Explore industrial AI practices from the factory floor

Bring AI into Every
Manufacturing Decision

Industrial AI agents work across orders, quotations, scheduling, and fulfillment—understanding factory context, making decisions, and driving execution within real manufacturing constraints

Illustrative Scenario

New task
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No queued tasks
Active5
Archived0
All5
Work orders2
Uploads3
Today3

Flange DN125

Just now

Bracket BR-07

12 min ago

Valve V-200 Batch

1 hr ago
Yesterday2

Bushing SL-33

Yesterday

End Cover EC-12

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Manufacturing Organization
Process Engineer

CAD-to-Process Agent

Upload drawing

Supports STEP, PDF, and images; matching filenames are grouped into one task

Select work order

Import unscheduled work orders from the work-order system

Describe a need, upload a drawing, or select a work order…

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More Pioneering Factories Are Adopting AI

Black Lake Technologies has served 40,000 factories, supporting the shift from traditional surplus production capacity toward agile production driven by data and AI

Black Lake has served 40,000+ factories, supports 2 million+ users, reaches 95% decision accuracy across core agents, and covers 30+ industries

Factories served
40,000+
Users
2M+
Core agent decision accuracy
95%
Industries covered
30+

Industrial AI Platform

An Industrial AI Platform That Learns with Every Operation

It understands each factory's context—including equipment, processes, materials, and operating rules—continuously assessing risks, improving decision-making, and driving execution under real factory constraints

Automatic Intake

With Every Order Intake, the Agent Gets to Work

When an order enters our platform, our agents automatically deciphers drawings, spreadsheets, and customer details; identifies products, quantities, processes, materials, and delivery requirements; and turns demand into executable production tasks

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Orders Enter Queue

ORD-2048

PDF DrawingPending Recognition

ORD-2047

Excel SpreadsheetConnected

ORD-2046

Business InformationConnected

Agent Processing

Recognizing

Reading Drawings

Extracting Fields

Matching Processes

Creating Tasks

Production Task

ProductIdentified
QuantityIdentified
ProcessMatched
MaterialMatched
Delivery DateSynced
Task Created
Context–Aware Reasoning

It Keeps Making Decisions Based on Your Factory Context

Every factory is unique, with its own equipment capabilities, quotation logic, and production constraints. We harness these attributes into every AI-driven decision, handling quotations, process planning, scheduling, and fulfillment to cater to your specific production needs

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Factory Context Connected

Process Standards / Equipment Capabilities / Quotation Rules / Production Constraints

Active
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Conditional Logic

Match the current order against company rules

Matched
Equipment AvailableProcess MatchedDelivery Date Feasible

Generate Quotation

Completed

Create Process Plan

Completed

Adjust Schedule

Completed

Fulfillment Alert

Completed

Risk Detection

Detect Risks Before They Become Problems

Equipment downtime, material delays, schedule deviations, and urgent order changes can all affect production. Black Lake continuously analyzes how shop-floor changes impact orders and delivery, identifies risks in advance, and provides actionable recommendations

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Data sources

Equipment Status
Material Supply
Production Progress
Order Changes
Real-Time Sync

Risk analysis

Delivery risk risingEstimated impact on 2 orders

Recommendations

Adjust PlanSwap MaterialsExpedite Production
!

Delivery risk detected

A material delay may affect delivery for 2 orders

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Operational Alignment

Built for the People Responsible for Deliverables

From business owners and factory managers to planners and production supervisors, the staff share the same real-time production system to see order progress, capacity load, shop-floor abnormal events, and delivery risks without waiting for reporting up the chain

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Owner
Plant Manager
Planner
Production Supervisor
Real-Time Sync

Production overview

Order Progress

82%

Capacity Load

76%

Abnormal Events

3

Delivery Risks

2

Abnormal event alerts

Equipment Failure
Material Delay
Quality Exception

From Day One,
AI Starts Understanding Your Factory

Drawing Sample

A17-Housing-Component.dwg

Process Route Recognition

Rough Machining
Semi-Finishing
Finishing
Surface Treatment
QC & Inbound

Factory Context

AI Understanding Ready

Drawing Features

Identify key dimensions and tolerances

Process Route

Match historical processes and machining sequences

Equipment Capabilities

Link available equipment and machining capabilities

Quality Rules

Learn quality standards and exception patterns

Process Planning Suggestions

Key machining requirements identified. Recommended split: 2 process steps

Ready for human review

Scheduling Clues

Generate scheduling clues based on equipment capacity and delivery constraints

Data linked

Quality Inspection Reminder

Recommended review: hole-position tolerance and surface roughness requirements

Continuously learning

One Industrial AI Platform for Manufacturers of All Sizes

From emerging manufacturers to large-scale enterprises and global supply chains, Black Lake connects orders, production, and delivery within one intelligent operating system

Scheduling
Quality
Stock
Abnormal
Equipment
Planning
Execution
Process
Analytics
Industrial AI enablement
  1. 1Understand orders
  2. 2Coordinate production
  3. 3Connect delivery
  4. 4Accumulate data

Proven, Quantifiable Business Outcomes

Validating AI-driven operational improvement in real business scenarios

Food and beverage production line with unbranded packaging flow

Flexible Response Capability

2 weeks

Improve supply chain flexibility with AI, enabling new product testing through batch delivery in as little as 2 weeks

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Automated production line and robot cells in a smart manufacturing factory

Capacity Utilization

+25%

Use AI to optimize scheduling and bottleneck processes, unlocking more effective capacity without adding new production lines

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Machining equipment and metal part turnover in a discrete manufacturing shop

Capital Tied Up in Inventory

-41%

AI prepares materials precisely based on order demand and production plans, reducing excess inventory and capital tied up in work-in-progress

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Robot line and stamped parts flow in an automotive supplier factory

Order Gross Margin

+8%

Generate AI-powered quotations in 5 minutes, connecting cost estimates with production execution to reduce misquotes, missed costs, and process cost overruns

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Our DNA Was Born on the Factory Floor

For a decade, Black Lake has worked inside real order, process, scheduling, and delivery scenarios. Through serving 40,000 factories, we have continuously refined our products - not by forcing factories to adapt to software, but by building an AI platform that adapts to how factories actually operate

Neolix factory production line
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Making Shop-Floor Operations Understandable to AI

Industry Recognition

  • World Economic Forum Industrial AI Expert Group AI Application Star
  • Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Industrial Internet Outstanding Solution
  • National Data Administration 2025 "Data Element x" competition organised by NDA
  • National Standard Industrial Internet Platform Contributing Organization
  • National-Level High-Tech Enterprise
  • Shanghai Innovative Enterprise Headquarters
  • Shanghai the Shanghai Academician Expert Workstation
  • Proprietary Intellectual Property Hundreds of Patents and Software Copyrights

Industry Recognition

From Empowering Chinese Factories to Advancing the Global Industrial AI Ecosystem

WORLD
ECONOMIC
FORUM

MINDS

Machine Intelligence for Manufacturing and Operations

World Economic Forum

Industrial AI Expert Group

AI Application Star

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Industrial Internet

Outstanding Solution

National Data Administration

2025 "Data Element x" competition

organised by NDA

National Standard

Industrial Internet Platform Contributing Organization

National-Level

High-Tech Enterprise

Shanghai

Innovative Enterprise Headquarters

Shanghai

the Shanghai Academician Expert Workstation

Proprietary Intellectual Property

Hundreds of Patents and Software Copyrights

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Rebuild how manufacturing operates with AI