Laser 4.0

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The project at a glance

Amplitude Systèmes is a French industrial mid-sized company and a leader in the design, manufacturing, and sales of ultrashort industrial lasers.

The company has been involved for several years in the R&D project “Laser 4.0,” which focuses on applying Industry 4.0 principles within Amplitude.

This R&D project aims to leverage digital technologies to optimize the tools used within the company.

To achieve this, the project focuses on:

• Reducing downtime by speeding up the handling of service requests through expert assistance and the implementation of embedded self-diagnostic systems in the lasers in the event of a malfunction;

• Improving the relevance of collected data in order to move towards predictive maintenance and thus maximize laser availability;

• Simplifying the user experience by providing a web platform that brings together useful resources and dashboards. These will be updated in real-time or through access to digital simulation tools;

• Digitizing production tools, offering more user-friendly interfaces, enhancing the capture and collection of production data, and optimizing the management of the custom laser fleet;

• Leveraging data through automatic anomaly detection. Non-conformities will be transmitted to the Design Department via a continuous improvement feedback loop.

The ultimate goal is to offer clients high value-added services by integrating Artificial Intelligence at multiple stages, while also providing employees with efficient and user-accepted tools to harness data effectively.

CATIE has called upon the ESTIA Research Laboratory to strengthen its expertise in technologies related to remote maintenance.