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Our added value : Developing innovative processes based on key equipment with high added value. Our wide range of innovative proprietary technologies gives us significant competitive edge.

 

The Innovation Department, driving crossover innovations. Mastering cutting-edge technologies and developing specific know-how have for many years been considered as a strategic priority for the Fives Group development, providing an excellent means of standing out from the competition. In this context, the setting up of an Innovation group under the supervision of the Innovation Department has stimulated the development of technical synergies between the Group's subsidiaries as well as collaborations with public and private research bodies (start-up firms, universities, major engineering schools, etc.).

 

Recognised for its ability to design and supply industrial solutions customised to the specific needs of each of its customers, the Fives Group and its teams are also the source of new developments that, in some cases, represent real breakthroughs. The Group has also adopted an active policy of filing patents to protect its know-how and technical innovations. This policy is set out in the White paper on intellectual property issued by the Innovation Department.

 

Horomill®, a design with a difference for mineral grinding
Designed by Fives in the 1990s, the Horomill® grinding mill is an original, innovative grinding process using different techniques from conventional ball mills (such as ball grinding mills and vertical grinders). Used for raw or cement grinding, Horomill® provides energy savings of up to 55% compared with ball grinding mills and offers cement manufacturers the advantage of extremely versatile operation to optimise the flexibility of production.

 

 

Rhodax®, making technology ecological and economical
Rhodax® offers the optimal combination of ecological and economical technology for the dry material preparation in the manufacture of anodes dedicated to the aluminium production process.
Using 40% less equipment than conventional crushing technologies, it reduces potential sources of dust emission and so helps enhance health and safety conditions in the workshop while improving anode quality.

 

 

 

Flash Cooling®, a rapid cooling process unique in the world
The revolutionary Flash Cooling® technology uses a high hydrogen content for rapid cooling to produce high quality steel for the automotive and packaging industries. This ultra-rapid gas jet type cooling system has demonstrated its efficiency and advantages in industrial operation: low impact of the gas on the steel strip, a self-stabilising system and low energy consumption.

 

 

 

 

Developing the first "clean" grinding machine

Fives has designed a grinding machine that reduces the leakage of cutting fluid mist and thus limits pollution. It has also developed machining techniques that reduces the emission of particles and, consequently, the consumption of cutting fluid. These grinding machines, marketed under the Landis trademark, have received a certificate of excellence from Ford.

 

 

 

 

 

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