Reutilização de materiais descartados de fábricas automotivas nas embalagens do pós vendas no Brasil

Abstract

This research was oriented for technology and material properties, and seeks to understand how to prevent damage on the bodywork parts to the final client, without increasing the value of the package. Evaluating dealer’s claims of spare parts from leading brands in the automotive market, it was found that this is the family of parts with the highest number of failures on Brazil. At first glance the main faults in the tins are in their lower parts arriving at the destination wrinkled. These parts are mostly transported in cardboard boxes with shims of the same material or using wooden crates with wedges built with some kind of polymer. This research examines the use of returnable wood and metal packaging, wrap and cardboard shims Expanded Polyethylene (EPE) as packing materials, protective and transportation. The research also seeks the existence of specific legislation for packaging in the automotive aftermarket, as well as knowledge of the restrictions on use of the materials for this niche market. As expected outcome, the research seeks ways to reuse materials normally discarded in the factories, thus reducing the environmental impact caused by the initial need to use them, as well as reducing the costs involved in this process.