Complete 2D/3D Inspection for Finished Floor Boards
Finished floor boards must meet two requirements before packaging and shipment: surface quality and dimensional accuracy. Visual defects drive complaints and claims. Geometry errors drive installation problems. Both must be verified at line speed. In most competitive installations, surface inspection and dimensional measurement are handled by separate systems — often from different vendors — running independent software environments. This increases integration effort, commissioning time, and long-term maintenance overhead.
LMI Technologies addresses this with a unified architecture. Gocator 3D laser profilers and Gocator 2D Smart Cameras operate on the same GoPxL platform. Configuration, synchronization, measurement tools, and data processing are managed in one environment. There is no need for a separate 2D and 3D software stack.
360º 3D Scanning for Shape and Geometry
A Gocator 4-laser profiler ring layout provides full board coverage while the product is in motion. This configuration measures:
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Thickness variation
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Edge profile integrity
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Flatness (bow, twist, warp)
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Corner and edge damage
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Overall dimensional tolerances
All sensors are time-synchronized and processed within GoPxL. Multi-sensor alignment and measurement tools are managed in a single interface. Mixed Gocator profiler models can be used within the same system to optimize for speed and resolution.
Competitive 3D solutions in this space typically rely on external PC-based processing or integrator-level software to align and merge data from multiple heads. In contrast, multimodel synchronization and data fusion are native functions within the GoPxL environment, reducing system complexity and improving long-term stability.
High-Speed 2D Imaging for Surface Inspection
Surface inspection with a Gocator 2D Smart Camera identifies defects that geometry measurement alone cannot detect. Typical targets include:
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Scratches and dents
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Coating defects
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Print or decor irregularities
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Surface contamination
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Finish inconsistencies
Inspection logic is executed natively within GoPxL using a combination of AI-based tools and rules-based measurement algorithms. AI anomaly detection models identify unexpected surface deviations without predefined defect classes, whereas supervised classification models categorize known defect types using labeled training datasets. Model training, validation, versioning, and deployment are managed within the same GoPxL environment, eliminating the need for external AI toolchains. Rules-based tools provide repeatable inspection, including thresholding, blob analysis, edge extraction, feature measurement, and dimensional verification where tolerances are explicitly defined.
Unlike traditional PC-based vision architectures that rely on separate image processing and AI software stacks, Gocator 2D Smart Cameras execute AI inference and measurement directly at the edge using an embedded NVIDIA® Jetson Orin NX compute module. Image acquisition, preprocessing, inference, and metrology run locally on the device. When deployed alongside Gocator 3D laser profilers within the GoPxL platform, synchronized 2D intensity data, 3D height data, AI inference outputs, and rules-based measurement results are processed within a unified inspection workflow.
This architecture reduces system complexity and integration overhead while enabling scalable, edge-based inspection of both 2D surface features and 3D geometric characteristics — without external industrial PCs, middleware layers, or parallel third-party software environments.
Validate Your Floor Boards at an LMI Lab Near You
Getting inspection right means accounting for tricky real-world variables, such as coating reflectivity, decor patterns, and edge geometries. To help you get it perfect before you go live, LMI Technologies offers friendly, hands-on application testing at our regional hubs across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Our labs are fully equipped to run feasibility tests and validate your system using your actual board samples. Whether you’re looking to double-check detection limits, test your throughput, or fine-tune your sensor layout, our regional teams are ready to jump in, run the tests, and walk through the results with your engineering group to ensure everything is prepared for the factory floor.
Next Steps
- Learn More About Multimodel Ring Scanning with Gocator 3D Laser Profilers
- Explore Gocator 2D Smart Cameras
- Contact us to arrange a lab test near you