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The inspection intelligence inside your fabric inspection machine.

Pindeed supplies the detection engine, operator software and machine interface that turn an inspection machine into an AI inspection machine. Field-proven on production lines. Built to be integrated and shipped by machine builders.

  • check_circleNo sample collection, no labelling — each fabric is learned from its first metres, so a new style is inspected from its first lot
  • check_circleDefect type, size and position in one report — size and position both to the millimetre, position taken from the machine's own encoder
  • check_circleDetection rate above 95% on deployed lines; embossed, jacquard, knitted and woven fabrics alike
  • check_circleShort delivery cycle, in production as soon as it is installed; run and supported entirely from off site
Integration for machine builders See field evidence
Hole, 10 by 12 mm, on light blue fabric
Hole10×12 mm
Stain, 44 by 90 mm, on grey fabric
Stain44×90 mm
Snag, 66 by 29 mm, on light grey fabric
Snag66×29 mm
Missing yarn, 4 by 36 mm, on green fabric
Missing yarn4×36 mm

Four regions cut from production frames on a deployed line. The outline is the engine's; the size is what it measured.

100+
production lots inspected on one line
14,800+
full-width frames analysed on that line
2,400+
detections reviewed by line operators, feeding back into the models
0.14mm/px
imaging resolution across the full fabric width, line-scan

Figures read from the inspection database of a single deployed line. Every image on this site is a real frame from that line; none is rendered or generated.

Scatter of defect regions reported on one line, width against height in millimetres on log scales, with operator-reviewed regions ringed

Regions the line has reported, plotted by width and height (mm, log scale) and coloured by kind. Ringed points are the ones an operator confirmed, rejected or retyped. Drawn from the same database as the figures above.

Real detections

Real detections, at real size.

Full gallery by defect typearrow_forward
Slub, 7 by 7 mm, on tan fabric
Slub7×7 mm
Loose thread, 20 by 72 mm, on light grey fabric
Loose thread20×72 mm
Abrasion, 54 by 46 mm, on blue-grey fabric
Abrasion54×46 mm
Colour spot, 21 by 27 mm, on green fabric
Colour spot21×27 mm
Warp-direction defect, 7 by 100 mm, on tan fabric
Warp-direction defect7×100 mm
Weft-direction defect, 51 by 23 mm, on grey fabric
Weft-direction defect51×23 mm
Hole, 12 by 14 mm, on grey fabric
Hole12×14 mm
Missing yarn, 4 by 297 mm, on olive fabric
Missing yarn4×297 mm

Crops from production frames. The outline is the region the engine reported; the size is what it measured. Types follow the customer's own defect scheme.

What we supply

Three layers. You build the machine; we make it see.

We do not build inspection machines. We supply the part a machine builder cannot buy off the shelf: the detection engine, the operator software around it, and the interface that binds both to the machine.

LAYER 01
memory

Detection engine

Algorithms and models that learn what "normal" looks like for each fabric and flag what departs from it — then classify, measure and locate every region.

  • Learns each fabric from normal material — no sample collection, no labelling
  • Structural, colour and surface faults reported in one list
  • Classification into the customer's defect scheme
  • Size and position to the millimetre, with severity and confidence
  • Operator confirm / reject keeps the models improving on the machine
LAYER 02
monitor

Operator software

The touch-screen application the inspector works on all shift: live view, defect list, cut marks, roll records, reports — bilingual, built for a touch screen.

  • Live frames with outlined regions and a metre ruler
  • One-tap confirm, reject, retype; manual marking in manual mode
  • Roll / piece records, cut points, grading, points per 100 m
  • Defect scheme editor, user roles, light and camera settings
  • ERP interface: published field spec, configured on site
LAYER 03
cable

Machine integration

Everything that ties the software to your mechanics and controls, so it ships as part of your machine rather than as a box beside it.

  • Modbus TCP handshake with the machine PLC: run / stop, speed, position
  • Encoder-driven line-scan acquisition; mm-per-pixel calibration
  • Camera and lighting specification; auto exposure and light guard
  • Fits new machine designs and existing ranges alike
  • Remote diagnostics and over-the-air updates
Why machine builders work with us

The hard part is not the model. It is keeping it right on a real line.

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No sample collection. Inspecting from day one.

Mills change fabrics daily. The engine learns each fabric from normal material and flags what departs from it — no sample collection, no labelling project. A new style is inspected on its first lot, and a new machine is commissioned in days, not months.

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Any fabric, any pattern

Embossed, jacquard, printed, knitted and woven — plain grounds and patterned fabrics run on the same engine with the same configuration. The pattern is learned as part of the fabric's normal appearance, so it is not reported as a defect.

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Detection rate above 95%

Measured on deployed production lines against operator review, across the fabric range those lines run. False alarms are tracked per machine and driven down through the feedback loop.

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Short delivery cycle, producing on day one

Software is delivered as a ready image for the industrial PC. There is no data collection phase and no model training project before the machine earns its keep: once the cameras and lights are mounted and calibrated, the machine goes straight into production inspection.

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Commissioned, updated and supported from off site

Commissioning, tuning, version updates and fault diagnosis are all done remotely over a channel the factory opens. Your service team is not waiting for anyone to fly in, and machines anywhere in the world are supported the same way.

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Gets better with every shift, and the data stays in the factory

Every confirm, reject and retype on the screen is stored with its image and folded back into the models on the machine itself. Imaging stays calibrated through lighting drift and edge movement. Nothing depends on a cloud.

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