Pipe Counting and Tracking AI
Count every pipe and tube in a bundle or rack, read stencils and heat numbers, and track each bundle and joint.
Pipe Counting and Tracking AI for the Toughest Pipe Mills, Service Centers, and Pipe Yards
Deploy Anywhere, Run Everywhere
Run pipe counting on fixed end-face cameras, yard cameras, phones, and tablets on the edge, on-prem, in your VPC, or via API.
One Platform, Full Adoption
Tools every mill and yard team can adopt, from shipping to inventory control, no separate ML team required.
Secure, Compliant, and Audit-Ready
Data stays safe with SOC 2 Type II compliance, encrypted data, HIPAA compliance, and an uptime SLA.
- End-Face Pipe & Tube Counting
- Count Per Bundle, Rack & Truck
- Stencil, Heat & Joint Number Reads
- Bundle Location in the Pipe Yard
- Thread Protector & End Cap Checks
- Count vs. Order & Shipping List
“Roboflow has been instrumental in accelerating our deployment of innovative AI solutions.”
Travis Turnbull
Vice President & CIO, Pella Corporation
Talk to a Vision AI engineer who's shipped in pipe, tube, and metals.
Bring us your toughest pipe counting problem and we'll map a working solution.
Ask us about:
- Solution architecture that fits API 5L, API 5CT, EN 10204, and your inventory and shipping systems
- A live demo on your own end-face photos or yard footage
- Deployment options: edge, on-prem, air-gapped, VPC, fixed cameras, or phones and tablets in the yard
- ROI modeling against miscounts, short shipments, yard search time, and manual counting labor
Over 16,000 organizations build with Roboflow.
- Rivian
- Pella
- Chobani
- USG Corporation
- BNSF Railway
- American Woodmark
Vision AI is transforming businesses
Customers across the board are solving complex challenges and driving meaningful impact.
- Automotive customer
$10 million
Saved by automatically detecting defects on the production line
- Logistics & freight company
90%
Less time spent manually tracking shipping inventory
- Building materials supplier
60%
Lower customer return rate with improved product quality
Count and Track Every Joint, from the Mill Bundle to the Pipe Yard and Rig
Bring real-time intelligence to every pipe and tube with Roboflow Vision AI for pipe counting and tracking. Built for pipe mills, service centers, and oilfield pipe yards where counting a bundle means counting ends by hand, a miscount becomes a short shipment, and finding a specific heat in the yard takes a walk.
Count from the end face:
- Count every pipe or tube in a bundle, rack, or truckload from one photo of the end face, with a model trained on your own sizes and bundle shapes.
- Count round, square, and rectangular tube, and small-diameter tube in dense hexagonal bundles.
- Show each counted end marked on the image so the count is confirmed at a glance.
Read and check:
- Read stencils, heat numbers, and joint numbers on the pipe body and bundle tags.
- Check thread protectors and end caps on OCTG before shipping.
- Compare counts to the order, bundle record, and shipping list, next to count and quantity verification.
Track through the yard:
- Record bundle location by rack and row as bundles are moved, with an image for each move.
- Search the yard by heat, size, or order to find the right bundle.
- Count joints loaded per truck and match them to the delivery ticket.
Bring intelligence to every bundle and joint today. Stop miscounts and lost bundles from becoming short shipments and yard searches.
Frequently asked questions
What is pipe counting and tracking with Vision AI?
Pipe counting and tracking with Vision AI uses fixed cameras, phones, or tablets and a trained computer vision model to count pipes and tubes from the end face of a bundle, rack, or load, read stencils and heat numbers, check end protection, and track each bundle's location. Counts are compared to orders and shipping lists. It pairs with count and quantity verification, industrial OCR, and computer vision in oil and gas.
Can Vision AI count pipes in a tightly packed bundle?
Yes. Tightly packed bundles are exactly where hand counts go wrong. A detection model trained on your own end-face photos finds each opening, including small tubes in dense hexagonal bundles and pipes of mixed wall thickness, and marks each one on the image. The count comes back in seconds with every end marked, so the operator confirms it and moves on.
Does pipe counting support API 5L, API 5CT, and EN 10204?
Pipe counting and tracking supports the marking and traceability requirements of API 5L (the specification for line pipe) and API 5CT (the specification for casing and tubing), EN 10204 (the standard for metallic product inspection documents), and ISO 9001 (the quality management system standard), with count, stencil, and location records for every bundle.
Roboflow serves as the counting and reading engine, and your quality and logistics teams own the traceability and shipping rules.
Can it integrate with our inventory, ERP, and yard systems?
Yes. Roboflow sends counts, reads, and locations over REST or MQTT, or writes them to a database, so they update ERP, inventory, and yard systems such as SAP and Oracle, and oilfield tubular management tools. Phone and tablet counts sync to the same record as fixed-camera counts.