Enterprise

One policy model across every plant in the group.

Multi-site coatings groups standardize on Tinteon with a plant-edge fleet, shared model governance, custom formula, color and tolerance models per site, SLAs and outcome-based components. Formulas and color standards stay with each site.

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$650k – $8.5M ACVMulti-site fleetOn-prem or private cloud

run_scn_01 · agent graph · scenario 10 nodes · 1 approval gate
01 · orchestrator order.receive ✓ SUCCEEDED 02 · orchestrator twin.simulate ✓ SUCCEEDED 03 · dose_disperse disperse.mill ✓ SUCCEEDED 04 · letdown_thin letdown.thin ✓ SUCCEEDED 05 · tint_color tint.match ✓ SUCCEEDED 06 · defect_inspect inspect.spectral ✓ SUCCEEDED 07 · orchestrator approve.human ◆ APPROVAL 08 · filter_fill filter.fill ✓ SUCCEEDED 09 · robot_handling handle.palletize ✓ SUCCEEDED 10 · quality_conf release.genealogy ✓ SUCCEEDED

Illustrative scenario: Plant run · one architectural deep tint base from dosing to pallet · bead mill, let-down tank, tint station, filling line. Not a measured run.

Capabilities

What enterprise actually means here

The controls a color-critical, VOC-regulated, multi-site coatings group expects, packaged from the start.

Fleet

Plant-edge fleet management

Edge appliances across sites with shared model governance, version routing, canary rollout and rollback.

Models

Custom formula, color and tolerance models

Site-specific colorant-system, formula and process models trained on that site's outcomes, never on another customer's.

Access

SSO, role-based access, named approvers

On the roadmap for the 6 to 12 month window alongside SOC 2 Type II.

Records

Immutable audit logs and validation reports

Per model version, per site, exportable to the group quality system for quality and EHS teams.

Deployment

On-prem or hybrid

For producers protecting formulas, color standards and customer approvals.

Commercial

SLAs and outcome components

Multi-year agreements with usage ramps and a share of measured yield, rework, waste, solvent or energy improvement.

Run timeline

The same run record, at every site

Every Tinteon run is an ordered, inspectable sequence. This is run_scn_01, an illustrative scenario: Plant run · one architectural deep tint base from dosing to pallet · bead mill, let-down tank, tint station, filling line. Scenario complete · batch inside spec · one human approval at the tint station.

run_scn_01 scenario · not measured SUCCEEDED
  1. 01 order.receive SUCCEEDED 0.8 s

    Plant Orchestrator · Pulled the formula, the customer color standard and its tolerance, the viscosity and solids spec, the raw-material lot records and the product's VOC limit from the coatings MES and the lab system; locked the target envelope for the run.

  2. 02 twin.simulate SUCCEEDED 41 s

    Plant Orchestrator · Simulated 24 candidate dispersion, let-down and tint paths on the Coatwin as-made twin; ranked them on predicted Delta-E, fineness margin, viscosity, solvent use, energy and takt, and discarded every candidate that moved outside the customer tolerance or the VOC limit.

  3. 03 disperse.mill SUCCEEDED 1 h 48 m

    Dose-and-Disperse · Held mill energy, media temperature and residence to the predicted fineness curve from mill power and spectral reflectance, trimming inside the formula window instead of grinding to a fixed time and checking the Hegman gauge afterward.

  4. 04 letdown.thin SUCCEEDED 26 m

    Letdown-and-Thin · Predicted viscosity from inline rheology, temperature and solids during let-down and converged on spec with two resin additions and one solvent addition instead of the standing four, inside the formula window; no stability risk was flagged.

  5. 05 tint.match SUCCEEDED 14 m

    Tint-and-Color · Read the batch's spectral curve against the customer standard, predicted the colorant additions and dosed the first pass; the draw-down read inside tolerance on Delta-E after one addition, with one retint still available under the declared limit.

  6. 06 inspect.spectral SUCCEEDED continuous

    Defect-and-Inspect · 12 camera and spectral streams at the plant edge: color, gloss, hiding power, fineness and seed checks on the batch, fill-weight and label checks on every pail; two seeds were attributed to one filter cartridge and Filter-and-Fill scheduled the change.

  7. 07 approve.human APPROVAL 2 m 10 s

    Plant Orchestrator · The lowest-solvent candidate wanted a second colorant addition beyond the declared retint limit to tighten Delta-E further. Held for the shift color-matcher, who kept the customer tolerance untouched and approved one bounded addition with a tighter draw-down check.

  8. 08 filter.fill SUCCEEDED continuous

    Filter-and-Fill · Filtered through the fresh cartridge and filled pails to exact weight using fill-weight and foam feedback from inspection; the filler corrected upstream instead of rejecting downstream.

