MINDHIVE GRADING

Accurately grade wet blue hides within seconds

Mindhive identifies over 20 defects and delivers grading consistency beyond human capability.

Step 1

Scan

Hides are loaded and scanned at production speed. Mindhive Grading is constructed from stainless steel and is installed over the out-feed of your wringer.

Step 2

Detect defects

High resolution cameras and Artificial Intelligence technology accurately identify defects as small as a hair follicle (.2mm) within 3 to 4 seconds. With Mindhive, human error and subjectivity is eliminated in grading.

Step 3

Grade hide

A detailed defect map, usable/cuttable hide area, hide thickness and grade of the hide is displayed on interactive touch-screens and can be communicated to PLCs and auto stackers.

  • Mindhive Grading is customised to your needs and grading rules can easily be switched to suit different clients or end uses.

  • Mindhive Grading’s software currently operates in English, Italian, Japanese and Spanish but can be configured to any language.

  • With constant research and innovation, new defect types and features are regularly added to Mindhive Grading’s capabilities

Identify more than 20 defects on wet blue hides with accuracy and speed

ALL DEFECTS IDENTIFIABLE BY MINDHIVE GRADING

  • Holes

  • Hairslip and full hair

  • Hair stubble

  • Brand

  • Delayed cure/decomp

  • Open cut

  • Open scar/scratch

  • Heavy bite/bug bite

  • Light bite/pinhole

  • Healed scar/scratch

  • Ringworm

  • Growth/wrinkle

  • Flay

  • Vein

  • Skin disease

  • Scud/loose hair

  • Wart

  • Inherent

  • Bacterial damage

  • Chrome stain

  • Mole

Advanced data and analytics on all hides graded by Mindhive

With Mindhive Reporting, view timestamps, batch ID, hide grades, scanned hide images, defect maps and more. Easily identify grading performance and identify trends.

  • For tanneries with multiple sites, standardise your grading, easily benchmark and aggregate your data.

    Access information from a centralised dashboard and view insights to optimise yield, compare between sites, track efficiency, forecast and plan based on historical trends and patterns.

Coming soon to Mindhive Grading

Grading wet white hides

Grading at different stages of the leather supply chain

Identifying new defect types

TRUSTED BY LEADING TANNERIES IN THE US, JAPAN, EUROPE AND NEW ZEALAND

“We’ve been able to halve our reject percentage downstream... and properly allocate hides, which means we have optimised our hide usage.”

Pablo, Continuous Improvement Manager

Watch Mindhive in action at Tasman Tanning New Zealand →

Explore how Mindhive can deliver consistently accurate grading at your tannery.

Contact our expert team to learn more about Mindhive Grading and schedule a walkthrough.