Metalflow Corp. (Holland, MI), is a high-volume producer of close-tolerance metal components for demanding needs in automotive production and furniture manufacturing. As such, it can't risk any errors in sorting the parts it delivers. This mandate was especially critical when the company set out recently to switch from its own closely controlled manual inspection procedures to an automated system.
"For our customers," says Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Marc Brown, "even one or two defective parts in a shipment of a million pieces is not acceptable."