  9. 09 handle.palletize SUCCEEDED continuous

    Robot-and-Handling · Moved filled pails to the pallet inside the declared safety zone with a simulation-validated handling policy; one pallet-pattern change was executed after the zone check cleared.

  10. 10 release.genealogy SUCCEEDED 58 s

    Quality-and-Conformance · Batch released: raw-material lots, grind profile, let-down moves, colorant additions and spectral curves, inspection outcomes, VOC and solvent use and every human decision written to the batch genealogy and checked against spec.

Autonomy

Four stages, set per loop

A plant does not go from manual to bounded control in one step. Tinteon makes the stage explicit per loop, auditable and reversible at any time, and some decisions never leave the person.

Autonomy stages and the human role at each
StageWhat the agent doesWhat the person doesWhen
ShadowPredicts fineness, viscosity, Delta-E, hiding power, contamination and fill faults; writes nothingRuns the plant as today; compares predictions to the lab, the spectrophotometer and PLC outcomesFirst phase with every design partner
AssistRecommends bounded mill, let-down, colorant, filtration and fill moves with the evidenceA formulator, color-matcher or quality manager approves or rejects each oneAfter accuracy is proven against the baseline
BoundedWrites low-risk dispersion, tinting and inspection setpoints inside documented formula, tolerance, VOC, equipment and rollback limitsApproves anything above the limits; reviews the shift recordAfter the quality and ROI gates agreed up front
ExceptionsEscalates anything outside its envelope, any move against a customer standard or VOC limit, and release decisionsAlways decides these; the agent never doesPermanent
Rollout

How a group rollout runs

The expansion path: one line with a hard ROI metric; one plant with multiple agents; a multi-site fleet with shared governance; then group benchmarks.

  1. One line, one metric. A design-partner pilot on the line with the largest exposure, baselined in shadow mode.
  2. One plant, many agents. The Plant tier: adjacent agents, the Coatwin twin, whole-plant genealogy.
  3. Many plants, shared governance. The plant-edge fleet with model versioning, validation status per site and group autonomy policy.
  4. Benchmarks. Yield, rework, waste, solvent, energy and color benchmarks by coatings type as premium data products, with site data kept tenant-scoped and formulas never exposed.
Tool calls

Auditable at group level

Every tool invocation, argument and result is written to an immutable, human-readable log, and every reasoning step is expandable. Nothing about a run is hidden from the plant. The log below is the scenario run, not a measured one.

tool-call stream · run_scn_01
  1. 05:40:02mes.read_order({ batch: "B-4471", product: "TB-DEEP-07", standard: "STD-2210" })
  2. 05:40:02ok formula locked · tolerance Delta-E v4 · VOC limit on product
  3. 05:40:03lab.read_results({ lot: "PIG-8831", test: "incoming pigment" })
  4. 05:40:03ok lot inside spec · accepted for dosing
  5. 05:40:04twin.simulate({ candidates: 24, horizon: "batch" })
  6. 05:40:45ok best path #9 · tolerance held · lowest solvent and energy per batch
  7. 05:40:46policy.evaluate({ plan: 9, stage: "bounded" })
  8. 05:40:46ok 7 writes permitted · 1 write requires human approval
  9. 05:40:47plc.write_setpoint({ tag: "MILL2.ENERGY", basis: "power+spectral" })
  10. 07:28:30ok Hegman on target · color strength on target · no re-mill
  11. 07:29:00viscosity.predict({ tank: "LD-3", basis: "inline rheology+solids" })
  12. 07:29:00ok two resin and one solvent addition predicted · stability clear
  13. 07:29:01plc.write_setpoint({ tag: "LD3.SOLVENT_DOSE", window: "formula" })
  14. 07:55:10ok viscosity on spec · no overshoot
  15. 07:56:00spectro.read_curve({ station: "TINT-2", standard: "STD-2210" })
  16. 07:56:01dispenser.write({ colorant: "B", basis: "spectral prediction", retint_limit: 1 })
  17. 08:10:12ok draw-down inside Delta-E tolerance · one retint remaining
  18. 08:10:13vision.stream({ cameras: 12, models: ["color_gloss", "hiding_power", "seed_foam", "fill_label"] })
  19. 08:21:48flag: seed · pail 0417 · attributed to filter cartridge F-2 loading
  20. 08:21:49defect.attribute({ event: "seed", cause: "filter.cartridge_F2" })
  21. 08:21:49ok filter_fill notified · cartridge change scheduled · fill held 40 s
  22. 08:21:52approval.request({ action: "retint.beyond_limit", reason: "tighter Delta-E on lowest-solvent path" })
  23. 08:24:02ok approved by the shift color-matcher · tolerance untouched · one bounded addition
  24. 08:24:03plc.write_setpoint({ tag: "FIL1.TARGET_WEIGHT", basis: "fill-weight+foam feedback" })
  25. 09:48:40ok pails on weight · no spills · labels verified
  26. 09:49:38mes.release_batch({ batch: "B-4471", genealogy: "full" })
  27. 09:50:36ok batch released · scenario complete

Reasoning trace

Goal, plan, thought, action, observation, exactly as the orchestrator would record it.

