Vision AI for Materials Science
Make use of leading Machine Learning technology to (semi-) automate image analysis in materials characterisation. Our methodology brings in structured, unbiased analysis and improvements, enhancing traceability and accountability.
We assist in building a platform using adaptable components while customising to address your unique needs. We offer guidance in implementing and seamlessly integrating this solution into your existing infrastructure.
Vision AI Analysis in Materials Characterisation
In departments like R&D, quality assurance, engineering and manufacturing, materials characterisation is essential for ensuring product reliability, fostering innovation, and achieving compliance with industry standards.
Manual analysis methods using for example Electron Microscopes, are often time intensive, subjective and lack traceability. Furthermore, traditional computer vision solutions often lack transparency, do not tailor well to your needs, or lack the technology to deliver.
AI assisted or automated vision solutions present a promising opportunity to achieve more precise outcomes at a fraction of the time associated with conventional approaches.
That's why we've developed a Vision AI platform, using ML technology, that can easily be tailored to your use cases. Drawing upon years of expertise in computer vision and machine learning across various industries, our solution consists of a foundational layer that seamlessly integrates with your existing soft- and hardware.
Our team of vision AI experts then constructs custom components to precisely meet your unique needs. This approach combines the advantages of customization with the speed and efficiency of off-the-shelf solutions to provide a comprehensive, adaptable solution for your business.
Key benefits
Vision analysis is a time intensive process and is prone to human errors. Assisted or automated diagnostics enables more accurate diagnoses at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods.
Custom solutions are costly and fail to deliver value fast, while products and specialised equipment do not tailor well to your specific needs.
Improving accuracy of a diagnosis
We leverage the power of AI and big data to improve the accuracy of a diagnosis. We implement 3 types of AI solutions: classification, object detection and segmentation, or a custom combination of multiple models. This can be fully automated or assisting an expert. This reduces the risk for errors.
Significant speed and cost gain
AI can process images and information much faster than a human can. The custom AI capabilities allow for complex diagnostics of different data types including microscopic and medical images. This frees up time from your domain experts and saves up costs.
Compliance with data regulations
All data coming into our solution is anonymised if necessary. Every prediction is carefully logged in our monitoring application. This allows to audit predictions on a case by case level and inspect all relevant metadata. Our solution is compliant with GDPR and the AI EU act.
Use cases
Particle and fibre analysis
Our solution can assist with the analysis of particles, fibres and many other features within materials science, speeding up analysis and diagnostics and increasing accuracy.
For example, a Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) microscopy image of particles is fully automatically analysed to detect the presence of asbestos fibres and predict the probability of asbestos on it. If asbestos is detected with this probability is above a threshold, then an additional lab test is done to make the final decision. This saves time from the domain experts because they only look at the most interesting samples.
More examples:
- Fibre length and diameter measurement for polymer materials
- Particle identification and characterization in pharmaceuticals
- Analysing metal particle size distribution
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Defect detection
Our Vision AI solution can help identify microscopic defects, irregularities, or anomalies in materials, contributing to improved quality control and assurance in manufacturing processes.
Examples:
- Detection of cracks, voids, or delamination in materials
- (PCB) Quality control in semiconductor manufacturing
- Analysing alloy samples for defects like grain boundaries
Microstructure Analysis
Our Vision AI solution can enhance and speed up the analysis of material microstructures at various scales, providing insights into grain structures, phase composition, and many other fine details.
Examples:
- Grain size and shape analysis for metals
- Identification of phases in composite materials
- Identifying phosphate density for steel products
Features
AI Computer Vision
Our Vision AI solution offers comprehensive support in various image-related tasks, such as image classification, object detection, anomaly detection, OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and image segmentation.
Input and Output API
Robust APIs enabling seamless input of image data for analysis and providing clear output formats for easy integration into various systems or applications.
ML model training and deployment
Capability to train machine learning models using diverse datasets and deploying these models to process new image data effectively using advanced MLOps techniques.
Data labelling
Functionalities for accurately labelling of image datasets, ensuring the creation of high-quality annotated data for training and validation purposes.
Dashboard with results overview and insights
A user-friendly dashboard providing an overview of analysis results, offering detailed insights and traceability across the entire image processing pipeline
Vision solution in practice
Contact our vision experts
Contact our team of experts at ML6 to schedule a personalized consultation and discover how our vision AI solution can transform your business. We're here to answer your questions, understand your specific requirements, and guide you towards achieving operational excellence.
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