Hose Inspection AI

Add a real-time inspection layer to every meter of hose with Roboflow Vision AI for hose inspection. Built for automotive hose plants where corrugated hose runs off the line faster than an inspector can watch it, brake hose legends are checked by eye at the printer, and a collapsed convolution or a skipped date code that slips through becomes a customer reject, a sort, or a recall.

Corrugated hose form and surface:

• Detect collapsed, missing, doubled, and uneven convolutions as the hose leaves the corrugator, and flag a pitch or depth that drifts from the good part.
• Find cuts, splits, blisters, flash, contamination, and discoloration on the hose wall, and measure ovality and wall thinning against your spec.
• Inspect a continuous run with line scan cameras, tiling long images so small defects keep their detail and every defect is tied to its position on the reel.

Brake hose print and markings:

• Read every legend with industrial OCR and confirm the DOT symbol, manufacturer designation, date of manufacture, inside diameter, and HR or HL code are present and match the job.
• Detect smeared, faded, broken, doubled, and skipped prints on dark rubber, alongside print quality inspection on other printed products.
• Measure the gap between legends and the character height, and verify both longitudinal stripes are present along the full length.

From sampling to every meter checked:

• Send pass or fail to the PLC so the cut-off station rejects the bad length, the marker flags it, or the line stops before more hose is made.
• Log an image, result, and position for every defect against the reel, lot, and length for audits, customer complaints, and containment.
• Trend defects by line, shift, die, and compound lot to find where they start and fix the process, not only the hose.

Bring intelligence to every meter of hose today. Stop collapsed convolutions, cuts, and missing brake hose legends from becoming customer rejects, sorts, and recalls.

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Frequently asked questions

What is hose inspection with Vision AI?

Hose inspection with Vision AI uses cameras on the extrusion, corrugating, and printing lines, plus trained computer vision models, to find form and surface defects on corrugated hose and to read and check the printed legends on brake hose, with an image and result for every reel and length. It pairs with hose clamp verification at assembly and brake component inspection across the rest of the brake system.

Can it inspect every meter of corrugated hose at line speed?

Yes. A line scan camera images the hose as it moves, a Workflow splits each long image into tiles so small defects keep their detail, and a model trained on your hose finds and locates every defect. When one is found, the PLC holds the cut-off or marks the length. Anomaly detection can also learn what good hose looks like and flag anything new.

Can it check brake hose markings against FMVSS 106?

Yes. FMVSS 106 (the US federal standard for brake hoses) calls for each legend to carry the DOT symbol, the manufacturer designation, the date of manufacture, the nominal inside diameter, and HR or HL, in block capitals at least 1/8 inch high, repeated no more than 6 inches apart, with two stripes along the hose. The model reads each legend, measures the spacing and character height, and checks the stripes, and your quality team sets the acceptance criteria.

Can it connect to our PLC and MES?

Yes. Roboflow runs on-prem and fully air-gapped, and sends results over OPC UA, MQTT, or REST to the line PLC and your MES, with reel, lot, and length on every record.

Roboflow serves as the inspection engine, and your quality and process teams own the defect limits, marking rules, and acceptance criteria.

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