Defect library

The six surface defect classes Adam detects: what each one is, what causes it, why it escapes human inspection, and what makes it easy or hard to see with a camera. Written for the engineer who has to decide whether automated inspection is worth it.

• Dent

  Localised plastic deformation where the surface has been pushed in, often with a matching raised area on the opposite face.

• Burr

  A raised ridge or sliver of material left attached to an edge after cutting, drilling, milling or stamping.

• Scratch

  A linear mark where material has been abraded away, usually by contact with something harder than the part.

• Pits Cluster

  A group of small cavities in the surface, appearing together rather than as a single isolated void.

• Rough Patch

  A localised area where the surface finish is measurably worse than the surrounding surface.

• Surface Anomaly

  Anything on the surface that departs from what the part should look like but does not fall into one of the named categories.