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May 19, 2025 | Nolan Johnson, SMT007 MagazineEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Roberto Gatti, CEO of Delvitech, shares insights into its Horus machine, a revolutionary innovation in AI-driven inspection technology. This unique system leverages five patented optical heads and custom cameras to perform high-speed, precise inspections. With capabilities that extend beyond traditional limitations, the Horus machine seeks to transform inspection in electronics and microelectronics, as well as the food and pharmaceutical industries, showcasing the versatility and power of its AI-native technology.
Marcy LaRont: Roberto, let’s talk about your technology and the Horus machine.
Roberto Gatti: We just brought the Horus machine to market, and we exhibited it at IPC APEX EXPO. This machine is very interesting because it is a unique system capable of being used in a factory to manage the inspection of solder paste reflow and post-flow inside the same unit. Basically, everything happens due to a very particular optical head that is patented and to the software that is totally AI-native and based on our neural networks.
The optical head has five customized cameras, designed and patented by Delvitech. They are very fast in acquisition and very precise in resolution. The information is acquired so quickly that we typically manage 15 gigabytes of data in 0.2 seconds. This speed allows us to acquire information from our neural networks that is then used to manage what we see. It classifies and detects an error in about 0.3 seconds. So, in roughly 0.5 seconds, we manage all this information.
The big advantage of this machine is that we are working on neural networks; we are not limited to one specific data set. So, the terms SPI and AOI are de facto for us in terms of concepts, but they don’t really exist for us. We have a machine capable of analyzing everything––paste, components, solder joints, plastic parts, or a specific adhesive or metallic features. We can analyze whatever we want to analyze. When my marketing guys named the Horus machine as an SPI, I told them it was “old” terminology. Our machine is not limited; it is capable of inspecting everything. Again, this is the big advantage of the Horus system over other machines.
LaRont: In essence, with that kind of power, you're not limited to this market. Theoretically, you can be in any market that requires inspection.
Gatti: Correct. We are pushing our technology platform into the SMT market within electronics manufacturing. But as you will see in the near future, we will also be in microelectronics. Because we are talking about a technology platform that is totally AI-native, down the road we will be able to enter totally different market segments that also require mechanical inspection. It may be food inspection, pharma inspection, and so on.
Continue reading this interview in the May 2025 issue of SMT007 Magazine.
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