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title: "How to inspect extruded tubing and hoses with computer vision"
description: "Cameras around the line after the cooling tank take continuous photos of the tubing, hose or profile as it runs. A model trained on the plant own images, labeled against its own specs, marks likely surface defects such as bubbles, gels, black specks, scratches, die lines, kinks, flat spots and uneven color, and checks that printed markings are present and readable. Each flag is tagged with the line, the time and the position along the run, so cut lengths with defects can be marked or removed and the operator can link a run of defects to a change in material, temperature or speed. The quality lead reviews the flags each shift and decides what is cut out, held or shipped. The model does not replace diameter and wall gauges, pressure tests or customer specs, which stay in place, and people make every quality and release call."
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# How can a plastic or rubber extruder use computer vision to check tubing, hoses and profiles on the line?
Cameras around the line after the cooling tank take continuous photos of the tubing, hose or profile as it runs. A model trained on the plant own images, labeled against its own specs, marks likely surface defects such as bubbles, gels, black specks, scratches, die lines, kinks, flat spots and uneven color, and checks that printed markings are present and readable. Each flag is tagged with the line, the time and the position along the run, so cut lengths with defects can be marked or removed and the operator can link a run of defects to a change in material, temperature or speed. The quality lead reviews the flags each shift and decides what is cut out, held or shipped. The model does not replace diameter and wall gauges, pressure tests or customer specs, which stay in place, and people make every quality and release call.
## What this means in practice
- Start with one line and one product.
- Label photos from your own runs against your own specs.
- Tag each flag with the line, time and position along the run.
- Mark or remove defect lengths before coiling or cutting.
- Keep diameter gauges, wall checks and pressure tests in place.
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