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Can a Camera Inspect This? A Feasibility Guide

A defensible yes / no / how on automated inspection before you commit capital.

For: Quality and engineering leads considering machine vision for a real defect.

Written by: Willowark's engineers — the same people who scope and commission this work. 40 min across 11 articles.

Abstract: thin luminous branch lines on midnight blue

What's inside

  1. 01What vision can and can't see

    Most failed vision projects failed at the definition of 'defect', not at the camera. · 3 articles

  2. 02Lighting decides the project

    If you only read one section, read this one. · 2 articles

  3. 03Cost, ROI, and the pilot

    A sample-part imaging study costs a fraction of a wrong system. · 3 articles

  4. 04Special cases

    Where the physics changes the answer. · 3 articles

From the 5-point checklist

Collect 30 good parts and 30 bad parts, labeled by the person who rejects them today

The full list is interactive on the guide page — tick items off, print it, bring it to the meeting.

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Can a Camera Inspect This? A Feasibility Guide — willowark