The Design, Manufacturing Engineering and Control Laboratory is specific to “Arts et Métiers”  and University of Lorraine.

Challenge : Development of the futurs Manufacturing Systems

Development & improvement of methodologies and tools to devise, design, optimize, control the manufacturing systems ;

• Higher productivity under enhanced safety conditions (new human-centred production site)
• New high performance manufacturing technologies in terms of efficiency (volumes, speed, process capability), robustness and accuracy.
• Quality assessment, monitoring and proactive process improvement for higher and more stable product quality.
• Adaptability/re-configurability of the manufacturing systems - robots and other intelligent machines

Research topics:

• Integrated Product / Process / Manufacturing System Design (developement of methodologies and tools to improve the quality, safety, accuracy, …)
• Manufacturing process and systems optimization  (Manufacturing knowledge extraction & formalization, experimental and numerical assessments of the manufactuting performances, Green Products Manufacturing)
• Control of the manufacturing systems (robotics, development of non linear model, …)

Scientifics issues :

• Robustness – Uncertainty mangement of the  System: Product / Process / Manufacturing system / Control (Quality, Safety, Fault tolerant process, Risk, …)
• Performance – Optimization of the  System: Product / Process / Manufacturing system / Control  (numerical and experimental approaches)
• Modelling – Manufacturing knowledge and model extraction and formalization of the  System: Product / Process / Manufacturing system / Control (experimental approaches)