Kickoff
I/O, samples, and the costly move
What is being scored, what must reject or hold, and who sits at the HMI. We walk the station, or you send parts and a device list. That walk-down becomes the scope you can buy against.
Diagnostic
We start on one system. Then we ship it.
A diagnostic is a paid live dry run on one station, two to four weeks, on your line or with your parts and device list. Before that dry run, a vision assessment is the smaller first step: you describe the defect, send good parts and bad parts, and we say whether a camera can catch it. That conclusion is in writing, with the images, before any proposal. We map I/O, stand the HMI up, and keep outputs inhibited until you release automatic mode. Production stays running. After you sign the dry run, we specify, buy, panel, and commission like any other system we ship.
The commissioned station is described on the homepage.
How it runs
Kickoff, dry run, then site acceptance.
Dry run
Live on the station, outputs inhibited
Operators see recommended rejects while outputs stay inhibited. You see how this crew dispositions borderline parts before automatic mode is released.
Release
Site acceptance
Automatic outputs are enabled after you sign the dry run. Site acceptance, operator sign-off, punch list closed. The system is then yours, with support after site acceptance.
What to know before we start.
Do you only overlay software on cameras we already have?
We design, program, install, and commission the full system. Existing cameras, instruments, and PLCs are specified into that system.
What is a diagnostic?
A paid live dry run on one station, two to four weeks, on your line or with your parts and device list. We map I/O, stand the HMI up, and keep outputs inhibited until you release automatic mode. It comes after a vision assessment, which is the written check of good parts and bad parts before any proposal.
Who keeps the last word on a fail?
Your operator, at the HMI, for borderline or high-cost calls. Clear pass and fail can stay automatic.
What does the station do with a result?
JM designs, builds, and installs the station, which is the cameras, frame, lighting, reject, safety wiring, and site acceptance. It takes a camera or instrument result to pass, reject, or hold, and waits for your operator on the borderline parts.
Do you work with Siemens, Rockwell, Cognex, or Keyence?
Yes. We specify cameras, robots, and PLCs from those vendors into one commissioned system, then run site acceptance. Mixed vendors on one station. Hardware sales keep the camera or robot PO; we take the remaining system through site acceptance.
Can the station run in an FDA-regulated room?
Yes. It can run in an FDA-regulated room, including medical devices. Your quality team can plan validation against 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records, FSMA including 21 CFR 117, and FDA QMSR on that system.
What we buy and stand up
Cameras, panel, mechanical work, program, commission.
Long-lead hardware is ordered against a purchase order and a deposit. You accept the system at site acceptance on your floor. A second system at the same plant, with less engineering time, is the test that the first one was built to be repeated.
Start
Request a vision assessment.
Tell us what you make and what you need to catch, in your own words. Unknown line details can stay blank. We read it, agree on a sample check if a camera can see the defect, and send a written conclusion before any proposal.