The surface inspection market was valued at USD 2.02 Billion in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% between 2016 and 2022. The market growth can be directly linked with the growth of the manufacturing industry. Increasing demand for quality from manufacturers and customers has made vision-based surface inspection the key technology in the area of manufacturing and quality control. Recent advancements in the inspection technology such as advanced cameras, software, and image sensors have increased the scope for these systems to be used in a wide range of applications in various industrial sectors. Industries have realized the importance of quality assurance in manufacturing, which has resulted in the widespread acceptance of surface inspection as an integral part of the long-term quality improvement process.

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The demand for software for surface inspection systems is expected to increase in the future; the surface inspection market for software is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. These systems are increasingly gaining popularity due to lower hardware costs and the availability of faster processors; but it is the complete scalable software that provides all elements required for deploying and developing the images for surface inspection and making the quality assurance possible.

2D inspection technique held the largest share of the overall surface inspection market in 2015. Since its inception, this technique is used to detect defects in 2D planes; hence, it is the most adopted surface inspection technique, which provides inspection solution at lesser cost than the 3D inspection technique.

The semiconductor vertical held the largest share of the overall surface inspection market, based on vertical, in 2015. To obtain continuous yield, improvement in inspection for process control is required; so, the demand for surface inspection systems from the semiconductor vertical is growing exponentially.

Camera systems are expected to grow at the highest rate during the forecast period. Smart camera-based inspection systems are gaining popularity over computer-based inspection systems since they are easy to configure, validate, and maintain.

Changing customer requirements pose as a challenge for the market. Different types of surfaces have different types of flaws and defects. The requirements of the manufacturers might change with time; they might want to use these systems to detect material-related flaws apart from the type of flaws for which they were designed. This makes it extremely difficult to make a standard surface inspection system since there are various manufacturing sectors to cover and several specifics based on individual customer requirements.

ISRA VISION AG (Germany) and AMETEK, Inc. (U.S.) are the two major players in the surface inspection market. The companies are heavily investing in R&D for introducing new products and maintain their position in the market.