If this is you
False rejects slow the line
Good product goes in the reject bin, and someone keeps widening the tolerances to keep running.
Upgrades for the vision systems on your line.
The station still runs, but it lets defects through, rejects good product, or the camera model is end of life. We tune it, swap what is worn out, or replace it, and keep the PLC handshake and the reject working.
Based in Carlsbad, on site across North County San Diego, San Diego County and Southern California.
Who it is for
Who is a vision system upgrade for?
If this is you
Defects still get through
A wrong label, a missing cap or a bad code reaches the customer even though a camera is watching.
If this is you
The model is end of life
Spares are hard to find, the software runs on an old PC, or nobody has a backup of the job file.
If this is you
Changeovers break the recipe
Every new label or product means a call to the one person who knows the setup.
What you get
Four kinds of upgrade.
Each one starts from what is on your line today. Tell us the camera or vision system model and what it is missing.
Recipe and tool tuning
- Scope
- One station on a running line, with the hardware you have.
- Work
- New or re-tuned tools, cleaner thresholds, and recipes set up for each product and label.
- Codes
- Barcode, 2D code and OCR reads tuned for the codes you print.
- You keep
- A backup of every job file, and notes on what changed and why.
Camera, lens and lighting swaps
- Scope
- A worn, failed or wrong camera, lens or light on an existing station.
- Work
- The imaging is worked out on your samples first, then the parts are swapped and the recipe is retuned.
- Fit
- We keep the mount, cabling and I/O where they still do the job.
End-of-life replacement
- Scope
- A smart camera or vision PC that can no longer be bought or supported.
- Path
- A current smart camera, or a PC with GigE Vision cameras, chosen for the inspection. We do not resell one brand.
- Cutover
- Bench tested on your samples, then installed in a shutdown window.
PLC handshake and reject logic
- Scope
- The trigger, the result and the reject between the camera and your PLC.
- Work
- Timing, tracking and reject confirmation checked and cleaned up, so the right pack leaves the line.
- Records
- Each reject can be logged with its image, its reason and the time. See Traceability.
How it works
How does a vision system upgrade with JM Automated Solutions work?
01–03
The same start as every JM job
Tell us about the system, a 20-minute call, then a written, fixed quote. See how every JM project starts.
04
Assessment on the running line
We need the model numbers, a backup of the job or recipe files if you have one, samples of good and bad product, and the line speed. How an assessment works.
05
Bench test on your samples
The new recipe, camera or light is tested on your product before it goes near the line.
06
Install in your shutdown window
The upgraded station first runs with the reject turned off, so your team can review its decisions before it rejects anything.
07
Handover
Backups, recipe notes and a record of every setting that changed.
Where the hardware supports it, setting changes are recorded and access is controlled, so the upgraded station is designed to support your validation. Vision inspection supports your quality program; it does not replace FDA-mandated testing.
Cost
What does a vision system upgrade cost?
Every upgrade gets a written, fixed quote after the assessment, before any work starts.
Quoted per job
Recipe and tool tuning
Priced after the assessment, from the number of products and recipes on the station.
Quoted per job
Camera, lens and lighting swaps
Priced after the assessment. Hardware is quoted separately.
Quoted per job
End-of-life replacement
Priced after the assessment, once the replacement is chosen for the inspection.
Add-ons
Add to the job.
Add-on
Support after the upgrade
Backups, remote help and a yearly health check. See Support plans.
Quoted with the job
Add-on
Operator and QA training
What each reject means, safe recipe changes, and the checks QA expects.
Quoted with the job
Add-on
Machine vision in San Diego County
On-site work across North County San Diego and Southern California. See where we work.
Included in the quote
Proof