Ficep range of drilling lines can be combined with thermal cutting units (plasma or oxycutting) to carry out automatically drilling and coping operations on the same system. The advantages that these systems offer are: layout optimization and relevant space saving in the area; reduction of the initial investment costs as the systems have common elements between the two lines (CNC, rollerways, cross transfers, services equipments), and consequently reduction of handling; possibility to obtain very short final workpieces automatically, both drilled and coped.