Caastle, Inc.

Lindsey Winland

Alyssa Packard

Shannon Gramley

Steven Sesshu Shimozaki

Jessica Guertin

Mahan Saalabi

Georgiy Goldenberg

Prashant Tr Rao

Ericka Ponte

James Woods

Varun Kumar

A computer-implemented method includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station that includes an inspection processor, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one repairability criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, and updating an inspection database if the one or more articles fails the at least one repairability criterion. The method includes inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one local repair criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one inspector-driven criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, the action type including at least one of determining an inspection failure or a passed inspection, and updating inspection history data stored in an inspection database in communication with the inspection processor based on the at least one repairability criterion, local repair criterion, or inspector-driven criterion.

Systems and methods for phased article inspections

A method of inspecting an article with a defect detection tool includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station and inspecting one of the received one or more articles by evaluating the article for at least one physical defect with the defect detection tool. The defect detection tool includes a clear body including a surface element sized to correspond to the at least one physical defect in the article. Evaluating the article for at least one physical defect with the defect detection tool includes applying the defect detection tool against the article to align the surface element with a potential physical defect in the surface of the article and determining that the at least one physical defect is present when the potential physical defect has a size equal to or larger than a size of the linear element or a size of the circular element.

Systems and methods for inspection and defect detection

A computer-implemented method of managing an inventory of articles includes receiving, by a transfer processor, article information associated with the articles, and identifying, by the transfer processor, one of the articles based on an article identifier. The method also includes retrieving article information based on the identifier, the article information including care information for the one of the articles, and, when the identified article is an article requiring special care, a special care requirement is included in the care information, and preparing the article for transfer based on the care information.

Systems and methods for article inventory transfer

A method of inspecting an article with a defect detection tool includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station and inspecting one of the received one or more articles at the inspection station by evaluating the article for at least one physical defect with the defect detection tool. The defect detection tool includes a clear body including a surface element sized to correspond to the at least one physical defect in the article, the surface element including at least one of a linear element or a circular element and an inspection surface configured to contact a surface of the article when the clear body is applied to the article. Evaluating the article for at least one physical defect with the defect detection tool includes applying the defect detection tool against the article to align the surface element with a potential physical defect in the surface of the article and determining that the at least one physical defect is present when the potential physical defect has a size equal to or larger than a size of the linear element or a size of the circular element.

A method of inspecting an article with a defect detection tool includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station and inspecting one of the received one or more articles at the inspection station by evaluating the article for at least one physical defect with the defect detection tool. The defect detection tool includes a clear body including a surface element sized to correspond to the at least one physical defect in the article, and an inspection surface configured to contact a surface of the article.

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Lindsey Winland