LUMYSIS

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Beyond the visible spectrum

Automated defect detection

for rough, irregular castings — finally possible.

Lumysis is a multimodal optical inspection platform. A single-pass sensor captures multiple complementary surface responses; our proprietary algorithms fuse them to separate true defects from surface texture — automating the last manual step in the modern foundry value chain.

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~100 μm

Shallow-defect floor in representative tests

Multimodal

Single-pass capture · proprietary fusion

Oxford-rooted

Built on independent imaging research · pilot-ready 2026

The Problem

Conventional vision is blind to the defects that matter.

Standard single-channel imaging fails on rough, irregular surfaces with variable lighting — the exact defect classes that drive yield loss, warranty claims and recalls in high-stakes manufacturing.

01

Sub-visible deformation on rough castings

Shallow dents, micro-fractures and stress anomalies that escape rule-based inspection on irregular surfaces.

02

Texture confusion

Natural surface texture and true defects look the same — false negatives go through, false positives spike.

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How it works

Capture. Fuse. Decide.

Lumysis uses a proprietary multimodal imaging architecture that captures multiple complementary physical responses from the surface in a single pass. These signals are fused by our algorithms to separate true defects from surface texture — even on rough, irregular castings where conventional vision fails.

Step 01

Capture

A single-shot multimodal sensor collects multiple independent surface responses — at line rate, in industrial conditions.

Step 02

Fuse

Our proprietary algorithms combine these signals into a unified representation that suppresses texture and highlights anomalies.

Step 03

Decide

AI models classify and localise defects with high robustness on rough, irregular surfaces — pass / fail in plain language for the line.

Inputs to fusion (illustrative)

Geometry channel

Material-response channel

Surface-structure channel

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Proprietary fused signal

The exact sensing modalities and fusion methods are part of Lumysis' protected IP and are not disclosed publicly.

Side by Side

Same casting. Two outcomes.

Conventional vision

Defect missed.

Casting surface

FALSE PASS

Texture, lighting and surface roughness mask the anomaly. The defect blends into the cast surface and the system passes it as good.

Lumysis multimodal

Defect isolated.

DEFECT FOUND

Multimodal fusion separates true material deformation from background texture. The same anomaly is now isolated, scored and flagged at line speed.

VS

Illustrative comparison — Lumysis multimodal fusion vs. conventional single-channel imaging in representative foundry conditions.

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What you actually buy

Built around what foundry leadership buys.

Three outcomes — engineered for the foundry floor, not the lab bench.

Q

Quality

Typically reduces false-pass rates in our tests. Catches the defects that drive warranty claims, recalls and brand risk.

Operator-grade UX — pass / fail in plain language for the people running the line.

T

Throughput

Lab-grade analysis at line speed. Eliminates the offline manual inspection bottleneck and recovers lost cycle time.

Single-pass capture — drop-in retrofit on existing inspection cells.

R

Reliability

Industrial-grade architecture engineered for the realities of the floor — dust, vibration, heat, shift after shift.

Purpose-built for SMEs — accessible capex, not a tier-1-only tool.

Performance figures reflect representative foundry environments in our pilot tests; results vary by part, surface and line conditions.

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Markets

Today’s Application. Tomorrow’s Platform.

We start where the pain is most acute and the automation gap is widest. From there, the same multimodal stack extends into adjacent high-stakes inspection markets.

Initial Application

Castings & Foundries

SME and mid-tier foundries replacing manual DPT and MPI inspection on rough, irregular castings.

Expansion

EV Battery

Electrode and cell-coating uniformity inspection — sub-visible coating anomalies that drive cell failure.

Expansion

Aerospace & Defence

Composite delamination and void detection on safety-critical structural components.

Expansion

Automotive Surface

Painted-surface anomaly detection at line speed — across body-in-white and finishing operations.

Pilot with us

Bring multimodal inspection

to your toughest line.

We work directly with foundry operations, quality and engineering leaders to scope a pilot on your toughest inspection challenge — typically the part that fails manual review, the SKU with the highest warranty exposure, or the line where manual inspection is the bottleneck.

Typical pilot triggers

Trigger 01

The part that fails manual review.

Trigger 02

The SKU with highest warranty exposure.

Trigger 03

The line where manual inspection is the bottleneck.

£15k – £25k

Typical pilot envelope

Pilot-ready 2026

Validated in foundry environments

Oxford, UK

enquiries@lumysis.com · pilots open

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