Escapes are expensive for a reason
When a bad part reaches an aerospace customer, the cost goes well past the part. There is a corrective action to write, a root cause to find, and a customer who now watches your shop more closely. For a small subcontractor, a few of these in a year can change how much work comes in.
Some escapes are visual: a nick, a scratch, a dent from handling. Some are dimensional. VZSOR only helps with the first kind. Before you consider a pilot, look at your last few escapes and sort them honestly. If most were out of tolerance, a camera is not your answer.
A photo record for every part
For each part, VZSOR stores the photo, a heatmap of anything it flagged, the PASS or FAIL result, the operator, the lot and serial, and the time. You can export it all to CSV. The record is made as the part is checked, not written up afterward.
That record can help you answer auditor and customer questions about what was inspected and who did it. It does not replace your quality system, and it is not a registration or approval of any kind. It is evidence you did not have to type in.
Where the photos live
The camera and the AI model run on the station computer in your shop. The dashboard is a web app. Each shop has a setting called photos stay on station. With it on, part photos remain on the station and only counts and dollar figures reach the cloud.
We make no claim about ITAR status for your shop or for our software. Whether a tool fits your export-control program is a decision for your own compliance officer. Confirm that the photos-stay-on-station setting fits your export-control rules before any ITAR-controlled part goes near it.
A person still signs off
VZSOR is an operator assist. It flags parts it considers suspect so a person can look closer. The inspector keeps the final call. If they override a FAIL, they write a reason, and the station's verdict stays in the record next to it.
It was trained on good parts only, and it has been validated on one part: an aluminum L-bracket with a mill finish. Anodized parts, tool marks and dark refractory metals have not been validated, and those are common in aerospace work. The pilot tests your part before you commit to anything.
Good fit, poor fit
Good fit
- Small and mid-size machined parts in plain metal finishes where cosmetic defects trigger rejects
- Shops that already keep per-part lot and serial records and want photo evidence added
- Work where part photos should stay on the station
- A part number where past escapes were mostly scratches, nicks or dents
Poor fit
- Escapes that were mostly out of tolerance, which need gauging or a CMM
- Anodized or coated parts, which are not yet validated
- Large structures that do not fit in one camera view
- Anything that needs a tool to replace the final quality sign-off
Limits, stated plainly
- Validated on one part only: a 2 inch by 2 inch mill-finish aluminum L-bracket.
- Anodized parts, tool marks and dark refractory metals are not yet validated.
- It does not measure dimensions, so it will not catch an out-of-tolerance feature.
- It supports your quality system. It is not a registration, approval or sign-off of any kind.
- Field of view is about 100 to 120 mm.