Tours are available to all registered delegates and exhibition stand personnel, during the online registration and before Friday 02 September 2022.
Please note that tours cannot be booked onsite.
Only ticket holders can take part in the tours. Tickets are non-transferable to another person.
All the tours are held on Friday 14 October 2022 with a departure from the congress centre.
If you purchase a ticket to an industry tour, your details will be shared with the host company.
Please note that visits are subject to availability at the time of booking.
Lunches are included in all the visits.
Since 1965, Cetim, the French Technical Centre for Mechanical Industry, has been supporting innovation & competitiveness of companies thanks to its multidisciplinary skills, digital expertise and unique R&D capacity. With its International subsidiaries and its 8,000 customers in more than 50 countries, Cetim has become a World leading player to overcome environmental and Industry 4.0 main challenges with innovative solutions and services. In addition, Cetim is part of the Carnot Institute Network, under the aegis of the French government to enlarge the scope of R&D and promote partnership research with SMEs. For more information, please visit www.cetim.fr and follow them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube channel.
The visit will be focused on Cetim’s expertise and activities on Additive Manufacturing, Part finishing and Fatigue optimization. A visit of their two technological platforms dedicated to material processing is planned. These platforms are equipped with various AM technologies and various surface finishing devices. They will present their powder bed fusion equipments : an Aconity Midi+ 2 lasers machine with online monitoring system and also their sinter-based equipments (DM P2500, Lab P-1, Elnik MIM furnace). Examples of part development will be shown. A visit of their Fatigue testing platform will follow. It enclosed their biomechanical laboratory for testing implant devices such as dental implant, HIP Stem, their platform for testing bigger mechanical part and for characterizing fatigue material properties. The visit will be ensured by experimented engineers
In parallel, a visit of Manutech, near CETIM, is planned.
Manutech USD develops and exploits tools and processes able to structure any geometrical shape at the μm and nm scales and to characterize them. Our expertise encompasses the treatment of all materials without exception, high-speed processing and its deployment on surfaces of all sizes.
During the visit, different femtosecond laser environment will be introduces, focused on High precision, low TRL, large surface, speed increase, to see the capability of Manutech USD to improve T.R.L. around femtosecond laser use. Then, two applications of femtosecond laser integration on special machinery will be presented, coupling with powder bed additive manufacturing, and coupling with mechanical turning machine.
After both visits of CETIM and Manutech, delegates will enjoy a lunch in CETIM premises before taking the coach back to Lyon Congress Centre. Estimated arrival time to Lyon congress centre should be 14:30. Max participants: 50 Required: ID copy (will be asked after your registration) – Please note that the access is subject to the authority’s approval. Price: 36€ (incl. VAT: 43.20€)
The site houses 4 currently operating units, all being pressurized water reactors. The 5th reactor (unit 1) is currently being dismantled. It was the last UNGG reactor built in the world.
Some of the cooling comes from direct use of the Rhône water (units 2 and 3) while some is done by the use of cooling towers (units 4 and 5).
The visit will start with a general presentation of the EDF Group and Bugey site. Then delegates will visit the power plant: outside presentation, discovery of the turbine hall, explanations on the transformer, explanations on the cooling towers. The visit will finish around 12:00 and will be followed by a lunch before coming back to the congress centre around 14:00. Max participants: 16 Needed : ID copy (we be asked after your registration) – you will have to present a passport still valid the day of your visit. Entrance will be refused without this document. Wear flat security shoes and covered shoulders and legs, a helmet will be provided at the beginning of the visit.
Please note the Electronics are forbidden when entering the site. You will have to deposit them at the EOA. Price: 52€ (incl.VAT: 62.40€)
The visit will start with a 1h presentation of the site followed by a visit of the facilities by small groups.
Learn more about the synchrotron here
The visit will finish around 12:00 and will be followed by a lunch before coming back to the congress centre around 14:30.
Max participants: 15 Needed: ID copy (will be asked after your registration) Price: 68€ (Incl. VAT: 81.60€)
The tour takes place on board of a comfortable and fully equipped coach.
09.30 Departure from Lyon to the Beaujolais region
10.00 Visit of a winemaker domain, discover of the wine tools from the Middle Ages to nowadays, followed by a commented wine tasting with its Cabrions des Monts du Beaujolais (goat cheese). 12.30 Lunch in a traditional farm with regional products and wine
14.30 Pass through the Golden stones region with a stop in the village of Oingt, a charming little village overlooking the vineyard.
15.30 Departure back to Lyon
16.00 Arrival at the congress center