Some of the most common questions asked about Aptúra regarding the company, our capabilities, and our systems and services.

What is a "custom turnkey inspection solution"?

There are just a few machine vision inspection products on the market that target specific inspections - unique to a single part and/or process. Most machine vision components. however, are considered "general purpose", that is; they offer generic inspection capabilities and must be competently programmed or configured to perform a specific inspection. The complexity of these components varies greatly as does the hardware architecture. Furthermore, the successful implementation of a machine vision inspection system requires the correct specification of lighting and optics, imaging design, and image algorithms.

Aptúra provides our customers with systems design engineering and specification of a full system, built from general-purpose components, "custom fit" to perform the exact inspections required for the application. The machine vision system, along with appropriate automation equipment is built and integrated and delivered as a package unit to the customer's floor where Aptúra engineers install, configure, test and validate the equipment. In addition, Aptúra provides training and follow-up service for the system, along with our exclusive performance guarantee.

How do we obtain a proposal for an inspection system?

All potential applications are thoroughly analyzed by Aptúra, specifically to identify the correct lighting, imaging, part presentation, and inspection algorithms necessary to provide our customers with a fully guaranteed turnkey inspection solution. This process usually begins with a brief interview to gather information about the part to be inspected, the manufacturing process, and the general inspection requiremnets. Normally it is crucial that part samples be provided showing both good and rejected parts. From all the information collected, Aptúra will develop an application specification and system specification which will outline the project requirements, the proposed system, scope of work, acceptance criteria, and any technological limitations that may be encountered. Along with that information, Aptúra will provide a quotation for integration and implementation of the proposed system.

Start the process by calling one of Aptúra's offices, and ask for an application analysis.

Can I get a budgetary or verbal quote?

Sometimes an inspection application is quite clearly defined, or very closely matches a previous application. In these cases, Aptúra may be able to provide a rough estimate of the materials and engineering that will be needed to install a full system. In many cases, though, a quick estimate is not possible because of the extensive preliminary analysis (as described above) needed to define the exact hardware and software that will comprise a successful inspection system for the target part(s).

Does Aptúra build entire automation systems?

Aptúra specializes exclusively in machine vision inspection. Because part handling and presentation is so critical to most machine vision applications, many of our systems contain some automation. Often, our systems will be incorporated on existing or new automation provided by our customers. For those situations where that is not the case, Aptúra does provide fully automated solutions, provided the purpose of the system is primarily machine vision inspection.