GoalDisperse batch B-4471 to Hegman fineness, let it down to visco…

Disperse batch B-4471 to Hegman fineness, let it down to viscosity spec, tint it inside Delta-E of standard STD-2210, filter and fill it to exact weight and release it with full genealogy.

PlanSimulate the whole batch on the twin first. Lead with fineness…

Simulate the whole batch on the twin first. Lead with fineness so the let-down gets the right mill base and the tint station gets the right color strength. Keep the customer tolerance and the VOC limit as hard constraints. Let the dispenser converge only inside the declared retint limit; hold anything beyond it for a human.

ThoughtThe standing practice grinds to a fixed time, lets down by fou…

The standing practice grinds to a fixed time, lets down by four additions and tints by draw-down loops. With live fineness and viscosity prediction and a spectral color-match model the batch can land on the first pass. The saving is rework, colorant and solvent, not tolerance: the customer standard is never a candidate for optimization.

Actiontwin.simulate(candidates=24) → path #9: Hegman on target in on…

twin.simulate(candidates=24) → path #9: Hegman on target in one grind, three let-down additions, one colorant pass, lowest predicted solvent and energy per batch, takt met.

ObservationPath #9 wants a second colorant addition beyond the declared r…

Path #9 wants a second colorant addition beyond the declared retint limit to tighten Delta-E further. The policy engine routes that single move to the shift color-matcher and permits the other seven writes.

ActionExecute path #9 at the bounded stage: mill energy, let-down do…

Execute path #9 at the bounded stage: mill energy, let-down dosing and the first colorant pass proceed; inspection runs continuously; the extra addition waits.

ObservationApproval granted at 08:24:02 with the tolerance untouched and …

Approval granted at 08:24:02 with the tolerance untouched and a tighter draw-down check. Two seeds were attributed to filter cartridge F-2 and Filter-and-Fill scheduled the change with a 40 second hold.

OutcomeScenario complete. The batch is released with raw-material lot…

Scenario complete. The batch is released with raw-material lots, grind profile, let-down moves, colorant additions, spectral curves, inspection outcomes, VOC and solvent use and the human decision in the genealogy. No measured plant result is claimed; this is the run the platform is designed to execute.

Governance

Autonomy needs an owner

Group policy

The autonomy stage per loop, the tag allow-lists, the rate, magnitude and retint limits and the approval chains are declared once at group level and overridden per site where the site's quality system or permit requires it.

Site ownership

Each site's quality and compliance manager remains the approver for customer color standards, VOC limits and batch release. Tinteon records the decision; it does not take it.

Guardrails

An agent that can move a setpoint needs a leash

Tinteon writes to production equipment in a chemical plant. Every capability is scoped, every write is policy-checked, every output is cited, and every action is written to an append-only audit log the plant owns.

  • Bounded action space. Each agent can only write to an explicit tag allow-list, inside per-tag rate, magnitude and retint limits, at the autonomy stage the plant has set.
  • Standards and limits are read, never written. The customer color standard and its tolerance, the VOC and solvent limits under the plant's permit and the batch release decision stay with the quality system and the people who own it.
  • Policy engine before every write. Autonomy stage, interlock state, product, formula, shift and operator presence are evaluated before a setpoint or a colorant addition moves.
  • Grounded and cited. Every recommendation carries a citation to the formula, color standard, spec or procedure it relied on. Retrieval is tenant-isolated and permission-aware.
  • Immutable audit log. Append-only, exportable and retained on the plant's own storage, aligned to ISO 9001, VOC and REACH and customer color-standard record-keeping.
  • Hard fallback. If the edge node, the network or a model stops, the plant keeps running on its existing mill, dispenser and filling-line control and interlocks.
  • Tenant and IP isolation. Formulas, color standards, raw-material data and tolerance models never cross a customer boundary. On-prem deployment available.

Assurance posture

ItemScopeStatus
SOC 2 Type ICloud control plane QUEUED Roadmap, first 6 months
SOC 2 Type IICloud control plane QUEUED Roadmap, 6 to 12 months
ISO 9001 · VOC and REACH · customer color standardsGrounding and record-keeping RUNNING Design basis for retrieval and the audit log
Per-tenant isolationData, memory, models RUNNING Design rule
On-prem deploymentFormula-sensitive producers RUNNING Design option

Tinteon supports your quality and VOC records. It is not a certification and it does not replace your quality system or your permit.

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Multi-agent handoff

Agents negotiate, they do not collide

Two agents will want the same actuator. The orchestrator arbitrates on the run goal, with the customer color standard, the VOC limit and a clean fill above everything, and the handoff is logged like any other step.

