Who are Damien Pignol and LISI Aerospace?
LISI Group, a French company, embodies excellence in aerospace, with an unrivalled reputation for manufacturing critical components for the industry.
With decades of experience and cutting-edge expertise, the company plays an essential role in the realization of aviation and space exploration projects. Their commitment to innovation, quality and reliability has made the company a partner of choice for major aerospace players around the world. Every day, LISI's teams push back the limits of technology to ensure the safety and performance of aircraft and spacecraft, making it an essential pillar of the global aerospace industry.
An expert in supply chain management, Damien Pignol joined the LISI Aerospace group in 2019, in the structural parts branch. During his first year with the company, he set up a department dedicated to supply management, and for the past year has been fully dedicated to supervising planning operations, communication, placing orders and rigorously monitoring deadlines. His daily work is based on a close and solid collaboration with Thermi-Garonne, a site of the Thermi-Lyon group.
Collaboration between LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing and Thermi-Garonne
Why call on Thermi-Garonne?
Treatment of metal parts
In the manufacturing sector, heat treatment is an essential part of part production, placing exacting demands on the entire manufacturing process. This is particularly important in highly demanding sectors such as aerospace and defense. Customers in these fields impose a series of very strict technical standards, particularly with regard to mechanics, to which parts must strictly conform thanks to rigorous heat treatment procedures.
This involves careful monitoring of furnaces, qualification of processes and obtaining essential quality certifications. However, all these skills are not always available in-house, which is why it is necessary to call on experts such as Thermi-Garonne to carry out these treatments, particularly when mass production of highly specialized industrial parts is involved.
Technical specifications of parts produced by LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
With regard to the technical specificity of manufacturing, it should be emphasized that significant stresses are imposed on parts throughout the production process. This makes it imperative to use stress-relieving treatment to relieve these stresses and prevent unwanted deformation.
In addition, the existence of rigorous standards makes it necessary to push heat treatments to the limit in order to achieve high mechanical characteristics, a particularly crucial requirement for highly technical parts.
The stress-relieving process to which metal parts are subjected
According to LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing's production launch schedule, one of the key processing stages carried out by Thermi-Garonne is detention. This stage takes place directly after the manufacturing phase, as soon as the parts leave the machines.
The next step is to introduce them into their treatment furnace, the capacity of which depends on our production volume.
Their grouped tray dispatch approach aims to optimize the use of their oven, guaranteeing efficient process management.
Research and development
When it comes to research and development aimed at creating new treatments to meet emerging challenges, Thermi-Garonne stands out for its receptiveness and ability to propose innovative solutions, setting itself apart from the competition.
Thermi-Garonne is unique in that it handles 100% of LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing parts .
The beginning of the collaboration between Thermi-Garonne and LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
The fruitful collaboration between LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing and Thermi-Garonne began in 2016. The two players began working together following glowing recommendations from other LISI Group sites.
Geographical proximity also played a decisive role in this partnership. Thermi-Garonne is located in the South-West of France, close to Toulouse, facilitating travel and guaranteeing rapid deliveries when needed. This geographical proximity and strong regional integration are highly valued aspects, helping to maintain strong links within the LISI Group through these strategic partnerships. But proximity is not the only argument.
Thermi-Garonne expertise and services
When it comes to the service offered by Thermi-Garonne, Damien Pignol expresses great satisfaction, ranking them among the top three suppliers for the company. Every aspect of the service is rated positively:
- Deadlines: Damien Pignol emphasizes the crucial importance of exemplary deadline stability and stresses the absence of delays.
- Quality: the Group is delighted with the very low number of non-conformities (none in fact), a particularly important consideration given the high volume of parts processed.
- Communication and responsiveness: exchanges with Thermi-Garonne are always fluid and constructive, a dynamic that reinforces our willingness to entrust them with more parts.
This level of satisfaction testifies to the efficiency and outstanding quality of the services provided by Thermi-Garonne.
LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing players also emphasize the professional relationship they maintain with Thermi-Garonne players. Communication is fast and constant to meet their needs.
A partnership with a bright future ahead.
Today, LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing and Thermi-Garonne continue to work together to push back the frontiers of excellence in the manufacture of mass-produced parts for the aerospace and aeronautics industries.
If, like LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing, you have detention processing needs, or more generally thermal processing requirements, call on the Thermi-Lyon group. Contact us today to discuss your specific requirements and find out how we can help improve your manufacturing processes. Contact us now and discover the Thermi Lyon difference.
