DESIGN LEARNING CENTERS, DEPLOY SIGNAGE

Deploy learning centers across all campuses 

Each campus now has libraries and Fablabs.
The novelty of this project lies in:

• to enrich these places and transform them into learning centers.
  These centers will incorporate documentary resources, digital technology and prototyping equipment, as well as spaces for scientific mediation and social interaction.
  They will house video studios, spaces for discovering new 4.0 technologies, and even showrooms.
• to equip campuses with learning spaces, autonomous collaborative workspaces.
• to deploy signage throughout all ELF spaces and to associate CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) skills with the workspaces where they are implemented. This signage will give students an overview of their training, reinforce their understanding of its usefulness, and thus increase their active engagement in their learning.

How?

The year 2024 will be devoted to the planning and design of learning centers. The Aix-en-Provence and Châlons-en-Champagne campuses already have several building blocks that form a learning center. The aim will be to complete them. 
The other campuses all have libraries, fablabs, and co-modal rooms. The project aims to rethink the spaces and/or create links between them.
The work will be carried out in 2025 and 2026.

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €4,100,000, of which €2,500,000 requires sponsorship

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Details

Learning spaces

Signage

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €300k, including €150k in sponsorship requirements

FabAdd and Collaborative Spaces

• Campus: Lille
• Project cost €525k
• Partners: EQUIPEX, ANR

Collaborative spaces

• Campus: Châlons-en-Champagne
• Project cost €650k
• Partner: Grand Est Region

Learning Center 4.0

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €2,000k, including €1,850k in sponsorship requirements
• Acquired: Bordeaux campus: 3D printers

Communal rooms

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €555k, of which €316k requires sponsorship
• Partners: Bourgogne Franche Comté Region, Grand Est Region, Alumni via the Arts et Métiers Foundation

DEVELOPING A HIGH-PROFILE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT

Rebuild a legendary race car using modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools

The inter-campus project "Scarabée d'Or, a challenge for young people" showed that by working together, more than fifty students from the Cluny, Angers, and Metz campuses and the Arts et Métiers institute Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône were able to rebuild an identical replica of the Citroën Scarabée d'Or half-track vehicle. 

Placing students in real-world situations through multidisciplinary and integrated projects is an important component of the CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) standard. It serves to evaluate skills in addition to knowledge. These skills are scientific and technical, but also collaborative (soft skills). 

The novelty of this project consists of:

• to repeat the experience of an inter-campus project by involving all campuses and institutes as well as industrial partners (Les amis de Delage, Bertrandt, Renault, Stellantis, Arcelor, etc.)
• to use modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools to faithfully recreate the legendary 1937 Delage V12 Labourdette racing car.

This multidisciplinary, inter-campus project will provide an opportunity to develop remote collaborative engineering, new design and redesign tools, machining methodologies, and more.

This project is also a way for Arts et Métiers its identity and its position as a leader in training eco-responsible engineers in mechanical engineering, energy engineering, and industrial engineering. 

Finally, this project touches on the highly visible world of classic cars, driven by enthusiasts.

How?

After a reverse engineering and design phase that began in 2019, the project has been in the implementation phase for several months now. 

Groups of engineering students from campuses in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, Cluny, Châlons-en-Champagne, Angers, and Metz have been involved in various aspects of the vehicle. 
To date, this represents around 90 students involved, 25,000 hours (students and supervisors) and 5,000 hours for partners.
The year 2024 will be devoted to finalizing the design of the engine block and wooden structure.
The year 2025 will be dedicated to the construction of the engine and the wooden structure.
In 2026, the plan is to assemble the engine, test it on a test bench, and finalize the manufacture of all the peripherals (running gear, transmission, vehicle interior).
In 2027, the bodywork will be finalized and all the vehicle components will be assembled.
The year 2028 will be devoted to ensuring the reliability of the vehicle, with vehicle bench and track testing. Educational materials (calculation instructions, digital models, manufacturing ranges, etc.) will also be created to disseminate and exploit as many elements of the project as possible.

Ultimately, the project will contribute to training approximately 200 additional students by 2028, for a total of around 30,000 hours.

