As electronics manufacturers continue to face pressure to increase production efficiency amid difficulties with supply chains and labour shortages, many printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturers have begun to invest in automation and technological innovations to remain competitive. One such method is to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to greatly augment existing manufacturing processes. In this paper, we present the DarwinAI Visual Quality Inspection (DVQI) system, a hardware-integration artificial intelligence system for the automated inspection of printed circuit board assembly defects in an electronics manufacturing environment. The DVQI system enables multi-task inspection via minimal programming and setup for manufacturing engineers while improving cycle time relative to manual inspection. We also present a case study of the deployed DVQI system's performance and impact for a top electronics manufacturer.

翻译：随着电子制造商在供应链困难和劳动力短缺的情况下持续面临提高生产效率的压力，许多印刷电路板组装（PCBA）制造商已开始投资自动化和技术创新以保持竞争力。其中一种方法是利用人工智能（AI）大力增强现有制造流程。本文介绍了DarwinAI视觉质量检测（DVQI）系统，这是一套用于电子制造环境中印刷电路板组装缺陷自动检测的硬件集成人工智能系统。DVQI系统通过最少的编程和设置即可实现制造工程师的多任务检测，同时相比人工检测缩短了周期时间。我们还展示了已部署DVQI系统在顶级电子制造商中的性能与影响的案例研究。