AVT (Advanced Vision Technology), a print inspection solutions provider, showcased the evolution of print inspection at LOUPE Americas, from finding defects to deciding what to do with them. Visitors can experience the module in action at AVT stand 3523.
First introduced to the market at Labelexpo Europe 2025, AutoEdit AI has since been running on converter floors, where it has been reshaping how quality decisions are made after inspection. The formal launch at LOUPE Americas confirms its availability to the wider label market on AVT Helios 100% print inspection systems.
Solving the bottleneck after the camera
For label converters, defect detection has long been a settled question, according to the company. AVT’s Helios platform catches defects at press speed, on every substrate a label operation runs. What has remained a daily production challenge is what happens next: the manual review of the virtual roll, where operators walk through every logged defect and decide whether each one is salable or should be removed at the rewinder stage.
“Detection has been a settled question in our industry for years. What has changed is the pressure on everything that happens after it,” said Guy Yogev, vice president of marketing and product, AVT. “As short runs, versioning and personalization multiply, that manual review of the virtual roll for final waste removal decisions has become one of the real constraints on throughput, manpower and consistency between operators and between shifts. AutoEdit AI is designed to lift that classification burden directly.”
How AutoEdit AI works
AutoEdit AI is a complementary, AI-driven decision engine that runs after the Helios inspection and just prior to AVT Workflow Link automatic waste removal at the slitter rewinders. Every defect logged by the system is classified into one of three categories: salable, non-salable, or need final review. Only the few remaining ‛need final review’ calls are surfaced to the operator for review and final decision; the rest are already handled by the time the virtual roll is opened.
The module runs inside PrintFlow Manager, the interface operators already use to review the virtual roll and drive the finishing workflow. No new station or screen is required to learn – the pre-sorted view arrives inside a familiar environment, and the operator’s time goes where it matters.
Trained centrally, refined continuously
AutoEdit AI has been trained centrally by AVT, drawing on production data across converters, applications, substrates and end-market quality standards, the company said. Proprietary job data stays with the customer, and improvements to the model reach installations as periodic updates, carrying accumulated industry learning forward.
“AutoEdit AI reflects where AVT is going as an independent business – deeper into the intelligence layer of print inspection, and closer to the day-to-day realities of the converter’s shop floor,” said Roy Porat, chief executive officer of AVT. “Helping our customers turn the data our systems generate into better, faster and more consistent decisions is the next chapter of what we do.”
Human judgment stays in the loop
“We see AI as an enabler and not as a human replacement,” Porat said. The module is built around a safety-net principle: any defect the model is not fully confident about is routed to the operator rather than given an automatic call. Every classification, and every operator override, is logged in PrintFlow, producing an audit trail that fits directly into the quality documentation that pharma, food, healthcare and personal-care converters already provide to brand owners.
One early adopter running AutoEdit AI on the production floor described the change simply: “AutoEdit AI removed a step our team used to do manually on every roll. We’re catching more, editing less, and our operators are freed up to focus on the jobs that really need their expertise.”
Availability
AutoEdit AI is available now for AVT Helios installations on a subscription basis. The module is provided with both the software and the dedicated processing hardware required to run AVT’s AI models on the production floor, and is installed alongside existing Helios systems without disruption to the platform operators already know.
“AutoEdit AI is not a promise for the future; it is already contributing meaningfully on the converter floors that adopted it early,” Yogev said. “The formal launch at LOUPE Americas is our invitation to the wider market to come and see what post-inspection AI can actually deliver in production.”