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €1,000,000, including €400,000 in sponsorship requirements

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DETAILS

This project involves rebuilding a legendary race car (the Delage V12 Labourdette) using modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools. The project is being carried out in partnership with various stakeholders (Les amis de Delage, Bertrandt, Renault, Stellantis, Arcelor, etc.). It will involve students from different campuses over a period of four years. It will enable

• provide campuses with a complete digital model that can be used to extract media (design-dimensioning-manufacturing) for all types of parts,
• Generate educational pathways for all campuses (reverse engineering, collaborative industrial digital chain; design/build a complex mechanical system with a collaborative industrial digital chain; (eco)design and decarbonize industrial applications). 

Redesigning and rebuilding the Delage V12 Labourdette*

• Campus: All campuses
• Project cost €600k, including €350k in sponsorship requirements

Specialized machining equipment*

• Campus: Metz
• Project cost €400k, including €50k in sponsorship requirements

* Priority for 2024

EVALUATING THE TRANSFORMATION CAPABILITIES OF RECYCLED METAL ALLOYS

Update knowledge on new alloys, incorporate recycling issues into training

Recycling transforms waste into new products, using fewer natural resources and less energy than manufacturing from raw materials. It is therefore an important issue for the circular economy and the sustainability of industries.

Arts et Métiers training in materials and metal alloys, closely linked to manufacturing processes, mechanical properties, and durability. 

The issue of improving the mechanical performance of materials with a view to lightening structures in order to reduce the consumption of raw materials and energy is also addressed.

The novelty of this project lies in 

• on the one hand, to update knowledge on new, more efficient alloys in order to lighten structures and adapt transformation processes to these new characteristics;
• On the other hand, to integrate issues related to the recycling of metal alloys, particularly aluminum alloys and steels, into materials training. 

How?

The aluminum recycling unit at the Lille campus will be equipped between 2024 and 2026 to characterize recycled aluminum alloys. 
Similarly, the materials characterization platform at the Metz campus will be equipped between 2024 and 2026 with new means of characterizing high-performance steels and recycled steels.
New projects on materials recycling will emerge on campuses in 2025 and 2026. 

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €780k, including €190k in sponsorship requirements

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DETAILS

Aluminum recycling

• Campus: Lille
• Project cost €75k, including €37k in sponsorship requirements

Green steels

• Campus: Metz
• Project cost €700k, including €150k in sponsorship requirements

REDUCING ENERGY COSTS, MANAGING DECARBONIZED SYSTEMS

Measure consumption by component, create new scenarios

The energy impact of production systems is an important issue because it concerns both environmental and economic challenges. Monitoring and reducing this impact protects the environment and limits global warming, but also reduces energy costs for businesses and improves their competitiveness.

Arts et Métiers numerous manufacturing processes—metallurgy, plastics processing, machining, assembly—and a mesocenter for computing called CASSIOPE. 

The novelty of this project consists of:

• systematically measuring energy consumption directly by machine, by cell, or across an entire building in order to understand, optimize, and reduce energy consumption (energy efficiency and frugality are drivers of growth in industry). The carbon impact can be deduced by integrating the energy mix of electricity in France. 
• to create new scenarios implementing renewable energy systems (photovoltaic, fuel cell, electrolyzer) coupled with improved energy efficiency of the production system. 

How?

The year 2024 will be devoted to instrumentation and analysis of energy consumption data from the CASSIOPE mesocenterArts et Métiers high-performance computing. 

The year 2025 will be devoted to optimizing the energy efficiency of ventilation/blower systems and fuel cells. 

For all campuses, an energy monitoring system for buildings will be implemented in 2024, 2025, and 2026, with an initial demonstration model to be built in 2023 on the Lille campus.

Similarly, the technology cells will be equipped with energy monitoring systems.

Some campuses will be equipped with clean, carbon-free energy sources (solar panels, hydrogen storage, electrolysers, fuel cells) with a view to developing self-consumption of green energy from the production system (2024-2026, Aix-en-Provence). 

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €1.4 million, including €700,000 in sponsorship requirements

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DETAILS

EcoHPC (Cassiopée)*

High-performance computing (HPC) enabled by contemporary modeling and calculation codes leads to high energy consumption by supercomputers. The aim of this project is to equip the school's computing center and design a predictive model of energy consumption based on the strategy chosen to perform the calculations. This model will be used both to reduce energy consumption at the school and as an educational demonstration tool for students.

