Reliable Outdoor Line Control
Local AI computer vision that adapts across any industrial facility, Daemon AI overcomes the physical limits of photoeyes and optical sensors. It evaluates every cycle in real time to stop jams, manage cross-ups, and maintain steady material flow through any harsh environment.
- ~10ms Decision Speed
- Zero Cloud Dependence
- Works with Existing PLCs
60%
less downtime in automated area
Timberlink Australia
15%
improvement in planer productivity
Big River Forest Products
2,000+
extra logs through the debarkers
Canadian Customer
Real Results from Real Customers
Across North America, Australia and New Zealand
“We had two main issues we were trying to address; reliance of manual controls for log decks and helicopter boards over the edger unscrambler. Our biggest win was using Daemon AI to detect when boards start to helicopter on our edger unscrambler. We then use that detection to kick the board off the unscrambler before it can fully rotate around and become stuck. [That] reduced our downtime in that area by 60%.”
Matthew Scavone
Group Electrical Controls Engineer, Timberlink Australia
“Daemon AI allows for better flow control of logs and lumber without the need for sensors that get misaligned or broken. [We’ve seen] roughly a 15% improvement in Planer productivity from improving the Tilt Hoist sequencing and Planer backlog control.
David Gillespie
VP of Operations, Big River Forest Products
“[We’ve seen] consistently tighter, safer gaps between logs, with fewer double-ups thanks to earlier, more proactive kicking. AI vision opens up a different possibility: giving machine controls the ability to observe and interpret an operation more like a human would, creating smarter, more adaptable control and new opportunities for optimisation. ”
Andy Archer
Red Stag Timber
Photo Eyes Don't See
the Full Picture
Glare off the sun. Rain scattering the beam. Fog diffusing the light. Dust coating the lens. Outdoor lines face conditions photo eyes were never designed to handle — and every false trigger costs time, labor and throughput. When one drifts, the line stops and someone has to fix it. And there are hundreds of them.
Daemon AI Sees the Entire Line
Automate Outdoor Lines
Outdoor lines face challenges photo eyes were never designed to handle: glare from the sun, rain scattering beams, fog diffusing light, and dust coating lenses. Every false trigger costs time, labor, and production throughput. Daemon AI changes that — it adapts instantly to changing light and weather, detects true material flow, and keeps production running reliably in any condition.
Tighten Gaps
What if your line was so efficient you ran doubles on purpose? Daemon AI detects doubles and measures separation and gap in milliseconds so the PLC can correct spacing in real time, even with crooked or swept logs. It signals the PLC to hold the back belt while the forward belt keeps moving, pulling the double apart.
Maximize Line Flow
Daemon AI observes true material placement rather than relying on point-source sensors that easily misalign or fail. Achieve tight, repeatable sequence timing that optimizes throughput across any heavy manufacturing facility.
How it works
Cameras > Daemon AI > Your PLCs
Any Standard Camera
Any network camera that streams video. RTSP is standard, and nearly every industrial camera supports it.
Daemon AI Workstation
One computer on your network runs the AI and makes the decision. No proprietary hardware.
Your existing PLC
Daemon AI writes its decision straight to the PLC already running your mill; and the PLC triggers the response. No new control layer.
~10ms
from image to decision at the PLC
1-9
camera views per workstation
1-8
AI models per camera view
60fps
in production today; tested to 120
Record-Breaking Production Throughput
Watch how a mill shattered production records by giving their wavefeeder real-time visual intelligence. Daemon AI dynamically adjusts feeds to maintain steady gaps—eliminating pile-ups and keeping downstream machine centers running at absolute peak capacity.
Get More Done and Boost Profitability
Stop downtime before it stops the line. Daemon AI identifies jams, mistrims, and pile-ups the cycle before they stall production, giving operators and PLCs immediate buffer time to intervene.
Maximize throughput at rated speeds. By optimizing feeds and maintaining consistent gaps between products, machine centers run continuously at peak rated capacity—delivering the most cost-effective volume gains possible.
Safely minimize product gaps. Real-time visual tracking feeds precise product locations directly to your PLC, calculating exact loading windows down to the millisecond to keep production moving smoothly.
Mobilize teams the moment an issue arises. Automatically triggers Microsoft Teams notifications, generates eMaint work requests, and updates PLC alarm tags to signal stack lights or plant sirens.
Operate fully air-gapped with zero cloud dependence. All video feeds, trained AI models, and operational data remain on your local workstation. Nothing leaves the mill, ensuring complete privacy with no external vulnerability.
Reliable performance in real mill conditions. Engineered to ignore steam, dust, fog, glare, rain, and snow. If your operators can see the product on the camera feed, Daemon AI can accurately monitor it.
Track material placement seamlessly across the line. Daemon AI continuously monitors product position and calculates exact flow permutations in real time, giving operators total line visibility.
No data scientists required. Quickly review and label video segments of normal and abnormal line operation. Your AI is ready to start monitoring and reporting in just a few minutes.
Complete operational transparency. Precise timestamped logging tracks every PLC state transition and alert event. Operational data is readily accessible via plain JSON sidecar file exports, historical feeds, or direct REST API integrations.
Maximize facility coverage while controlling software costs. Patrol Mode shares a single inference license across up to 8 secondary views, allowing a single 9-view system to cost-effectively monitor up to 72 locations across conveyors, bins, and transfers
TESTIMONIAL
Frequently Asked Questions
By continuously monitoring production processes, detecting issues early, providing real-time alerts to operators, and acting through your PLC in milliseconds. This reduces downtime, nuisance stops, and gaps, leading to increased throughput.
Daemon AI detects issues like blockages, misalignments, and other anomalies in your production processes. Some examples include include doubles, skews, gaps, jams, plug-ups, backlogs, debris, fill levels and flow problems — plus anything else a camera can see on your line.
The main benefits include real-time monitoring, reduced downtime, increased efficiency, cost savings, and proactive maintenance. These advantages can help improve overall productivity and profitability.
If the computer is ready and the cameras are online, Daemon AI can start classifying that day. Over time, it can be refined with more data to become more effective and accurate.
Yes, Daemon AI helps prevent major breakdowns by identifying small issues early. This allows you to address potential problems before they cause significant damage or downtime. If you’re looking for a predictive maintenance solution, click here to learn about Daemon Asset Intelligence.
Training Daemon AI is simple and quick. It can be done in as little as 10 minutes by categorizing video segments into folders and clicking “train.” However, more data leads to more extensive classifications and increased accuracy over time.
Nearly any industrial and manufacturing facility can benefit from Daemon AI. Our roots are in wood products, and the same platform works in any industrial setting where visibility is challenged — food production, ports, coal and more.
Yes, Daemon AI can be customized to fit specific industrial needs. The more training data provided, the better Daemon AI will perform. If you have video samples for Daemon AI to learn from, it will likely be able to identify similar situations in the future.
Within a few minutes of video being available, Daemon AI can start delivering results with real-time monitoring and instant alerts.
It’s your system on your network. Your system. Your data. Your network. Daemon AI ensures that all data collected and analyzed remains within your control, maintaining security and confidentiality.
Unstoppable Line Reliability in Any Environment
Don’t let weather, steam, or failing optical sensors dictate your plant’s throughput. Put proven visual intelligence on your hardest bottleneck and experience uninterrupted operational flow.