Summary
- Closed for EoI
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOCH20240912015
- Term of Validity
- 12 September 2024 - 12 September 2025
- Company's Country
- Switzerland
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- Swiss SME active in electronics offers Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) instruments for flexible and rigid Printed Circuit Board (PCB).The company uses modern computer vision, artificial intelligence algorithms, robotics and optics components to inspect PCBs. The SME is looking for a commercial agreement with technical assistance to test the use of their AOI instrument in the daily PCB production of companies and receive feedback regarding strengths and weaknesses of the instrument.
- Full Description
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Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are complex products, which require a considerable amount of time to be inspected by humans. Hence the manufacturers use Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) instruments to automate visual inspections of PCBs, which saves valuable time and money.
For a long time, some PCB defects have been detectable only by trained inspectors, because these defects were subtle, hence human level intelligence needed to surface these defects. Therefore many PCBs manufacturers still employ at least few human inspectors to check the PCB boards, which AOI instruments are not capable of inspecting.
The company offers a new AOI instrument which can match the intelligence of human inspectors and can locate the most subtle PCB defects (see image "PCB defect").
The company has integrated 1) modern computer vision, 2) artificial intelligence algorithms, 3) robotics and 4) optics components to bring an innovative AOI instrument to the market. The instrument has an intuitive user interface and needs little configuration for a new type of PCB board. (see image "Flex PCB panel inspection")
The SME is looking for a commercial agreement with technical assistance with companies in the electronics industry to test the AOI instrument during the daily PCB production and provide the Swiss SME with feedback regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument. The SME is particularly interested to learn more about the accuracy of the AOI instrument as well as its speed and configuration requirements. - Advantages and Innovations
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The AOI instrument
- can inspect both flexible and rigid PCBs. According to the SME's knowledge, there is no AOI instrument on the market today, which can handle shiny and brittle flex PCBs and inspect them.
- uses modern artificial intelligence and other computer vision algorithms to detect more than 30 different defect types. The defect detection works for different PCB types and layouts, hence the instrument needs little configuration to inspect a new PCB. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The specific area of activity of the partner:
Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) who produce PCBs for their clients
The tasks to be performed by the partner sought:
PCB manufacturers: use the AOI instrument in their daily PCB production and provide the Swiss SME with feedback regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the instrument. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- R&D Institution
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 09001006 - Optical material testing
- 01003012 - Imaging, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition
- 01003003 - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 01001001 - Automation, Robotics Control Systems
- Market keywords
- 03004003 - Other electronics related equipment
- 08002005 - Machine vision software and systems
- 08002002 - Industrial measurement and sensing equipment
- 08002003 - Process control equipment and systems
- 02007016 - Artificial intelligence related software
- Sector Groups Involved
- Electronics
- Targeted countries
- All countries
