RETURN ON EVENT: a3ts Congress and svtm 2019 - JULY 3 AND 4, 2019
225 DELEGATES!
3 PLENARY CONFERENCES
7 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS WITH MORE THAN 45 PRESENTATIONS.
The A3TS Congress in Lille once again combined Industry and Research, Process Innovation and Implementation Technologies, Intrinsic Performance of Technologies and Industrial Implementation Constraints. Of the 55 conferences presented, a quarter were presented by research laboratories. The opening session reflected this diversity.
Jean LEYER (Director of the Aulnoye-Aymeries research center) presented the industrial and technological challenges facing the Vallourec group. As a group refocused on tubes for the Oil & Gas sector, Vallourec operates in an environment marked by cyclical fluctuations in oil prices and increasing competition (China). The Group's strategy of moving upmarket towards premium products requires it to step up its R&D efforts. Particular attention is paid to the introduction of digital technologies with applications in product design, production in the factory assisted by on-line models, the provision of data on the product itself to facilitate implementation on the drilling site, etc...
In terms of heat treatment, Jean LEYER recalled that the quenching process of steel tubes was particularly complex and difficult to model; the classical numerical simulation based on physical equations is failing: complexity of phenomena, difficulty to instrument ... The choice was then to develop statistical models "gray" halfway between the physical model and the statistical model. The research teams have to bring together experts with very different skills: materials experts, mathematicians and data scientists. The VALLOUREC group is also studying how additive manufacturing can create value in its production chain, with a focus on WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing) and thermal spraying technologies. It is also actively working on developing new functionalities ("Augmented Tubes") such as maximizing the flow capacity of tubes or transporting data or energy in its tubes. Vallourec has opened an Open Innovation platform to forge new partnerships with innovative companies.
Benoit VERQUIN (CETIM) then drew a picture of the development and technological and industrial challenges of additive manufacturing of metal parts. Alongside the production technologies based on the fusion of powder beds (Laser or e-B) which today represent the largest share of industrial production, we are witnessing a proliferation of new technologies that aim to overcome the limits of powder bed technologies: too low productivity, size of the parts produced limited, variability of the raw material (powders) with consequences on the reproducibility of the characteristics of the parts, ...
Among these new technologies, WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing), for its ability to produce large parts and a raw material (wire) that is easier to control, and MBJ (Metal Binder Jetting) for its productivity, stand out as the most promising.
Benoit VERQUIN emphasized the key role of post-processing (heat treatment, surface treatment and finishing), which together represent up to 45% of total production costs (source: Airbus), to which must be added 20% for controls. This figure reflects both the demand for innovation to develop productive, high-performance post-processing and inspection technologies, and the need for robust upstream production technologies capable of integrating non-destructive and rapid-response inspection technologies.
Finally, he recalled that the diffusion of additive technologies requires coordination of the standardization work undertaken by the various bodies with a strong commitment from industry.
Jean-Philippe COLOMBIER (Laboratoire Hubert Curien / Université Jean Monnet / St Etienne) then surprised and captivated the audience with a presentation full of promise on the capabilities of a very specific family of lasers to modify surface structures at the nanometer scale to obtain self-organized structures that will determine specific functional properties. Femtosecond lasers concentrate focused energy for a very short time. From the disorder of a surface, rough, chaotic and random, the light induces an order formed by cavities or outgrowths, wrinkles, scales, spikes, according to a geometric periodicity associated with the substrate.
Femtosecond lasers can now be used to treat surfaces up to about one square centimeter, which obviously leads to applications in high value-added fields: micromechanics, watchmaking, space, medical, etc.
The sessions of the congress then covered the traditional themes, with this year an opening towards environmental issues, treatments after additive manufacturing and the contribution of digital technologies.
Gaël Fick (IRT M2P) explained in particular how life cycle assessment (LCA) allows manufacturers to quantify the impacts of the technologies they implement or develop and to identify the main levers to meet the objectives targeted in terms of environmental impact reduction. In the same session, Anne-Sophie Maze (UITS) presented the 3rd edition of the "Water purification" guide for surface treatments.
