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With the increasing amount of imaging devices installed at sawmills, the importance of using these data for improving workflow and for increasing revenues in the wood processing industries is growing. In this context, challenging questions with respect to imaging and image processing technology aris

Developping "Factories of the Future" implies to question work transformation and position of operators in their cooperation action with various technologies, such as cobots. The goal of this collaborative research project (PRC HECTTOR) - coupling ergonomics, sociology, anthropoly and process engine

An objective of the factory of the future is to reach a high level of mass customization, low level of energy consumption through more agility of the global manufacturing system. Such a demand implies to design more flexible and more resilient manufacturing system. One way is to involve new technolo

Topology optimization is today experiencing a major boom in connection with additive manufacturing. The direction taken by the majority of players is advanced automation with integration of multi physic objectives and constraints and this for different stages of the product life cycle. The expressio

To reduce the operational, automation, management and production cost and to simplify the production chain, the IoT technology is now considered in the industrial domain, also called the Industry 4.0, i.e., the 4th Industrial Revolution. The Industry 4.0 ambition is to make the factory more flexible

The report #380 addressed to the French Senate in 2016 regarding the french strategy about bioeconomy shows the difficulty to set up biorefineries and their weaknesses facing uncertainties. Producing more efficiently and ecologically, from the field to finished products through the process is a key

The measurement and modelling of surface visual appearance is a challenge and an important issue at both scientific level and in their industrial applications, as quality inspection, and controlling the surface manufacturing and finishing processes : (i) how to measure visual appearance indicators,

The introduction and development of additive manufacturing (AM) among industrial processes allows to a technological break of the part production system. It is now possible to produce functional parts and parts with geometries that were previously impossible to manufacture or with too high added val

This research proposal aims at a better understanding of the dynamics of exports at the level of individual firms and their trade policy implications. When firm-level trade data became widely available in the late 1990’s, they revealed a high turnover of exporting firms and a substantial contribut

Needing significant water amounts for a variety of uses (ingredient, heat and mass transfer, transport, cleaning and disinfection), food industry strongly relies of water availability. An average of 2 to 10 L of water are needed per kg or L of final product, depending on sectors. In a context of str

In 2009, the CRAN laboratory begun to study the concept of “communicating materials” where materials are able to communicate with their environment, process, exchange information, and store data in their own structure. Besides, they also have the capability to sense their environment and measure the

The objective of the ORCILAB project is to understand the existing links between the existing collective forms of organization in fab labs and the produced innovations (on product, process, method, organization or business). We will focus on fablabs that meet industrialists (companies, professionals

Sustainable transports require the use of lightweight structures to improve their energy efficiency. New materials (steel with very high strength, polymeric materials, hybrid polymer / metal or organo-mineral, biocomposites etc ...) are both very rigid and lightweight, with the drawback of poor acou

MuFFin aims at contributing a unified pipeline for the efficient and scalable synthesis, visualization, and modeling of additively manufactured microstructures with tailored macroscopic physical behavior. In an interdisciplinary effort, MuFFin will blend together computer and material science perspe

The main goal of the project is to explore ways to improve the competitiveness of supply chains thanks to a better integration of logistical and financial decisions. This implies a decompartmentalization between supply chain and financial departments of the company and between the stakeholders in th

Enterprises struggle to survive in today’s socio-economic environment characterized by globalization, shorter product lifecycle, demand for increased product variety and customized products, exponential technological development, and high uncertainty... Flexible, agile and reconfigurable manufacturi