Laboratory of design, manufacturing and control

LCFC
Laboratory of design, manufacturing and control
Latin Laboratoire de conception fabrication commande
Established 2009
Research type applied research
Field of research
 mechanics, Electronics, manufacturing
Director Régis Bigot
Faculty 13
Students 20
Location Metz, France
49°05′39″N 6°13′34″E / 49.09407°N 6.22618°E / 49.09407; 6.22618Coordinates: 49°05′39″N 6°13′34″E / 49.09407°N 6.22618°E / 49.09407; 6.22618
Zip code
 57070
Campus Metz Science Park
CNRS
 EA CNRS 4495
Affiliations Arts et Métiers ParisTech
Website http://www.lcfc.fr/wordpress/

The Laboratory of design, manufacturing and control (in French : Laboratoire de conception fabrication commande), also known as the LCFC, is a French laboratory of research located in Metz. It is under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech. It is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS[1] and currently employs more than 30 persons. It was created in 2009 from the division of the LGIPM,[2] a laboratory specialized in industrial design and manufacturing. It is also part of the doctoral school 432 of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.

Teaching and research topics

The main part of the research is focused on the following lines:[3]

Projects

Since 2012, the LCFC is part of the project BioCapTech and contribute to the design of new water treatment systems. The joint venture with the Agence nationale de la recherche aims to design a new humanoid robot, nicknamed Hydroid. The laboratory is also implied in the projet Corousso, focused on the friction stir welding process.

Facilities and equipment

The LCFC is one of the user of the Cassiopé computer cluster, along with the Arts et Métiers ParisTech and the University of Lorraine.

Locations

References and notes

  1. ↑ http://www.ic-arts.eu/nos-axes-de-recherche/mecanique-materiaux-et-procedes-m2p/#
  2. ↑ http://eureka.lorraine.eu/jahia/Jahia/en/pid/1701?view_id=19109
  3. ↑ http://americanfriendsam.org/research/research-domains/process-engineering
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