LISI GROUP - Integrated report 2021

A new automatic line at Big Lake The LISI MEDICAL site at Big Lake, Minnesota, has increased its automated high-speed surgical blade production capacity. The Blade Cell 5 line requires only one operator to supervise 2 robots, 4 processing machines, a washing, drying and heat treatment station and a three-dimensional measuring machine (Coordinate Measuring Machine). A unique quick mode facilitates dimensional inspections after each tool change. The line is exceptionally flexible and can produce several types of blades simultaneously. Objectives : automation, flexibility Function: automated blade production A 6 th polishing unit at Hérouville-Saint-Clair LISI MEDICAL Hérouville-Saint-Clair (Nord of France, in the Normandy Region) has equipped itself with a sixth polishing line for finishing hip prosthesis stems produced on the site. This additional unit makes it possible to treat the stem in an almost entirely automatic fashion. It includes two polishing robots, each one equipped with a double loading station and control equipment. The line has been qualified for some thirty stem references. The Hérouville site produces 500,000 hip prosthesis stems each year. Objectives : capacity increase Function: rough polishing and high gloss polishing Capacity: 2,500 parts/month LISI – 2021 INTEGRATED REPORT — 49 EXTENSION / MEDICAL / FRANCE Installation of the OPTIBLIND™ robotic cell After four years of development in partnership with Dassault Aviation and Kuka Systems Aerospace, the robotic assembly unit for installing OPTIBLIND™ assembly solutions has been transferred to the Saint- Ouen-l’Aumône site (North of France). This high-tech equipment designed to use OPTIBLIND™ blind rivets and CLY62™ robotic pins, paves the way for future aerostructure assembly techniques. This demonstrator has made it possible to validate that this new generation of fasteners makes it possible to reduce assembly time by 60% (see also p. 31, Highlights.) Objectives: development of new products Function: demonstrator AUTOMATION / MEDICAL / USA NEW PRODUCTS / AEROSPACE / FRANCE LISI MEDICAL Big Lake LISI AEROSPACE Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône LISI MEDICAL Hérouville-Saint-Clair