The Manual Inspection Bottleneck
We’re incredibly proud to announce a transformative milestone: our team has completed and successfully demonstrated for our lead customer what we believe is the world’s most advanced automated precision inspection solution.
In precision defense and aerospace manufacturing, quality control is mission-critical. A single microscopic defect can compromise an entire component, leading to costly rework, production delays, or catastrophic field failures or underperformance.
Traditionally, this has required highly trained technicians spending up to 2 hours per part in clean room environments, manually inspecting under microscope. Despite their skill and dedication, human fatigue and visual limitations mean defects can still slip through. The industry has recognized this bottleneck for years, but until now, there hasn’t been a viable alternative.
Our Solution: AI-Powered Precision at Scale
Our platform automates the detection of FOD (Foreign Object Debris), scratches, gold flakes, and foreign debris down to single digit microns—with unprecedented accuracy on even the most challenging, highly reflective surfaces.
The Rapta Difference: Rapid AI Training
This is where we truly differentiate ourselves. We’ve enabled the fastest and most intuitive AI training toolset in the industry. Our platform can rapidly learn new defect types and create synthetic variants from a small set of example defects. What traditionally takes weeks or months of data collection and model training can now be accomplished in days, enabling rapid time to value.
Multi-Axis Inspection for Complex Parts
The system features multi-axis motion capability (3 or 4 axis) to inspect multiple surfaces on complex precision parts, including difficult-to-access areas and highly reflective surfaces that have traditionally been nearly impossible to inspect reliably.
The Impact: 92% Faster with High Consistency
What previously required 2 hours of manual inspection can now be done in just 10 minutes of fully automated inspection.
The benefits extend far beyond the 92% time reduction:
- Consistency: Every part receives identical, rigorous inspection regardless of shift or production volume
- Digital Documentation: Complete audit trails with defect images, locations, and measurements automatically captured
- Increased Throughput: Dramatically higher production capacity without sacrificing quality
- Better Jobs: Freeing skilled technicians from tedious clean room work to focus on higher-value problem-solving and process improvement
Validated by Industry Leaders
This isn’t just a technology demonstration—it’s production-ready. The system is shipping this week to one of the industry’s leading defense primes for mission-critical components. This partnership validates both our technical capabilities and readiness for the demanding requirements of defense manufacturing.
Transforming Manufacturing
This is the kind of innovation that transforms manufacturing. As tolerances tighten and production demands increase, manual inspection cannot keep pace. The future requires solutions that combine human expertise with the speed, consistency, and scalability of automation.
Automation isn’t about replacing skilled workers—it’s about augmenting their capabilities. It’s about removing tedious, repetitive tasks while preserving roles where human judgment and creativity are irreplaceable. Our vision is to supercharge precision US manufacturing, making American manufacturers more competitive globally while creating better, more fulfilling jobs.