• Campus: Metz
• Project cost €58k, including €33k in sponsorship requirements

Impact of production resources

• Campus: Lille
• Project cost €95k, including €48k in sponsorship requirements

Energy system monitoring

• Campus: Aix-en-Provence
• Project cost €120k, including €5k in sponsorship requirements

Energy cell: wind tunnel

• Campus: Angers
• Project cost €155k, including €58k in sponsorship requirements

Energy cell: fuel cell

• Campus: Bordeaux
• Project cost €300k, including €150k in sponsorship requirements

Electricity consumption in machining (WOMAN)

• Campus: Cluny
• Project cost €128k, including €30k in sponsorship requirements

Measurement and monitoring of electricity consumption

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €640k, of which €430k requires sponsorship

* Priority for 2024

SUPERVISING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND MANAGING RESOURCES AT THE FACTORY LEVEL

Integrate new cells, collect data

To remain competitive while addressing the challenges of decarbonization, sustainable development, and social responsibility, manufacturers are developing information systems that provide real-time access to and sharing of data related to their production processes. This enables them to improve productivity by optimizing production systems and processes, reducing energy consumption and waste, and preventing machine breakdowns. 

Arts et Métiers technology platformsArts et Métiers design, manufacturing, control, sustainability, and maintenance units, but without complete links across the production chain and/or product life cycle. 

The novelty of this project consists of:

• on the one hand, to integrate new units such as the warehouse unit and the waste/end-of-life management unit for products and online documentary resources. 
• On the other hand, collecting data on each cell, setting up an organized archiving system to reuse the data, particularly remotely, and integrating it into a common information system to supervise the ELF in terms of its machine fleet, production systems, energy consumption, and environmental impact for better management.

How?

In 2023, the Bordeaux campus developed a connected cabinet demonstrator.

This concept will be developed on the Angers and Lille campuses in 2024. In 2025, it will be the turn of the Cluny and Châlons-en-Champagne campuses, followed by the Paris and Metz campuses in 2026. 

Similarly, ELF's online documentary resources will be rolled out across campuses, starting with Angers and Metz in 2024.

The implementation of an organized data archiving system for reuse by any campus and integration into a secure information system is the subject of a demonstration involving the Angers, Cluny, and Metz campuses.

In 2024, 2025, and 2026, the other campuses will be integrated. Energy consumption measures will also be rolled out across all campuses following an initial demonstration on the Lille campus in 2023.

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €3,000,000, of which €1,600,000 requires sponsorship

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DETAILS

Logistics 4.0

Following an initial trial on the Bordeaux campus, this project aims to equip all campuses with hardware and software for managing the flow of materials, parts, and equipment. The challenge is to strengthen teaching across the entire logistics chain, from suppliers to end customers.

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €728k, of which €364k requires sponsorship

Documentation 4.0

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €60k

Trans-Do

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €275k, including €150k in sponsorship requirements
• Partners: Paris Board of Education

ELF-wide Information System

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost €2,000,000, including €1,000,000 in sponsorship requirements

* Priority in 2024

ORGANIZING AGILE PRODUCTION AND EXPERIMENTING WITH AUGMENTED HUMANS

Capturing data to manage flows, integrating concepts of augmented humans

Manufacturers must reconfigure their production lines to meet growing demand for products tailored to a country's culture or a customer's needs (customized/usage-oriented). 

This reconfiguration to be agile and fast must be based on a comprehensive view of the state of the production system and digital simulations in order to identify the optimal scenario. This involves capturing and processing data from the production line. 

This agility will be enhanced by new technologies that assist operators in their work, such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and cobotics. 

Arts et Métiers assembly lines, methods, and tools used to learn how to organize a production line and experiment with this organization in order to analyze the differences between theory and practice.

The novelty of this project consists of:

• On the one hand, to capture data at the assembly line and production line levels on the ELF of a campus. This data capture will be used to manage material and parts flows and to adapt the organization of the production line by integrating machines undergoing maintenance. It will also be used to feed models for digital twins.
• On the other hand, to integrate the concepts of human augmentation through cobotics, artificial intelligence, and mixed reality into the production process, with analyses of improvements in operator performance and working conditions.

