Remion’s AI prowess and experience secure win at Industryhack with innovation for smart laser welding

CTO Miika Valtonen was Remion’s industryhack team leader.

Remion’s three-person contest team built on diverse knowhow

– Our CEO, Jukka, has business insight into how to build an entire solution based on the customer’s need. Our software engineer, Petri, has years of know-how in AI system design and their technical delivery under his belt, says Valtonen, who was the team leader and coordinated its work.
Valtonen has broad insight into AI research, which was the subject of his doctoral dissertation.

Ideas distilled into winning solution over course of the contest

The winning solution was the result of intensive innovation, solution refinement, and mentoring.
– In the end, three interwoven things put us on a path to winning: seeing the key customer need, an innovative technical implementation, and clear presentation of the solution, Valtonen says.
The team asked Coherent preliminary questions to find the correct direction, which enabled the creation of a spot-on solution to customer’s needs.
– We also got to use our Regatta® platform, which enables a faster, more cost-efficient delivery, Valtonen says.
Defining the solution architecture and implementation and creating a Proof of Concept proposal demanded a lot of hard work from the Remion team, sometimes even into the wee hours.
– Turning the concept into a visually appealing form is also an important stage. A good solution is not enough: you have to be able to communicate the solution and its benefits well, Valtonen says.
New to the contest was a two-minute video which each team used to showcase its solution.

Remion solutions tried and tested long-term

One of the reasons the contest jury chose Remion’s solution to the Coherent smart laser welding system was that Remion’s analytics and AI know-how and solutions have been tried and tested in the long term. This makes it fast and easy for the company to start delivering a holistic solution.
Remion has a wealth of experience in developing a range of analytics solutions for industry. These include machinery fault and repair prediction, analysis of warnings and vibrations, and efficiency boosts in production.
Remion is an experienced industrial partner when it comes to analytics and AI solutions.
– We have forecast when machines need to be serviced based on use and identified machines and data collection units that were behaving abnormally. We also have strong skills in statistical analysis of big data, as well as data structuring and consolidation. For example, we can get a high-level view of a situation by combining data coming from different machines, Valtonen says.

Tech skills are in demand

Remion needs more analysts for its new tech development projects. It is looking to hire in programming, data processing and AI solution development.
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