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Predictive maintenance, cybersecurity of connected objects, assistance in carrying loads, artificial intelligence, augmented control, monitoring and supervision… We innovate in each and every project.
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- Sustainable factory
- Physical assistance to operators
- Digital factory
- Advanced controls
Optim Energie
Reducing the carbon footprint and energy consumption of production tools is also a priority for the industry. The idea is to propose to manufacturers a global, sustainable and replicable energy optimisation methodology by identifying the causes of loss and the consumption items in a factory.
SCADROLI
The optimisation of work spaces, the monitoring of installations and the control of workshops are among the concerns of manufacturers. Within the framework of the Scadroli project, an exhaustive survey of lidar, mobile, aerial and terrestrial scanning solutions is carried out. This review makes it possible to collect data and to facilitate the development of software tools that best meet the needs of users.
AGORA
In order to control the increasing complexity of the objects produced, operators must be able to access different pieces of information in an effective and intuitive way, for example to inspect parts or to apply an assembly sequence. Augmented reality (AR) addresses that need by superimposing digital data directly on workstation images. The technology is now mature, but it reaches its limits when the application requires precision below the millimetre, involves moving objects, a changing environment or parts with hard-to-recognise shapes or textures.
TELEMAN
Many complex tasks in hazardous, confined or hard-to-reach environments raise problems relating to operator health and safety. Further, executing them often requires experience, which is not always compatible with the physical effort needed.
Can remote operation technology address such constraints and the excess costs they involve?
VILOC
Driving screws into flat surfaces is an operation where quality assurance is complex. 10 to 30% leaking flanges are observed. Further, the traceability of such operations is mostly based on paper records and does not lend itself easily to digitisation. (The issue of the fastening procedure is not addressed here).
ALTER
In the area of non-destructive testing, penetrant and magnetic particle testing account for 70 to 80% of inspections. These conventional methods generate pollutants and do not lend themselves easily to digitisation.
CONTINUM 4.0
The move from computer-aided design (CAD) to virtual reality (VR) is expensive and difficult, as there is no tool to maintain digital continuity between the 3D models of the two applications. Pooling such data makes it possible to rapidly design assembly or maintenance sequences in VR to then train up operators to carry out these complex tasks.
MANIPRES
The handling of fragile and expensive loads calls for dexterity. What is more, their weight can make them very complicated to assemble. Collaborative robots offer physical assistance to operators when it comes to carrying such loads, which may weigh from 20 to 120 kg, at the same time making the operation safer for personnel.
SEEROB
By assisting human operators, collaborative robotics makes industrial equipment more productive and more flexible. However, it raises safety and ergonomics issues, which have led to the adaptation of regulations and new standards. The aim is to make it easier to validate workstations, which is the stage that is currently the main obstacle for developing such collaborative robotics.
AMM20
The use of AGVs in workshops or production lines makes it possible to optimise the time spent by operators on high-added value tasks.
What is more, the system can significantly reduce the risk of MSDs, for example while handling sections (Naval Group). However, their integration can be tricky, and requires adaptations for the type of operation.
BAR10 project
Demonstration of BAR-10, a 10kg capacity Robotic Assistance arm allowing:
• to assist an operator in his dynamic tasks of carrying a load, carrying a tool, working with his arms in the air, and applying force in any direction
• Not worn by the operator • Easily mountable on mobile support (XY arm, Scara, mobile platform) Assisting an operator at the station on load handling, tool carrying, with a small footprint, easy to mount and move, is a strong industrial challenge in the prevention of MSDs (Musculoskeletal Disorders) in particular.