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Ao longo dos anos, a inovação da indústria, sustentada na forte evolução da automação e robotização, tem-se traduzido num enorme crescimento da indústria de componentes para automóveis. Em Portugal, a automatização de processos e robotização é uma aposta de muitas empresas que trabalham no sector automóvel. Este é o caminho para assegurar uma maior competitividade e conseguir concorrer com os diferentes países onde a mão-de-obra é bastante mais económica, ou onde a automação está fortemente instalada. As automatizações na indústria têm elevada importância, uma vez que permitem aumentar não só a eficiência e a maximização da produção com o menor consumo de energia e/ou matérias primas, mas também reduzir o esforço ou a interferência humana. Esta dissertação foi desenvolvida em âmbito industrial, solicitado pela empresa Continental Mabor – Indústria de Pneus S.A.. Num dos departamentos de Engenharia da empresa, mais concretamente no Departamento de Engenharia IV (Construção de Pneus e Pintura), surgiram alguns problemas nas máquinas de construção, nomeadamente no acoplamento de cassetes de transporte de matéria prima na Karkasse Machine (máquina que produz a carcaça do pneu). Isto acontece porque estas cassetes são pesadas e exigem um elevado esforço físico por parte do operador para as acoplar. Por outro lado, este esforço, considerado excessivo, provoca um maior desgaste da zona de acoplamento. Assim, o desafio lançado pela empresa consiste no desenvolvimento de uma solução automatizada para apoiar o acoplamento das cassetes nas máquinas de construção, de maneira a facilitar o trabalho dos operadores. Como resultado final, foram propostas à empresa duas soluções de melhoria nos terminais de acoplamento da Karkasse Machine, com vantagens significativas em termos de ergonomia do processo.
Over the years, innovation in the industry sector, based on the strong evolution of automation and robotization, has led to a huge growth of the components industry for vehicles. In Portugal, the automation of processes and robotization is a bet of many companies that work in the automotive sector. This is the way to ensure better competitiveness and to compete with countries where labor is more economical, or with others where automation is strongly installed. Automation in the industry has high importance, since it allows not only to increase efficiency and maximization of production with less consumption of energy and/or raw material, but also to reduce human effort or interference. This dissertation was developed in an industrial scope, proposed by the company Continental Mabor S.A. In one of the company's engineering departments, specifically in Engineering Department IV (Tire and Paint Construction), there have been some problems in the construction machines, namely in the coupling of cassetes of transportation of raw material in the Karkasse Machine (machine that produces the tyre carcass). These problems take place because these cassetes are heavy and require high physical effort by the operator to dock them. On the other hand, this effort, sometimes considered excessive, causes a greater wear of the coupling zone. Therefore, the challenge launched by the company is the development of an automated solution to support the coupling of the cassettes in the construction machines, in order to facilitate the work of the operators. As a final result, two improvement solutions for the coupling terminals of the Karkasse Machine were proposed, with significant advantages in the process ergonomics.
Over the years, innovation in the industry sector, based on the strong evolution of automation and robotization, has led to a huge growth of the components industry for vehicles. In Portugal, the automation of processes and robotization is a bet of many companies that work in the automotive sector. This is the way to ensure better competitiveness and to compete with countries where labor is more economical, or with others where automation is strongly installed. Automation in the industry has high importance, since it allows not only to increase efficiency and maximization of production with less consumption of energy and/or raw material, but also to reduce human effort or interference. This dissertation was developed in an industrial scope, proposed by the company Continental Mabor S.A. In one of the company's engineering departments, specifically in Engineering Department IV (Tire and Paint Construction), there have been some problems in the construction machines, namely in the coupling of cassetes of transportation of raw material in the Karkasse Machine (machine that produces the tyre carcass). These problems take place because these cassetes are heavy and require high physical effort by the operator to dock them. On the other hand, this effort, sometimes considered excessive, causes a greater wear of the coupling zone. Therefore, the challenge launched by the company is the development of an automated solution to support the coupling of the cassettes in the construction machines, in order to facilitate the work of the operators. As a final result, two improvement solutions for the coupling terminals of the Karkasse Machine were proposed, with significant advantages in the process ergonomics.
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Automação Cassetes Ergonomia Projeto mecânico Karkasse Machine Produção de pneus Automation Cassetes Ergonomics Mechanical Project Karkasse Machine Tire Production