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= Tihive Technologies = Tihive SAS (often stylized TiHive, otherwise d.b.a. TiHive Technologies) is a company that designs terahertz imaging systems and software used in automated manufacturing to monitor humidity, optimize raw material usage, and detect defects and contaminants in contexts where they are not visually observable. The company's cameras and sources are based on proprietary technologies, including a unique CMOS architecture, which the company claims can offer unparalleled performance, at a fraction of the size and cost of competing systems currently on the market. The company also develops its own artificial intelligence algorithms, used for defect detection in quality systems and for analysis in its research offerings.

History
TiHive was founded in August 2017 by ST Microelectronics alumni Hani Sherry (CEO), Carlos Prada (CFO), and Nicolas Beaudouin (COO). While completing his PhD thesis, Sherry realized that the terahertz gap posed a missed opportunity for material savings and quality improvements in manufacturing, since terahertz waves can see through many materials and identify many properties that vision could not, and with none of the proven dangers of x-rays. The company was thus established to bring to market a Terahertz imaging system small, fast and compact enough to plug into existing production lines, at scale.

Tulipz and Pilot Lines
In early 2020, TiHive was granted major financial and strategic backing from the European Commission via its EIC Accelerator. The funding will go towards TULIPZ, TiHive's industrial early deployment program, with a focus on the Absorbent Hygiene Product, textile and nonwoven industries.

In-Line Quality Monitoring Platform
TiHive's flagship service is the development and deployment of full-stack, in-line quality solutions. The company proposes a distributed inspection system that can be easily scaled and customized to meet any production lines needs. The company boasts the added advantage of being capable of monitoring multiple parameters at once, and of being capable of meeting the fastest production line speeds. In 2021, the company began transitioning from laboratory validation to factory deployment, among a number of production lines with select industrial partners.

Testing and Analysis
Many industries seek a better understansding of Terahetz imaging's fit to their quality challenges. TiHive offers terahertz testing and analysis services for industrial R&D. The company offers its expertize in Terahertz and AI to companies wishing to:


 * 1) Evaluate terahertz imaging detection of a product
 * 2) Evaluate product contaminant terahertz imaging contrast
 * 3) Assess Product Quality
 * 4) Measure variability
 * 5) Benchmark materials or products for competitive analysis

TiHive offers both Quick Assessments and Advanced Assessments, which vary in duration and complexity based on the client's needs.

Terahertz Imaging Equipment
TiHive develops and sells lab grade imaging equipment. The company currently has two lab products in its lineup:


 * 1) Necter, a Terahertz CMOS camera. It is uncooled and the company claims that it can pick up frequencies between 70GHz and 4THz and operate at speeds of up to 1,000 fps
 * 2) TiScope, an easy to use interface designed to view, manipulate, analyze and export Terahertz data picked up by Necter.

Category:Terahertz technology Category:Machine vision Category:Quality control Category:Technological change Category:Deep learning Category:Artificial intelligence Category:Manufacturing