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Inspection

AOI-1 optical inspection Step 5 of 6

Optical inspection looks at every joint. The station records what the machine found, what the operator decided, and makes sure a board with an open defect cannot move on.

Where the data comes from

Camera head
Every call is stored with its image, position and component reference.
Review station
The operator verdict is recorded with who made it and when.

What we record at AOI-1

Example values from the demo board KRZ-0917-00042. The source says where each fact comes from: the machine itself, a scan, an operator or the MES.

Inspection
Fact Example Source
Inspection program KRZ-CTRL-01 C Machine
Result 1 call Machine
Call C14, insufficient solder Machine
Image of the call Stored with the serial Machine
Review
Fact Example Source
Operator verdict False call Operator
Reviewed by Operator 118 Operator
Route Released to test MES

Checks at this station

Rules the station applies before a board moves on. Which ones run on your line is agreed with production and quality.

No skipping ahead
A board with an open call cannot be scanned into the next station.
Repairs are inspected again
A repaired board goes back through inspection before its route is released.

In the manufacturing record

This is the line the station adds to the record of the board, the same record that follows it through the whole line.

See it on the line

Manufacturing record

KRZ-CTRL-01 demo board

InspectionAOI-1 1 call cleared False call Route released

Bring us one concrete production problem.

A trace that breaks between two stations, a handover done on paper, a test result nobody can find. Tell us where it hurts and we will tell you honestly whether software fixes it.