Automatização de trabalhos manuais na indústria de cerveja: gestão de manutenção de equipamentos com foco em desempenho

Abstract

In a line for filling beer into cans, the machines are responsible for most of the production, and the employees only need to operate and maintain the equipment. Still, some tasks are done manually. This course conclusion work aims to identify opportunities for automation of manual work resulting in performance, quality and safety gains, both for the final product and for the employee. The study was carried out and tested in an equipment responsible for depalletizing the 269ml cans before they were washed and filled. The pre-automation scenario had an operator needing to climb 15 steps of a ladder approximately 32 times every 8 hours to remove a 5kg frame from the top of the empty can pallet. After the automation process is completed, it is no longer necessary for the operator to climb the stairs and carry out the procedure. With the automated system, the operator can control the machine on the ground floor. As a result, there was an improvement in NR17-Ergonomics, quality and reliability in addition to machine performance, impacting the equipment maintenance strategy. The first step to be carried out is the definition of maintenance management, through management it is possible to identify which equipment is the focus of work, seeking evolution in performance. Structured data analysis is fundamental for quality management, because it is through this method that the performance is precisely defined, aiming at assertiveness