Become a DaoAI Distributor: Bring AI-Powered AOI to High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturing

DaoAI is recruiting distributors. If your company already sells or services SMT and electronics-manufacturing equipment, we would like to talk about bringing AI-powered automated optical inspection (AOI) to your customers.

This post explains the problem we solve for high-mix, low-volume factories, how our inspection works, which machines partners can offer, and what we provide in return.

High mix, low volume: the factories rule-based AOI struggles with

More and more electronics manufacturers run many products in small batches. A contract manufacturer might change over a line several times in one shift. Every new board means another AOI program.

On a traditional rule-based AOI, that program is built by hand: a component library, CAD data, an inspection window for each part, then round after round of threshold tuning to bring false calls down. On a stable, high-volume product that effort pays off over millions of boards. On a line that changes over every few hours, it doesn't. Engineering time goes into setting the machine up instead of into production, and some teams end up relaxing or switching off checks just to keep the line moving.

Less setup, more production: AI auto-programming for every new board

DaoAI's AOI programs itself. Show it one good board and the AI builds the inspection program for you, without a component library to maintain. CAD files are optional. What used to take hours of programming and tuning becomes a few minutes, so a new product can go from first article to real inspection on the same shift.

For a high-mix customer, that is the difference between AOI being a bottleneck and AOI keeping up with the schedule.

Beyond component inspection windows

Faster programming is only half the story. Rule-based AOI only looks where it has been told to look: the windows drawn around each component. Anything that lands outside those windows is invisible to it.

DaoAI inspects the whole board. The AI checks the components and the spaces between them, then shows each finding with its close-up and its location on the panel, so an operator can confirm it quickly.

Two real examples of defects that fall between the windows:

• Solder balls on the board surface between mounted components.
• Foreign objects: dropped parts, debris and other material left on the assembly.

Small defects, wider coverage. For your customers, that means fewer escapes, not just faster setup.

Real machines, one AI platform

Partners can offer a complete AOI line-up that covers different production lines and budgets, all running the same DaoAI AI software:

• P1: offline 2D AOI for high-mix lines and lower-volume production.
• P3 and P3D: inline 2D AOI, single and dual lane.
• P5: inline 3D AOI for height-sensitive inspection.
• A3: through-hole (THT) inspection.

One software platform means your sales and service teams learn one system, and customers can add machines as their lines grow.

Who we are looking for

We want to work with companies that already have:

• Experience selling or servicing SMT or electronics-manufacturing equipment.
• Relationships with EMS providers and OEM electronics factories.
• A team that can demonstrate, install and support equipment locally.

What DaoAI partners get

• Evaluation machine discount, so you can run live demos and customer trials.
• Technical training for your sales and application engineers.
• Engineering support from the DaoAI team on demos, trials and installations.
• Marketing support to help you launch AI AOI in your market.

Apply to become a DaoAI distributor

If this fits your business, fill in the distributor application on our website or email us at business@daoai.com. Tell us about your company, the regions you cover and the equipment brands you carry, and our team will get back to you.