Contested move: filter cartridge change on the filling line

  1. 01yield_takt.request(skip change) SUCCEEDED0.2 s

    Yield-and-Takt wants to defer the filter cartridge change to the shift break so the filling line stays on takt and the next color family starts on time.

  2. 02filter_fill.request(change now) SUCCEEDED0.2 s

    Filter-and-Fill requires the change now because inspection attributed two seeds to the loaded cartridge. Contamination in a released pail is a customer complaint.

  3. 03orchestrator.arbitrate SUCCEEDED0.4 s

    Product conformance outranks takt under every run goal. The cartridge change wins the actuator; the request to defer is logged with its score and the reason it lost.

  4. 04yield_takt.handoff(resequenced) SUCCEEDED80 s

    Yield-and-Takt recovers the schedule by pulling the next batch's wash earlier and moving a lighter color family ahead. Takt is met without filling through a loaded cartridge.

Arbitration rules

  • Run goal first. Every request is scored against the declared goal, not against the requesting agent's local objective.
  • Conformance outranks everything. The customer color standard, the VOC limit and a clean fill are never optimization variables. A contaminated or off-color pail is a complaint; a takt miss is a schedule.
  • Time-boxed ownership. An agent holds a contested actuator for a bounded window, then must re-justify.
  • Everything is logged. The losing request, the score and the reason all appear in the run record.
  • Deadlocks escalate to a human rather than resolving by timeout.

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Design targets

Group-scale design targets

The numbers Tinteon is engineered against, from the GPU utilization plan.

50–150 ms per-frame edge decision on color, hiding power, contamination and fill models
<250 ms hold decision for filling and inspection actions
<1 s recommendation latency for formulators and color-matchers
8–24 camera and sensor streams per dispersion, tinting or filling line
2,000–5,000 GPU-hours of initial training per major model family
10k–100k simulated batch and fault scenarios per design partner

Design targets from the GPU utilization plan, all marked aspirational in the architecture. Nothing on this page is a measured plant result; measurements start when the first design-partner line runs in shadow mode.

Integrations

It speaks plant, not cloud

Tinteon reads and writes through the systems already on the floor. No parallel historian, no new HMI, no rip-and-replace. Connectors are built against each design partner's stack first; long-tail integrations are out of scope for the first release.

Dispersion and milling

PLC and controls of dispersers, bead, basket and horizontal mills, with mill power, media temperature and residence telemetry

Setpoint reads, guarded writes, interlocks untouched

Tinting and dispensing

Tint dispensers and colorant dosing systems

Colorant additions inside declared retint and additive limits

Spectrophotometry and color management

Spectrophotometers, draw-down cameras and color-standard libraries

Spectral curves and Delta-E in; cited matches out

Inline rheology and lab

Inline rheometers and viscometers, temperature and solids sensors, LIMS results

Continuous viscosity and stability state

Filtration and filling

Filtration skids, filling lines, fill-weight scales, labelers

Telemetry in; fill-weight and hold commands inside approved windows

Inspection

Multi-camera and spectral stations for color, gloss, hiding power, seeds, foam, fill and label faults

Frames, fault events, hold recommendations

Coatings MES, formulation and traceability

Orders, formulas, color standards, product specs, batch genealogy

Targets in, release records out

Energy, solvent, robots

Plant and asset meters, solvent and VOC accounting; Isaac-driven drum, pail and tote cells

Hard constraints for scheduling; bounded handling

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From the plant floor

Who this is built for

The three people in a coatings plant whose week changes when the process runs itself, and what each of them needs from Tinteon.

Economic buyer

Plant or Operations Director

Owns production rate, quality, rework and yield, waste, solvent and energy, and compliance. Wants a plant that holds color and spec at higher rate with fewer interventions, and a number that justifies the spend.

Champion

Formulation or Process Engineer and Color-Matcher

Owns formulas, dispersion, tint and color-match process windows and yield. Approves and corrects the agents in assist mode; those corrections train the models.

Approver

Quality or Compliance Manager

Owns product quality under ISO 9001 and customer color standards, color and contamination conformance, VOC and REACH compliance, and batch genealogy. Needs every action grounded, cited and written to an immutable record.

IT/OT and EHS leads approve the deployment. There are no customer quotes on this site yet; design partners will speak for themselves when they choose to.

FAQ

Straight answers

The questions plant directors, formulators, color-matchers and quality managers ask in the first meeting.

Only at the autonomy stage your plant has set, and only to an explicit allow-list of low-risk loops inside documented limits. Every design partner starts in shadow mode, where Tinteon predicts and writes nothing. Assist mode follows, where a formulator or color-matcher approves each recommendation. Bounded autonomy on dispersion, tinting and inspection loops comes after the quality and ROI gates agreed up front.

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