New Pallet Quality Assurance

Every pallet off the line, inspected.

Zira puts AI vision at the end of your nailing line and checks 100% of new pallet production against spec. Not a sample. Not a spot check. Every unit, every shift, before it reaches the stacker.

Installs line-side in a day. No PLC rewrite. No line slowdown.

InspectingLINE 2 · 48x40 GMA
MISSING BOARD RAISED NAIL GAP > SPEC 3.6"
PALLET #48,201 · 0.4s FAIL · 3 DEFECTS ROUTE: REWORK
100%
of production inspected
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per pallet decision
0
line slowdown
Every
unit logged with images
What the camera catches

The defects that come back as claims

Manual QC samples a handful of units per shift. The escapes end up on a customer's dock, in a rejection email, or in a chargeback. Zira flags them while the pallet is still on your line.

Assembly

Missing and misplaced boards

Deckboard count, position, and flush edges verified against the build spec for every unit, top and bottom.

Fastening

Raised and protruding nails

Nail heads that did not seat and points that punched through, caught before they ever meet a forklift tire or a worker's glove.

Spacing

Deckboard gaps out of spec

Board spacing measured on every pallet, so units bound for automated warehouses and racking hold to tolerance.

Lumber

Splits, wane, and bad stock

Cracked stringers, excessive wane, and lumber defects that pass a glance but fail under load.

Alignment

Stringer and block placement

Skewed stringers and misaligned blocks that turn into lean, rack failures, and rejected loads.

Spec

Custom build verification

Running a 48x40 GMA now and a custom heat-treat order next? Switch specs per run and the checks follow.

How it works

From nailing line to verified stack

A camera cell at the end of the line, AI that knows your spec, and signals your crew already understands. That is the whole system.

CAPTURE

Camera cell images every pallet

Mounted line-side at the nailer discharge. Works at full line speed under normal plant lighting.

DECIDE

AI checks it against spec

Boards, nails, gaps, lumber, and alignment graded in under a second. Pass, rework, or reject.

SIGNAL

Andon light tells the crew

Green keeps moving. Amber flags rework. Red stops a bad unit before it gets stacked and stretch-wrapped.

PROVE

Every unit logged

Images, measurements, and verdicts stored per pallet. Pull a shift report or a customer quality cert any time.

Zira AI Vision Andon

Signals the shop floor already speaks

Defect alerts fire the Zira Andon stack light right at the station, in the red, amber, and green convention your crew has used their whole career. No screens to watch, no dashboards to babysit while the line runs.

  • Real-time light and dry contact output at the nailer
  • Ties into existing conveyors, diverters, and horns
  • Operators fix defects while the pallet is still in reach
  • Supervisors see repeat defects by station and shift
Proof, not promises

A quality record for every pallet you ship

When a customer questions a load, you answer with images and measurements, not a shrug. Per-unit inspection records roll up into shift, run, and customer reports your sales team can put in front of any buyer.

First-pass yield, defect Pareto by station, and repair cost per thousand units, straight from the line.

SHIFT REPORT · DAY07/21
Pallets inspected4,812
First-pass yield97.6%
Reworked in-line104
Rejected11
Top defectRaised nail · STN 2
Escapes to customer0
No Bad Pallets

Your best shift, every shift.

Send us your build spec and a video of your line. We will show you exactly what Zira would have caught last week.

Book a line audit

650-701-7026 · sales@zira.us · 400 Concar Drive, San Mateo, CA