Hello everyone I am Bruno EYSSERIC
the plant manager of Schneider Espagnac plant
in the Southwest of France.
We are the worldwide manufacturer for Harmony premium range,
which is a product range part of control and signaling activity.
In Espagnac, we have a unique ecosystem, meaning that in the same location
we have the creation offer department, including marketing,
research and development, and also laboratory tests,
plus the manufacturing plant, all located in the same position.
On top of that, we got in 2021
the internal Smart Factory label certification
related to our maturity in terms of industrial methodology,
plus our ability to innovate in our manufacturing processes.
In the plant, we are totally autonomous
to prepare our bezel and our metallic fixing part.
And for that we use some Zamac.
To finalize our production, we have different
sets of tooling to be ready and after we will be able to move forward
for the surface treatment step.
Here we have a first part of this operation
which consists in cooking the different bezel frame.
This process is totally automated
and after this process, the frame
is going to go to different chemical baths
to fulfill the full surface treatment.
So, for the surface treatment,
each frame is going through several chemical baths
to ensure a proper treatment and after each bath,
we have a washing operation to make sure that there is no blending
between the different chemical products.
Here we are on the head sector.
What we call the head sector in the plant, it is actually the sector producing
the human machine interface with a really wide range, a wide portfolio
to cover all of the functionality that can be expected by the customers.
I have several samples in my hands here.
You can see an illuminated pushbutton, a pilot light, a selector switch.
And we have a really wide range of products
related to the different functionality that we're going to cover.
For the driving concept of our automatic line, it is always the same :
We have some palets placed on the automated conveyors,
and those palets allow us to manufacture
the sub-assembly across the routine.
So we start to put a first piece on the palet,
then this palet goes to the next step, on the next step, we add another piece
and so on, during all the assembly process.
we have several AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicle)
which are bringing the parts
to the production line and also shipping
the waste to the warehouse in order to make proper recycling.
At the end we have
several quality checks and the final step
consists in laser marking to ensure that the product
has been done properly and to make it available
for the assembly line, just behind this contact line.
Here we are on a medium runner contact assembly line.
All the assembly process is done manually
and for the final step of the process it has been fully automated
with four cobots in a row, four collaborative robots.
So we are here in the main
corridor on the left hand side, we have the contact line.
On the right hand side, we have the finish goods assembly line
and in the middle just over me, we have a performance management cockpit
We have implemented a totally new process which allow
a customer to have a fully personalized,
a fully customized product.
How does it work?
There is a configurator available online,
and online, the customer can request
what kind of product he wants and what kind of customization he wants.
Thank you for your attention.
I hope you enjoyed this plant tour in Espagnac Smart Factory
and I hope to see you soon around the next innovation of the Harmony range.
Bye bye.