Finally, the session devoted to the contribution of digital technologies in heat treatments and surface treatments "Industry 4.0" took place in the form of a round table led by Thierry Gautreau (CETIM) with the testimony of representatives of NOF Metal Coatings Europe, Coventya and Weelab Factory. The debates allowed to measure the perspectives offered by the intelligent exploitation of the masses of data which it is possible to bring back from the treatment lines, the diversity of the possible technological approaches and the necessary integration of these data and their treatment in a global industrial approach. According to some testimonies, the development of digital technologies in heat treatment and surface treatment operations is less advanced than in upstream and downstream operations (forming, machining, finishing, etc.) and could therefore constitute a brake on the digitization of the entire production process. Within A3TS, we plan to promote exchanges and reflections between the actors of the sector on this subject and to develop specific initiatives. Members interested in this approach are invited to contact pierre.bruchet@a3ts.org.
OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
SVTM 2019, 10 YEARS OF COLLABORATION
108 EXHIBITING COMPANIES
40-30
A3TS
AD TAF TRAITEMENTS THERMIQUES
AET
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE
AIR PRODUCTS
ALD FRANCE
ALLIANCE CONCEPT
ARIANEGROUP
ATOTECH
BECKER
BMI INDUSTRIAL FURNACES
BODYCOTE
BRISKHEAT
BRONKHORST
BT2I
BUEHLER
BÜHLER
BUSCH
CA PYROCONTROLE
CIEFFE SERVICE
CMI SLETI
CODERE
CONDAT
COVENTYA
CRONITE MANCELLE
EBARA PRECISION MACHINERY EUROPE
ECM TECHNOLOGIES
EDWARDS VACUUM
EUROTHERM BY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
FISCHER INSTRUMENTATION ELECTRONIQUE
FLUKE PROCESS INSTRUMENTS
FONDIS ELECTRONIC
FRANCE SCIENTIFIQUE
FUCHS LUBRIFIANT FRANCE
GOODFELLOW
GRAUX
HAUCK HEAT TREATMENT
HEF GROUPE
HI-TECH ENGINEERING
HOUGHTON
INFICON
INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR
IPSEN INTERNATIONAL
IRCER
IRT M2P
IUT D'ORSAY / LP 2MI
JR TECH
KANIGEN GROUP
KASHIYAMA EUROPE
KERBIRIO
KURT J. LESKER
LEYBOLD FRANCE
MATERIA NOVA
MECANOLAV
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MICRONICS SYSTEMS
MIL'S
MITUTOYO
MKS INSTRUMENTS
NABERTHERM
NEYCO
NIPPON KORNMEYER CARBON GROUP
NITREX
OERLIKON BALZERS
OLYMPUS
OVAKO
PANTECHNIK
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SCHAEFER TECHNIQUES
SCHICK TECHNIK
SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY
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SFV
SIMEV
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STANGE ELEKTRONIK
STRUERS
SURTEC FRANCE
TAV VACUUM FURNACES
TAVENGINEERING
TC SA
TECH'SURF
TECHVIMAT
THERMI LYON
THYRACONT VACUUM INSTRUMENTS
THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS FRANCE
TRAITEMENTS & MATERIAUX
UITS
UMICORE MARKETING SERVICES
UNITED PROCESS CONTROLS
UTINAM
VAT
VERBBRUGE PERFORMANCE COATING
VERDER SCIENTIFIC
THE INDUSTRY FORUM
More than 20 technical-commercial presentations!
Access to the Forum is offered to exhibitors who wish to enhance their know-how during their interventions in the exhibition.
◆ Davm tube from the Jean Lamour Institute: your new materials designed and studied at the atomic scale - Jean Lamour Institute.
◆ The new defects of stainless steel used in vacuum mechanics - Neyco.
