Automated Optical Inspection

DCB Automation specialise in producing high quality value for money Automated Optical Inspection systems for the SMT production industry. Whether an OEM or Contract Manufacturer the value of Automated Optical Inspection is proven to regularly speed up inspection times and improve the quality of inspection.

As specialists in Automated Optical Inspection you can be assured of the best service and phenomenal reliability, all backed up with great personal service and a strong technical support and training capability.

DCB Automation is very proud of their record in customer support and development helping them to overcome their inspection issues. All development is based around customer needs, with constant improvement to help with system integration and delivering solutions to meet a customer's current processes and procedures. As a UK based company with all manufacturing and design for both software and hardware based in Halesowen (West Midlands) responsiveness to customers needs is guaranteed.

The key to the success of the Vision range of products  (UltraVision and EasyVision) is the software. Being both easy to use and quick to learn it provides a very easy transition either from older less capable Automated Optical Inspection systems or from manual inspection. With a complete software suite to provide programming (off-line), inspection, re-work (off-line), first-off inspection, comparator mode and management reporting statistics, all your Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) needs are met in one fully supported package.

The systems are ideally suited to businesses that need to respond rapidly to their changing environment and changing customer needs. It is paramount in today's market to quickly respond to customer requirements, whether for low quantity assembly of prototypes and mixed technology assemblies, or manufacturing batch quantities where time to program assembly and inspection equipment is often prohibitive.

The feature set of the DCB Automation Vision range of Automated Optical Inspection systems include a choice of camera resolution, laser co-planarity measurement and conformal coating inspection. With a choice of modes of operation including fully programmed (with or without solder checking), first-off inspection and comparator mode with off-line programming and re-work the systems meet all the inspection needs of a production environment. Now with a choice of desktop, in-line or magazine feed formats to address all possible scenarios.