NuTec Blog The Rising Importance of Automated Visual Inspection Systems in the Medical Device Industry

In a medical device manufacturing setting, striving for zero defects is always an important goal, and one that many manufacturers do their best to reach. They have regular human inspectors who receive special training, and use the latest machines and monitoring systems to check for defects. But automated visual inspections can help companies get so much closer in reaching that zero-defects threshold that this process is worth a look. Automated visual inspection is one of the latest error-reducing solutions and it promises to be a real game-changer. For one, automated inspections can help reduce costs, especially by preventing defects, and they can help ensure that all parts and processes are made consistently. Variability and minute differences can have a serious effect on the acceptance and performance of medical devices, and human inspections can be a major factor in these different variations. A human inspection doesn't always catch all the very minor defects that can cause problems. Even if the defective parts are caught at the final inspection before they ever leave the plant, the fact that the products were finished means money has been needlessly wasted in producing something that has to be scrapped.