◆ Eddy current controls - Examples of applications in the automotive and aerospace fields - Rohmann GmbH.
◆ Reducing lab costs with eddy current - Qualisco.
◆ Process control according to AMS2759/10 and AMS 2759/12: the joint impact of instrumentation and furnaces on quality and repeatability of results - Nitrex.
◆ Verbrugge, its new multi-treatment line against wear and corrosion Nickel-Chromium 3 thousand.
◆ Solutions and applications of Oil Quenching after Low Pressure Cementation - ECM Technologies.
◆ Internal stresses in aluminum products - Thyssen Krupp Materials.
◆ Heat treatment of very large parts, experiences and achievements - Bosio (Aichelin Group).
◆ The state of the art to meet the latest automotive anti-corrosion requirements - Atotech.
◆ Data analysis for the performance of Thermal Treatment furnaces: audit and expertise - Air Liquide.
◆ CFC assemblies for TTM + new products - Nippon Kornmeyer Carbon Group.
◆ Innovative pedagogy, contribution of virtual reality (presentation and demo) - Tech'Surf.
◆ Energy efficiency solutions for the Heat Treatment industries - Eurotherm.
◆ Global heat recovery from ovens for heating degreasing machines or Beyond Solvent degreasing and combined leach cleaning - Mecanolav.
◆ BT2i's Twatch M&P programs - BT2i.
◆ Application of friction stir welding (FSW) for homogeneous or heterogeneous ultra-high vacuum tight joints - Sominex.
◆ Dry screw vacuum pump: state-of-the-art COBRA BC 0101 G - Busch.
◆ HiLobe, intelligence and performance for a new generation of Roots pump - Pfeiffer Vacuum.
◆ ATM: new 4-station, secure, OPAL X-PRESS hot coating machine - Verder Scientific.
THE INNOVATION AWARD
Winner at the 2019 SVTM Innovation Award, Materials Processing Sector (A3TS Award)
The A3TS Innovation Award was presented to Verder Scientific for its new secure 4-station hot molder
OPAL X-PRESS.
The new OPAL X-Press coating machine from ATM is a hot mounting press designed for the metallographic preparation of your samples. Its modular configuration and its scalability allows the fast and simultaneous mounting of samples of different sizes or nature. Its sturdy and ergonomic design makes it easy to handle and Forum-56 integrates resin dust collection and suction devices for a risk-free use for the user.
THE WINNERS
Lamia AOUISSI - Lycée Condorcet - Montreuil
Thibault BAUDINET - Lycée Rouvière - Toulon
Ilies BENDJADI - Lycée Roosevelt - Reims
Roch BRITSCHU - Lycée Jean Mermoz - Saint- LouisLouis
Juliette JUBREAUX - Lycée Roosevelt - Reims
Kilian LAINE - Lycée Jean Dupuy - Tarbes
Chloé LEBOT - Lycée Rouvière - Toulon
Timothée MAZIER - Lycée Roosevelt - Reims
Cheyma MEHENNI - Lycée Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne
Rémy SAINT MAXENT - Lycée Claudel - Fourmies
Ten winners from the heat treatment and surface treatment sectors responded to the invitation of the A3TS. They were welcomed during this day by several members of the A3TS board of directors.
At the end of their various discoveries in the aisles of the exhibition and in the conference rooms, they were able to present themselves individually to all the congressmen.
A3TS AND YOUTH!
A3TS has reinforced its actions with young people for two years now. The laureates are offered a sponsorship; those who wish it are coached by a sponsor, an A3TS sponsor rich in experience. For 2020, A3TS will visit the schools that have adhered to this approach.
Thank you to their teachers for their involvement.
Do not hesitate to contact Frédéric Meunier if you are interested.
THE A3TS EVENING
The evening took place in the "Hall d'Honneur" of the Palais de la Bourse which houses the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Grand Lille. More than 200 guests gathered after two days of conferences and exhibitions to exchange once again and close this event!
