Manufacturing

AI that catches defects, predicts failures, and keeps the line running.

Vision QA, OEE, predictive maintenance.

Manufacturing AI that works must integrate with the reality of the shop floor: legacy SCADA systems, inconsistent sensor data, shift changes that reset institutional knowledge, and quality standards that don't tolerate approximation. We've built vision QA and predictive maintenance systems that survive contact with real production environments.

Use cases

Visual quality inspection

Computer vision systems that inspect 100% of production output at line speed — detecting surface defects, dimensional variations, and assembly errors human inspectors miss.

Predictive maintenance

Equipment failure prediction trained on vibration, temperature, and operational data — flagging maintenance 48–96 hours before failure, not after it.

OEE optimization

Real-time OEE monitoring with AI-identified loss drivers (availability, performance, quality) and root cause suggestions for shift supervisors.

Production scheduling AI

Dynamic scheduling that optimizes throughput, changeover time, and due-date adherence — accounting for current WIP, machine availability, and demand priorities.

Yield improvement analytics

Process parameter optimization that identifies the controllable factors most correlated with yield — reducing scrap and rework cost.

Operator knowledge capture

AI systems that encode expert operator knowledge into structured decision support — reducing the institutional knowledge risk of experienced operator retirement.

Why Evolve Edge

Shop floor reality We've done deployments on production lines, in factories with poor lighting, vibration, and network connectivity issues. We build for the actual environment, not a lab.

Legacy system integration SCADA, PLC, MES, and ERP integration is a core competency. We've connected AI systems to equipment from the 1980s through current generation.

Zero false-negative tolerance design In quality inspection, a missed defect is more costly than a false alarm. We design detection systems for the asymmetric cost structure of your quality requirements.

Evolve Edge team at work

Client perspective

Defect escape rate dropped to near zero on our flagship line. The vision system caught a class of surface defects human inspectors had been missing for years.

Henrik LarssonPlant Manager · Nordic Precision Parts

FAQ

Can your vision systems work with our existing camera infrastructure?
Yes. We work with existing FLIR, Cognex, Keyence, and commodity camera setups. New camera installation is sometimes needed for specific angles or lighting — we specify the minimum viable hardware.
How do you handle the variety of defects across product SKUs?
Multi-class detection models trained per SKU family, with active learning that flags novel defect types for human labeling rather than silently misclassifying them.
What happens when the AI is wrong — false alarm or missed defect?
Every prediction ships with a confidence score and configurable threshold. High-stakes lines run at conservative thresholds with human confirmation; high-throughput lines can run more autonomously.

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