How?

Each campus has established a multi-year plan to gradually develop real and/or virtual assembly lines on the one hand, and to integrate an ELF-scale production line into industrial management training on the other.  

The campuses in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Cluny, Lille, and Metz already have an assembly line. The ELF program will help them equip their line with instruments (high-speed cameras, sensors, etc.) and develop the digital twin in 2024 and 2025. 
The Bordeaux and Lille campuses, meanwhile, want to develop disassembly to address the challenges of end-of-life product management and recyclability. 
The Paris campus has a Factory 4.0 platform that provides an initial approach to industrial management on the scale of a small training factory, integrating machining and additive manufacturing resources.
The Châlons-en-Champagne and Angers campuses will develop either real or virtual assembly lines in 2025 and 2026. 

Finally, all campuses are considering rolling out industrial management training across the ELF.

FINANCING NEEDS

• Total project cost €660k, including €300k in financing requirements

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DETAILS

Assembly and inspection

> Human 5.0

• Project cost: €370k
• Partners: Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations, including alumni sponsorship via the Arts et Métiers Foundation

> Use case: marine propulsion systems

• Project cost: €100k, including €50k in sponsorship requirements

Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) for maintenance

• Campus: Bordeaux
• Project cost: €50k, including €25k in sponsorship requirements

Cobotized assembly line

• Campus: Lille
• Project cost: €130k
• Partners: Alumni sponsorship via the Arts et Métiers Foundation

Real-time flow management

• Campus: Lille
• Project cost: €47k, including €24k in sponsorship requirements

Automation and AGVs

• Campus: Angers
• Project cost: €108K, including €44K in sponsorship requirements

Lean 5.0

• Campus: Aix-en-Provence
• Project cost: €236K, including €28K in sponsorship requirements

Lean tray

• Campus: Cluny
• Project cost: to be announced

PERFECTING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES THROUGH DIGITAL TWINS 

Ensuring total control over industrial innovation

The use of digital twins in industry is becoming increasingly widespread, particularly in the design, production, maintenance, and recycling phases. These digital tools are used for the design, adaptation, analysis, prediction, and optimization of processes and the management of industrial activities. They promote the emergence of assistance devices for production and maintenance operations. 

In addition, they play a crucial role in training operators in new processes and practices using immersive and interactive technologies.

This progress is based on four pillars that integrate models and reality:

• digital representation: generally in 3D, it provides an accurate visualization of the object being studied, merging data to create a complete image.
• Integration of physical or data-based models via Artificial Intelligence: this integration makes it possible to realistically simulate the behavior of the digital twin by bringing the model closer to physical reality.
• user interactivity: users interact with models in an immersive environment, bringing the virtual world closer to the real experience.
• Connectivity: ensuring synchronization between the digital twin and the physical twin, this connectivity is adjusted in frequency and precision as needed, reinforcing consistency between the model and reality.

How?

This five-year project, involving all eight campuses, offers remarkable diversity that is unmatched in the academic world in terms of methods and tools for design, production, and quality control. Each campus has developed a multi-year schedule for the gradual development of digital twins corresponding to various real-world components and equipment.

FINANCING NEEDS

Total project cost: €7,755,000, including €819,000 in sponsorship requirements

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DETAILS

JENII - Immersive and Interactive Digital Teaching Twins :

• Recruitment of an industrial IT engineer for the IT Services Department
• Deployment and development of eight new Digital Twins for teaching technologies related to connected manufacturing
• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost: €5,700,000
• Partners: France 2030, CEA-List, Cnam, CESI

Digital twins in machining

• Campus: Aix-en-Provence
• Project cost: €411k
• Partners: National Research Agency, I-MC

Mixed Reality Design

• Campus: Cluny
• Project cost: €44k, including €19k in sponsorship requirements

Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) spaces*

This project aims to equip all campuses with virtual and augmented reality headsets. These headsets will enable the use of digital twins in immersive mode. Beyond the necessary knowledge of this equipment, which exists in the industrial world, these headsets facilitate the understanding of complex systems, which is useful from an educational standpoint.

• Campus: all campuses
• Project cost: €1,000,000, including €500,000 in sponsorship requirements

* Priority for 2024