Estudo de caso: retrofit em uma recheadora de pão de alho

Abstract

This work addresses a solution to one of the biggest problems in the Brazilian industry, whichis the outdated equipment found in industrial plants and the best way to adapt them to the existing technological reality, considering the financial aspect associated with production quality and operator safety. To achieve this, the text discusses the stages of industrial machineretrofitting and compares its cost results to that of a new machine. It also presents solutions to existing problems in one of the processes of garlic bread manufacturing. One of the main aspects addressed throughout the text is the comparison between the best controller option for the industrial environment and how this choice is related to technical issues. The selection of equipment and the process points that should be modified are based on reports from plant employees and technical visits to the site. In this case, it is important to emphasize that the analysis of each retrofit case has its own specificities that must be examined individually. For a smallscale company, the financial aspect becomes the main highlight in decision-making regarding the best approach to the issue of updating Brazilian industrial technology.