LISI GROUP - Activity report 2019

LISI AEROSPACE Automation at the Dorval plant The supply and transfer of parts between the five workstations of the autonomous production group E1 at the Dorval plant in Canada has been fully automated. The loading and unloading of the various machines, which remain autonomous, are now handled by 5 robots. A sixth mobile robot (Automated Guided Vehicle) transfers parts trays from one station to another. Automated control systems make it possible to guarantee the conformity of the machined parts before transferring them to the next station, and are linked to the ERP (integrated management software) and SPC software (statistical process control) to better control any process drifts. Target : productivity, process optimization and quality control Function : automation of a production line LISI AEROSPACE Producing titanium nuts in Villefranche- de‑Rouergue Initiated in 2017, capacity investments intended for the production of new titanium nuts for Boeing continued in Villefranche-de-Rouergue in 2019. In total, more than €8 million were committed for this development, which mobilized 10 people to set up the project, 32 employees on the production line, nearly 30 pieces of dedicated equipment and the establishment of more than 80 local partnerships. The production of these nuts calls for new technical solutions (digital simulation, innovative cutting means), robots and data recovery sensors. With this project, the site was awarded the “Showcase Industry of the Future” label by the French Alliance Industrie du Futur (read p. 66) . Target : capacity, productivity Function : mass production of new generation titanium nuts CAPEX 22 LISI 2019