Optical Inspection Across Demanding Industries
OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturers
THE CHALLENGE
For automotive OEMs, windshield quality is becoming increasingly important. A windshield is not only a structural and protective component. Its geometry and optical properties can directly influence the driver’s visual experience and the performance of technologies integrated into the vehicle.
This is particularly relevant as modern vehicles increasingly incorporate Head-Up Displays, cameras and ADAS systems. The windshield becomes part of the optical environment of these systems, meaning that small geometric or optical variations can have an impact on their performance.
Snellium Capability
Snellium provides optical inspection and metrology technologies that allow manufacturers and quality teams to characterize windshield geometry and optical behaviour in a non-contact and repeatable way.
Validate windshield geometry
Investigate optical characteristic
Assess surface quality
Support HUD performance evaluation
Evaluate the influence of the windshield on ADAS cameras
Generate objective data for quality and validation
The aim is to move beyond simply checking whether a component is within dimensional tolerances and towards understanding how the windshield actually performs in the vehicle environment.
Automotive Aftermarket Glass
THE CHALLENGE
The automotive aftermarket glass industry requires consistent quality and reliable optical performance across a wide range of glazing products and designs.
Variations in geometry, curvature and optical properties can affect the overall performance of automotive glazing and the systems that rely on it. Accurate characterization is therefore essential to assess product quality, support design processes and ensure consistent performance.
Snellium Capability
Snellium’s optical measurement technologies can be used to characterize an original windshield without physical contact.
The measured information can then serve as a digital reference for the development of an equivalent component.
This becomes particularly important when the windshield interacts with other vehicle technologies such as HUD and ADAS, where reproducing the right optical behaviour can be just as important as reproducing the overall shape.
Aeronautics Transparencies Inspections
THE CHALLENGE
Aeronautical components often combine complex geometries with demanding quality and optical requirements.
Curved transparencies are a good example: their geometry directly influences their optical behaviour, while conventional contact measurement can be difficult for large or complex surfaces.
Snellium Capability
Snellium provides non-contact optical metrology to characterize the shape and optical behaviour of these components.