Definição e aplicação de metodologia para melhorar a eficiência energética na indústria

Abstract

Working to reduce manufacturing costs in the industry is a necessity, far beyond making more profit; it is a question of survival, in a scenario of competition at a global level. In this sense, World Class Manufacturing (WCM) presents a robust methodology to identify waste and losses in the industries and from these apply tools to reduce or eliminate them, reducing the transformation cost, improving the result and performance, with increased competitiveness and profitability. The work was been developed in a large company based in Santa Catarina, and branches in several countries. The company has been looking for improvement in its DNA, and has been doing this since its creation, but the implementation of WCM methodology brings a new concepts and tools, which direct improvements, according to the greatest inefficiencies, duly classified and measured. It is also one of the important characteristics of this organization, to develop its own way of administration and management; in the case of WCM, it is also developing its own Manufacturing Management System.The WCM methodology is very complete and robust, but little developed in terms of mapping and eliminating losses due to inefficiency in these of energy resources necessary for the development of industrial production. In order to reduce this gap, the work had developed the improving energy efficiency in the industry, working on processes or equipment with higher energy consumption. After defining the methodology, it will be applied in practice, in the equipment responsible for the process of impregnation and curing of the electrical insulating varnish.