The Instrumental System consists of easy-to-deploy inspection stations and intelligent software tools to help you discover and fix issues on your assembly line, saving time and money.

Hardware on the factory floor

Software wherever you are

Instrumental on Your Line

Automated issue discovery

Our advanced machine learning algorithms provide greater insights with every unit you build, helping you improve your process and product. No golden units or training required.

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Supercharged failure analysis

See snapshots from anywhere or anytime on your line—whenever you want, no matter where you are. See what happened. Take measurements. Fix it remotely.

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Ship on time every time

Time is money. A single day of slip in product development schedule could cost millions in lost sales. Our Cost of Delay Calculator tells you just how much. Move the sliders to see how much delays might cost you.

Number of full-time employees

Average annual salary

Daily expense: $45,977

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Peak monthly units sold

Gross margin

Months of peak sales

Peak unit sales reduction

Daily sales opportunity lost: $16,447

Daily cost of a delay: $62,424 Add more variables

Click to simulate a build and discover the cost of an unexpected event.

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Practical Benefits

Identify defective units automatically

Instrumental’s automated anomaly detection helps you discover issues earlier, so you can fix them in time for production. Inspect hundreds of units in just seconds. Spend your time where it matters most: fixing these issues for good.

Start failure analysis immediately

Review images of your in-process units online. Get measurements right away, without physical access to units. Act on insights immediately — before delays pile up.

Triage defective units automatically

Identify root cause in minutes

Restart downed line hours or days faster

Test hypotheses without building more units

Monitor and set specifications remotely

Keep teams aligned around the globe

Proven on the most demanding lines

Engineering teams at Fortune 500s trust the Instrumental system to help them find and fix issues every day. They are using Instrumental on the best consumer electronics manufacturing lines in the world.

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