Who is Safran Ceramics ?

Safran’s centre of excellence for high-temperature composite materials, Safran Ceramics is a strategic centre for the Safran Group’s work in the field of aeronautical equipment.

Located in Le Haillan (suburb of Bordeaux) in a new building of 9800 m2 fully connected, Safran Ceramics is a modern centre bringing together all R&T activities dedicated to ceramic matrix composites (CMC*) for aerospace.

CMCs can improve the performance of aircraft engines and thus reduce fuel consumption. These materials tolerate higher operating temperatures than current metal alloys (superalloys) and are lighter.

How did Safran Ceramics hear about Infodream?

By Infodream’s response to a call for tender. On the other hand, the production manager was already familiar with the Qual@xy Suite and its possibilities. In fact, he was the driving force behind the project after the choice of Infodream had been made.

Why did you choose Infodream?

Among the respondents to the call for tenders launched by Safran Ceramics, an audit was carried out.

The differentiating elements that guided our choice are :

• The simplicity of the solution
• The autonomy allowed by the software
• The price

Simplicity

The first characteristic sought was simplicity. Without a dedicated department to install the tool and train employees, a turnkey solution was needed that was simple to set up, configure and use.

Simple to be flexible. Flexible for more freedom and autonomy.

Autonomy

Methodists have a lot of freedom to change processes. They do not need any coaching. The initial training showed them how to use the tool, how to set up the product and the process. It’s very simple, no IT development is needed to modify a process, everything happens at the parameterisation level.

Once you provide operators with a simple tool, they quickly adopt it and actually use it on a daily basis.

Price

Finally, the price was also a differentiating factor, with a factor of 3 compared to some competitors whose solution requires the permanent presence of a person for several days to set up, configure and make the necessary adjustments. And this has a cost…

The choice was made in a collegial manner with the head of the production department, the head of support and the head of the other departments.

How were the teams prepared for the change?

By raising awareness and training the configurators. It was the configurators themselves who trained the operators.

How have they accepted this new tool?

Very positively. The staff have up-to-date ranges, and this saves them from having to record the data twice. The interface is user-friendly and the teams find the software easy to use.

Which user profiles work with the tool?

Workers, technicians and engineers.

Do you configure or modify the software yourself or do you use Infodream?

We are generally autonomous, but sometimes we call on Infodream’s support team.

For example, for questions relating to the configuration of ranges or things seen in training but which, due to lack of practice, have been forgotten.

Non-conformity, defect, rejection, anomaly… whatever the name, it’s always a production nightmare.

Whether it is critical, major or minor, non-conformity must be dealt with before it impacts the production. And the M.E.S. is a formidable tool for this.

No, anomalies, YOU WILL NOT!!!!

Qualaxy software suite: the saviour of ano(malies).

Or how to control your industrial processes.

Do you recognise yourself in this heroic posture, calliper in one hand, waste bin in the other, fighting relentlessly to avoid delivering non-compliant products?

If so, it means that you are part of the anomaly community.

Let’s speak frankly. Don’t you think your time would be better spent if you could concentrate on the essentials? If so, you might be interested in discovering 5 benefits of our Qual@xy Suite, Infodream’s MES for Industry 4.0:

Control your batches with statistics

You are guided in the control of the batches received from your suppliers. The software helps you to decide whether it is in your statistical interest to accept or reject them. But you also have the possibility of automatically increasing or decreasing the level of control per characteristic as the controls are carried out. In accordance with official and/or in-house standards…

Digitise your work instructions

Your work instructions are digitised. No more paper sheets stored in a binder at the foot of the machine, never consulted or updated. The software shows your operators, guided step by step, the work instructions. They are illustrated by a clear and precise medium (text, image, video or pdf). This way, your operators are not likely to miss any steps or interpret the procedure to be carried out. This guarantees a constant level of quality in the workshop. And you can be sure that your process, always up-to-date, is understood and respected.

Follow the capability of your machines

You monitor the capability of your machines through a module for acquiring manually or automatically controlled measurements. You can thus anticipate the progressive drifts of your process and make the necessary adjustments before producing non-conformities.

Set up alarms for corrective actions

If a non-conforming value is entered or statistical deviation is detected, the software generates an alarm and notifies a group of users. Causes and corrective actions can be assigned to these alarms. In this way, you can carry out a detailed analysis and implement good practices as part of a continuous improvement process within the workshop. In addition, the handling of non-conformities can be organised through a simple and efficient decision-making workflow*: acceptance as is, quarantine, retouching… These are examples of decisions, traced out, which you can take according to the rights specific to your profile.

Display your key performance indicators

To efficiently manage your workshop, the software displays your workshop’s performance indicators in a dashboard. It is a clear and customisable « quality weather ». All the statistical indicators necessary to monitor your process in the medium / long term are provided: Cp/Cpk, Pp/Ppk, TNC, GCP, Normality, % HT, stability…

In short, the Qualaxy Suite is a ready-to-use software package that ensures that your industrial process is carried out correctly. But also to anticipate and treat the causes of non-conformities before impacting your production. Finally, you can share all this reliable information in real time with the users concerned.

Do not hesitate to contact our teams if you would like to see a video demonstration.

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In this short french speaking video, the operator explains how he uses our Qualaxy Suite M.E.S. (Manufacturing Execution System).