I have found the same to be true Rich. I've visited a few facilities with them up and running. They were sufficient for *their* use but they were more or less using it to identify coating in coating-free areas only. The coating is so judgemental and each customer seems to judge it differently depending on what their "focus" is. I do know one customer who purchased one to inspect boards for an aerospace OEM to reduce arguments on what is good/bad that they were experiencing before. Lloyd Duso Plant Manager Diamond-MT (814) 535-3505 www.Diamond-mt.com On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Richard Kraszewski < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Several years back we had run-off for AOI equipment to inspect for > coating defects. Had 2 equipment providers bring equipment on site and > worked with them for several weeks. > The results were rather disappointing in that neither was reliable > enough to replace an human inspector. > Seemed like the defects that the systems could collect needed to be > rather gross and obvious. > Could not reliably identify those smaller scale defects (bubbles between > leads, FOD, thick fillets, etc.) that class 3 customers seemed to also care > about. > > Would appreciate any supporting or contradicting experiences anyone is > willing to share. > > Thanks > > Rich Kraszewski > Senior Staff Process Engineer > Plexus > > > * * * * * * * * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE * * * * * * * * > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential from Plexus Corp. and may > contain information which is privileged, confidential, and/or protected by > non-disclosure agreements. They are intended solely for the use of the > named addressee(s). . Any unauthorized use or disclosure may be > unlawful. If you are not a named addressee, you must not use, disclose, > retain or reproduce all or any part of the information contained in this > e-mail or any attachments If you have received this transmission in error, > please destroy it and notify us immediately by return e-mail or by calling > + 1 888 208 9005. >