Hidden Defects
Scratches, folds, dents, and surface variations may disappear when the light approaches the product from the wrong direction.
Make
The Defect
Visible
Custom-engineered lighting designed around the product, defect, camera, and production environment. AIxLight creates the controlled image conditions machine vision systems need to inspect reflective, curved, textured, and difficult surfaces.
Detection Starts
With
Light
A camera can only process what the lighting makes visible.
The wrong illumination can hide a defect, create false features, or make inspection results change as products move across the line. AIxLight is engineered around the inspection task rather than selected as a generic accessory.
Where Standard Lighting Falls Short
When lighting is the constraint, increasing camera resolution or changing the AI model may not solve the underlying imaging problem.
Strong Reflections
Metallic films, coated materials, and curved surfaces can reflect light directly into the camera and obscure the inspection area.
Unstable Images
Ambient light, shadows, and uncontrolled reflections can change the appearance of the same product.
Poor Contrast
The product and defect may have similar colours or textures, giving the camera too little visual separation.
Limited Coverage
A standard light may not illuminate the full inspection width or match the camera's field of view.
Difficult Integration
Off-the-shelf lighting may not fit the available space, mounting position, line width, or existing control architecture.
Engineered Around the Image
AIxLight is configured according to:
01
Product material
02
Surface reflectivity
03
Defect type and size
04
Product shape and geometry
05
Camera type and angle
06
Inspection width
07
Production speed
08
Working distance
09
Available installation space
10
Ambient factory conditions
BUT WHY?
The objective is not simply to add more light. It is to control how the product and defect appear to the camera.
Light for the Application
Linear Lighting
Custom-length linear lights provide focused illumination across production lines and continuous materials. Engineered around line width.
Tunnel Lighting
Tunnel configurations surround the inspection area with controlled illumination for difficult surfaces and external light shielding.
Ring Lighting
Ring lights place illumination around the camera’s viewing axis to support close, direct, and controlled inspection of individual parts.
Custom Formats
When a standard format cannot create the required image, AIxLight can be configured specifically around your line geometry.
Control the Reflection
Reflective products require more than high brightness.
Consider a bubble-sheet surface with a metallic coating. A fold or raised area can produce a strong reflection, while other defects may disappear inside the glare.
A person can rotate the product and change the viewing angle. A fixed machine vision system usually cannot do that without adding mechanical complexity, more cameras, or more images.
AIxLight addresses the problem through controlled lighting geometry, helping the available camera views capture useful surface information.
Light. Capture.
Inspect.
We design and configure the illumination pathway as a precise engineering sequence, ensuring every targeted surface detail is perfectly rendered.
01
→
Define
Identify the defect, product, material, and inspection requirements.
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Test
Evaluate how different lighting directions and mechanisms reveal or hide the target feature.
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Configure
Select the lighting geometry, length, LEDs, housing, driver, and mounting approach.
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Align
Position the light relative to the camera, product, and inspection area.
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Validate
Test the resulting image under representative production conditions.
For Manufacturers
Use AIxLight when standard illumination hides your defects or introduces quality instability.
- ✓Defects are visible to the eye but unclear to the camera
- ✓Reflections obscure the inspection area
- ✓Image quality changes across the product surface
- ✓Existing lights do not cover the full line width
- ✓A new material behaves differently under the current lighting
- ✓Ambient light interferes with inspection
- ✓The current camera and processor are sufficient, but the image is not
For Machine Builders &
Integrators
Add application-specific machine vision lighting to your equipment without relying on a standard light that may not match the inspection task.
AIxLight can be engineered around your camera, mechanical design, control system, working distance, and available installation envelope.
EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP →Technical Overview
FEATURE
capability
•PRODUCT CATEGORY
Industrial machine vision lighting
•PRIMARY ROLE
Create controlled imaging conditions for inspection
•AVAILABLE FORMATS
Linear, tunnel, ring, and custom configurations
•ENGINEERING INPUTS
Product, defect, material, camera, speed, and installation conditions
•INTEGRATION
New or existing inspection and automation systems
•PRODUCT COMPATIBILITY
AIxEye, AIxAm, and third-party systems
•DEPLOYMENT
Standalone lighting upgrade or part of a complete inspection system
Better Inspection Begins Before the Image
If a defect is not visible in the captured image, additional processing cannot recover information the camera never received. AIxLight engineers the illumination around what must be detected and how the production line actually operates.
Talk to an Expert →Tell us about the product, target defect, current camera, line speed, and installation space.
