Process assessment
Baseline the work as it runs today: variation, cycle time, quality criteria, failure modes.
VIHA builds automation systems for precision manufacturing.
Robotic inspection, deburring, grinding, and finishing on parts where the tolerance is tight and the process is already qualified.
What we do
One process at a time, from first assessment to production handover.
Cell design and build
Layout, fixturing, robot and sensor selection, on proven industrial hardware.
Perception
Vision and sensing that locates the part and reports how confident it is.
Motion and process control
Trajectories from CAD, force control for contact-rich finishing.
Inspection
Metrology against acceptance criteria, recorded run by run.
Handover
Operator training, change control, documentation for qualified processes.
How it works
A fixed, versioned sequence of steps. Not one model running the cell.
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Estimate
Sensors describe the part and the cell, with a confidence value attached.
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Select
The approved process definition decides the next step.
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Run
Each step uses what suits it: a model, a planner, a controller, or a person.
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Check
Tolerances, tool state, interlocks and revision pass, or the cell holds.
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Record
Measurements and decisions are stored together, run by run.
Hardware stays interchangeable.
The process definition is separate from the equipment that carries it out. Swap a camera or a robot and you revalidate one step, not the process. Systems run at the edge, on the plant floor.
Current work
One program at a time, on purpose.
Our first program automates an FDA-approved process for a cardiovascular nitinol implant at a U.S. medical device manufacturer. The customer is confidential. A second precision manufacturing program is in scoping.
- Precision requirement
- ≈5µm
- Reliability requirement
- Lowppm
- To first system
- ≈3months
- Technical team
- 5engineers
Precision and reliability figures are the customer's process requirements, not performance claims.
Have a process worth automating?
Send the part, the tolerance you need to hold, and the current cycle time. We will tell you if it fits.
hello@vihalabs.comVIHA, Inc.
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Five engineers across robotics, perception, controls, and process engineering.