FUTURE FACTORY @ LORRAINEPLATFORM

Develop, test, and validate new concepts for flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing plants

FFLOR KEY FIGURES

2*2018 targets

CEA TECH: UNRIVALLED EXPERIENCE INTECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH

CEA Tech, the Technological Research Division of the CEA, ranked by Thomson Reuters as Europe’sfirst and the world’s second most innovative government research organization, developsinnovations that help French companies differentiate their products and improve their performanceso that they can remain competitive in today’s economy. CEA Tech has established regional centersto serve France’s major manufacturing hubs, bringing businesses in these regions the enablingtechnologies developed by the CEA. The FFLOR platform and its partners are working to make France’s Grand Est region a leader insolutions for the Factory of the Future. As a founding member of the Alliance Industrie du Futur, theCEA is rolling out its strategy at the regional, national, and European levels.

Operating budget:€650 million

4,500 staff

A TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER PLATFORM SET UP ASA SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ATA MANUFACTURING FACILITY

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HUMAN-MACHINE SAFETY

FLEXIBLE, AGILE MANUFACTURING

CONNECTIVITY ANDINTEROPERABILITY

Virtual reality

Cobotics

Collaborativerobotics

Smart logistics Augmentedreality

A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACEFOR ALL FOF STAKEHOLDERS

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FFLOR is an open-accesscollaborative platform formanufacturers from all industries,integrators, technology providers,and researchers (industrial andacademic). It is designed topromote the emergence ofinnovative solutions for theFactory of the Future.

Two types ofpartnerships/memberships

1.User: A partnership agreementcovering the development of atechnology brick dedicated to amanufacturer’s specificapplication: Your partnership agreement alsoincludes membership.

2.Associate: A test campaign toverify the state of the art, validatean existing technology, orimplement a technologydeveloped under a collaborativeR&D program: You benefit from annualmembership (membership feespayable every year).

Benefits of FFLOR membership:• A comprehensive approach to theFactory of the Future

• Human resources and equipmenttogether in one place

• Access to high-added-valuetechnologies

Startups

Technology providers

Research labsIntegrators

CEA Tech Manufacturers

A REPRESENTATIVE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY

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FFLOR is located at PSA’s plant inTrémery, France. It is PSA’s largest motormanufacturing plant in the world,producing 85% of the auto maker’smotors.• The solutions developed are relevant toreal-world manufacturing scenarios andcan be rolled out more rapidly

• Close proximity to the automotive industry, where advanced manufacturing is a crucialissue

Because FFLOR is located at a real-world manufacturing plant, project teams andequipment operators can rapidly see how new developments will be used, from logisticsto production and in interaction with the information system.Projects are executed rapidly with the latest commercially-available technologies.

Mobile collaborative robots An example of a partnership

Reconfigurable workstations

User

Integrator

THE MOST ADVANCED INDUSTRIALEQUIPMENT AVAILABLE

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VIRTUALREALITY ANDINTERACTIVESIMULATION

• Optimized processes and flows• Enhanced workstation ergonomics• Reduced repetitive-strain injuries• Operator training

AUGMENTEDREALITY FORCOMPLEX 3D

OBJECTS

• Bring technical information right to the operator• Respond to the increasing complexity of information• Streamline maintenance and training• Access constantly-updated information and monitorchanges to workstations

CEA List

technology

CEA List

technology

COLLABORATIVEROBOTIC CELLS

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• Replicate manual and robotic assemblystations

• Share space and tasks• Human-robot collaboration and safety• Agile, flexible production resources

CONNECTEDLOGISTICS

• Efficient operator involvement in preparation tasks• Automation of low-added-value logistics tasks• Connection to production and information systems

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• Loads balanced in all positions, much like workingin zero-gravity

• Virtual guiding of loads being carried• Smooth movements even with heavy loads forgreater operator safety

• Parts handled are protected, insertion of criticalparts finely controlled

• Better workstation ergonomics• Reduced repetitive-strain injuries• Increased productivity

COBOMANIP:LOAD-HANDLING

ASSISTANCEROBOT

ISYBOT:FORCE-CONTROLLED

OPERATOR-ASSISTANCE

ROBOT

• Force control without a dedicated sensor• Can be used by any manufacturing operator• Can be moved to any location on the shop floor• Grinding/polishing force controlled with precision• Reduced repetitive-strain injuries• Increased productivity

CEA List

technology

CEA List

technology

CONNECTIVITY AND INTEROPERABILITYOF PRODUCTIONAND INFORMATIONSYSTEMS

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• Connecting equipment of differentgenerations made by different manufacturers

• Managing equipment obsolescence• Reducing complexity by focusing onconnected equipment features and services

• Increasing modularity for easier equipmentconfiguration and reconfiguration

• Giving operators more freedom with anopen-source software suite to shareinformation, sequence tasks, supervise,connect, and log

• Enabling interoperability with other software(OPC-UA, Labview, etc.)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Enterprise IS

Productionequipment

Connected equipment

300 connection points (1 GB Ethernet) can beconnected.

An industrial information system with a securepartners-only area is available for connectionto third-party tools (MES, ERP, simulators,OPC-UA framework, etc.).

Robots, conveyor belts,peripherals, sensors

PILOT MANUFACTURING LINE

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In 2018 FFLOR will have its own pilot manufacturingline representative of an actual industrialmanufacturing line. The goal is to replicate an entireproduction chain so that the agile, flexiblemanufacturing solutions developed can beconfigured and tested.

Force-controlled collaborative robotsCollaborative robots for handling and transfers

OBJECTIVE:AGILE,

FLEXIBLEMANUFACTURING

Manual workstations

AGVs connected to logistics systems to resupply workstations

Connection to partner information systems to exchange production data

Agility: compactness,adaptability to differentvolumes throughmodular design,configurability for use indifferent processes

Flexibility: adaptabilityto different productversions

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PARTNERS OF THE FFLOR PLATFORM*

CONTACTAddresses

Benoit MarchandCoordinator,

Industrial PartnershipsTel. : +33 6 84 02 35 25

benoit.marchand@cea.fr

CEA Tech FFLOR (Future Factory @Lorraine) Platform

PSA Trémery57300 Hagondange

FRANCE CEA Tech Grand Est

Metz TechnopôleBât. Austrasie5 rue Marconi

57075 Metz Cedex 3FRANCE

*on May 1, 2017

http://www.cea-tech.fr/cea-tech/Pages/en-regions/pfa-usine-du-futur.aspx

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