Metal scrap recycling 4.0: towards smart operation and productionof high-quality alloys

Metalliage is a company that recycles scrap ferrotitanium parts. It supplies ferrotitanium to manufacturers all over the world. The plant has five departments through which the products pass successively: the material division, the washing line, the furnace, the crushing, and the bagging. However, the production line is not optimized, there is plenty of handling; and the plans of the factory detailing its organization are outdated. In order to increase its market share, in the era of Industry 4.0, Metalliage aims to identify critical issues in their production process in order to improve them. The objective of this project is to identify these problems and to propose solutions to solve them like automating tasks or rearrange (modify) installations. Methods such as Value Stream Mapping or 5S and Lean Manufacturing approaches will be deployed to meet these objectives.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lucas Hof;Jean-Pierre Kenne

Student:

Partner:

Metalliage Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Sustainability & the Environment; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program: