every step of your production or inspection process.

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