This page includes all news from the Innovation category.
Our entity of the Mechanics division based in Sousse, alongside the regional hospital and in partnership with local companies, has developed an adaptation kit for the use of the Decathlon mask for medical use. We machine the connection fittings between the mask and the ventilation tubes free of charge. This local solution replaces the part printed in 3D in Europe which is impossible to supply or produce in Tunisia.
Voice assistants and other robots and artificial intelligence, are technologies that evolve very quickly and that increasingly rock our society. Ventana has taken up the challenge of setting up one in its workshops in order to improve the operators’ efficiency and facilitate still very manual work. Tested on three workstations at the start of 2019, this technology should evolve the approach to industrial trades in the near future.
The industrial metamorphosis of the site, which began in 2016, is continuing with the acquisition of a latest-generation digital radiography machine that can control large parts.
As part of its commitment to always provide better service to customers, the Ventana group is continuing to develop the Arudy plant. Already equipped with a 3D printer, non-contact measurement systems, digital data acquisition and manufacturing systems, this forward-thinking foundry, now also has a digital radiography unit. This new, non-destructive control device uses AI software designed to address the complexity of the products we manufacture.
This is our response to the inevitable developments in the requirements of the markets in which we operate.
« EOLE, a new collaborative and innovative project for VENTANA | VENTANA Taverny specialises in machining vaned parts: from leading/trailing edge programming to checking. »Ventana helped manufacture an aircraft maintenance door which was presented at the International Paris Air Show 2017.
The project, named EOLE, was headed by Sogeclair in collaboration with CTIF and Voxeljet. It showcased the advantages of 3D printing whilst making use of qualified materials and processes. The door’s design was optimised to make a lightweight architecture that is able to incorporate complex elements.
Ventana’s lost wax process was used to obtain a thin-walled casting with excellent surface condition and controlled tolerances and material integrity, which makes it easier to carry out final machining on the part.
The project looks set to provide a 30% reduction in weight, reduce costs and allow for flexibility in design and manufacturing for prototypes and mass production, which can then be transposed to structures larger than 2 metres.
More informations about the International Paris Air Show : SIAE 2017
« VENTANA at the International Paris Air Show | Deployment of digital radiography at VENTANA Arudy »Ventana took part in the 52nd edition of the International Paris Air Show, seen as the largest aerospace industry event in the world.
The company exclusively presented its augmented reality-based method which aims to identify features and defects in parts during the production phase, so as to ensure yet more efficient production.
This year’s Paris Air Show provided an opportunity to showcase new products and features available from each of the subsidiaries. Ventana is highly focussed on R&T, with over 20 million euros invested since 2003. The company was thus able to present its innovations in means, products and industrial processes for each of its 7 sites.
More informations about the International Paris Air Show : SIAE 2017
« Airbus Helicopters congratulates VENTANA Arudy for its excellent industrial performance | EOLE, a new collaborative and innovative project for VENTANA »For the third year running, Airbus Helicopters has measured an OTD rate of 100% from VENTANA Arudy. This is great recognition of the thorough work carried out by all the teams at VENTANA to successfully maintain, over time, our position as one of the best major suppliers in the EDPOI perimeter (dynamic systems – castings, forgings, machining and components).
The quality of our relationship, the transparency of our information and the reliability of our commitments also contribute to ensuring VENTANA Arudy’s major customer is fully satisfied.
To sustain its performance, VENTANA is continuing its digital migration by transforming the historic Arudy site into a foundry of the future, in order to make it more agile and to adapt to the ever more demanding needs of high-technology markets.
« Bpifrance selects VENTANA for its ISE Accelerator programme | VENTANA at the International Paris Air Show »This programme with help VENTANA to realise its AGILE 2018 strategic plan with particular focus on “stepping up a gear” in terms of external growth and in terms of sales development, digital transformation and governance.
At the launch of this first ISE Accelerator programme on May 25th at the second edition of the Bpifrance Inno Generation event, Fanny Letier (CEO of Bpifrance) stated: “ISEs represent a unique source of employment and pride. Through this programme, Bpifrance aims to promote excellence to help the selected 23 champions to achieve long-term growth and to promote France abroad”. Nicolas Dufourcq (CEO of Bpifrance) added: “We have 24 months to catapult these ISEs into the world of 2030.”
For further details about ISE Accelerator programme :
Bpifrance lance son accélérateur ETI à l’AccorHotels Arena
Lancement de l’accélérateur ETI
Quatre ETI d’ALPC dans l’accélérateur de Bpifrance
« VENTANA Success Story : V-Solutions contribute to the success of General Electric’s 9HA turbine, the most powerful gas turbine in the world | Airbus Helicopters congratulates VENTANA Arudy for its excellent industrial performance »Approached by General Electric in 2011 during the turbine’s design phase, VENTANA was selected for its ability to propose expert sheet metal work and precision machining solutions and was entrusted with the industrialisation and manufacturing of a 16-part cooling kit for the 9HA turbine.
During the development phase, which lasted over a year, sheet metal work, welding, machining and non-destructive testing experts based at a number of VENTANA plants lent their expertise to American and Belfort-born designers at General Electric. The first kit produced using the VENTANA V-Weldmill industrial solution was delivered in November 2012. VENTANA delivered its 7th kit this September and has plans to triple its production in 2017.
« VENTANA is launching its new company project : AGILE2018 | Bpifrance selects VENTANA for its ISE Accelerator programme »VENTANA and its Partner SPI Aero propose an alternative industrial surface treatment solution to chromating:
Contact us to benefit from this innovation for your parts!
« VENTANA acquires a state-of-the-art digital scan | VENTANA is launching its new company project : AGILE2018 »VENTANA’s Foundry Division has just acquired a high precision GOM optical scan system for digitising parts, tools and cores.
This scanning system replaces traditional manual measuring tools in order to optimise the balancing of raw materials before machining by improving both quality and speed of execution.
This tool also allows considerable time to be saved in terms of development or changes and enables 3D reverse engineering operations to be performed almost instantly.
Please feel free to contact us to find out about all that this new system can offer, not just on your castings but on machined or machine-welded parts too.
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May 15, 2020 