GermanyChemicals and materials2021 – ongoingWacker Chemie
AI visual inspection of silicone products
Wacker's AI inspection tool lets experts review only the silicone items it cannot pass or reject
Problem
Silicone production ran around the clock, but the expert team did quality checks on only one weekday shift. Output often waited until the next working day, which created backlogs.
Approach
Wacker put an AI-based visual inspection tool in place for routine checks. The expert team now reviews only the exceptions the system cannot immediately pass or reject. The tool was part of a wider digital programme described in a May 2021 diginomica article.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Wacker gave no performance figures for the tool, so the gain is described only as ending the wait for the next shift.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Chemicals and materials
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Press reporting
Sources
Source summaries
The article covers Wacker's digital programme. It describes the AI visual inspection tool that replaced single-shift manual checks of silicone output and leaves experts with the exceptions. It gives no accuracy or savings figures.
Full details are in the original sources.
