AI Vision · Pallet Manufacturing & Recycling

The five pillars of AI Vision for pallet plants.

Zira turns cameras into real-time operational intelligence. The same AI Vision infrastructure that watches production also measures throughput, inventory, labor, safety, and maintenance across the entire plant.

// 01 · counting
01/05
Counting.

Zira counts pallets, builds, boards, recovered material, and overall throughput in real time. Every count is connected to the labor invested in producing it.

Counts are tied to operator, line, machine, shift, and site, giving plants production visibility accurate enough to run payroll, reporting, and live management against.

One AI Vision layer replaces clipboards, scanners, foot-counts, and end-of-shift estimates. The count is the same number for the operator on the line, the supervisor on the floor, and the executive in the dashboard.

1per pallet
1per build
1per recovered board
1per dismantled unit
// CAM-02 · Bandsaw dismantler
Counting boards
Pallets dismantled 1,284
+1
CAM-02Bandsaw · Shift 1
Pallets / hr
42
Boards / pallet
7.5
Recovered
3.2k
Operator
J.M.
// 02 · inventory
02/05
Inventory.

For every pallet, board, or piece of recovered material counted, Zira adds context like dimension, type, repair status, and recovery state, then turns it into live inventory.

AI Vision captures pallet length, width, type, repair status, dismantled material, recovered boards, trimmed boards, cut-to-size lumber, and other production features.

The result is real-time inventory visibility across inbound, repaired, built, and dismantled pallets, recovered and trimmed boards, finished goods, and live in/out balances.

Instead of waiting for end-of-day reports, managers see inventory movement as it happens.

// CAM-07 · Inbound measurement
Sizing & sorting
Scan zone
40"
48"
Medium
Boards recovered8,140
Pallets sized2,696
Small≤ 36"
412
Medium36 to 44"
1,284
Large≥ 44"
1,000
Inbound today
1,420
Repaired
312
Built
964
Shipped
1,196
// 03 · productivity
03/05
Productivity.

Zira connects production, product type, labor, and equipment activity into real-time productivity analytics. OEE, OLE, throughput, downtime, product mix, and labor efficiency, all measured while the shift is still running.

Operators and plant managers can improve performance while the shift is still running, not the next morning, not in next week's review.

Productivity moves from a post-shift report to a live signal. Bottlenecks are visible the moment they form, and shift-on-shift comparisons are immediate.

// Plant performance · live
Live
82%
OEE
Equipment
trailing 60 min
71%
OLE
Labor
trailing 60 min
Throughput · pallets / hr
218
// 04 · safety
04/05
Safety.

Safety modules run on the same AI Vision cameras used for production, including bandsaw safety, no-go zones, and the ability to train new safety models for any site-specific behavior.

Safety incidents and near misses are automatically recorded, cataloged, and made available, turning every event into something the team can learn from.

Plants move from reactive safety reporting, written up hours or days later, to real-time safety visibility at the workstation, the supervisor desk, and the safety review.

// Floor signal · bandsaw zone
Monitoring
StateClear
08:14:22Hand-in-zone · CAM-02alert
08:15:01Zone cleared · operator stepped backclear
08:21:47PPE missing · CAM-05alert
08:22:12Line resumed · all stations greenclear
// 05 · maintenance
05/05
Maintenance.

Zira captures maintenance KPIs from events detected by AI Vision, including downtime, bandsaw breaks, trimsaw issues, stoppages, and production interruptions.

These insights help plants keep OEE and OLE high by understanding not only when equipment fails, but how those failures affect throughput, labor efficiency, and production flow.

Zira also includes tools to manage maintenance tasks, standard procedures, safety processes, payroll analytics, productivity dashboards, and full-scale operational reporting.

// Equipment KPIs · trailing 24h
Tracking
Avg pallets per saw3,420
Mean time between failures14.2 h
Bandsaw performance92%
Trimsaw performance87%
Stoppages · 24h
7
Downtime · 24h
38 m
Zira is not just a camera system. It is an AI Vision operating layer for pallet manufacturing and pallet recycling.
// One platform · five pillars · the entire operation

One AI Vision platform.
The entire pallet operation.

From counting and inventory to productivity, safety, and maintenance, Zira gives operators, managers, and executives a live view of what's happening on the plant floor and the tools to improve it.

Deployed in 2 weeks · Pairs with any Zira camera · Built for pallet plants