Reliability analysis of autonomous measuring equipment for seamless steel pipes in production lines of a steel industry: focus on maintenance centered on reliability and cost reduction

This study aimed to demonstrate how maintenance focused on process reliability can be beneficial to companies' productivity. The study was conducted by addressing investigation techniques within the production lines of seamless steel tubes of a Brazilian company located in the city of Jeceaba,...

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Autor: de Paula, Fernando Augusto Baia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)
Repositorio:Brazilian Journal of Production Engineering
Idioma:portugués
inglés
español
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufes.br:article/45066
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufes.br/bjpe/article/view/45066
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Manutenção
Redução de Custos
Confiabilidade
Melhoria contínua
Maintenance
Cost Reduction
Reliability
Continuous Improvement
Mantenimiento
Reducción de costos
Fiabilidad
Mejora continua
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Sumario:This study aimed to demonstrate how maintenance focused on process reliability can be beneficial to companies' productivity. The study was conducted by addressing investigation techniques within the production lines of seamless steel tubes of a Brazilian company located in the city of Jeceaba, Minas Gerais. Calibration tests were performed on the length gauges of the electromagnetic inspection equipment and the tube cutting saws of the seamless steel tube production process, mitigating failures and determining safe parameters for measuring the tubes produced by the company, making the results more reliable and enabling a reduction in production costs. The study arose within the intern development program promoted by the company, which consisted of a series of activities to be developed by the interns to improve internal processes and reduce costs in the company's production process. Given the work developed, it was possible to discover a cost reduction of approximately R$1 million per year in the process, optimizing the process and the companies' profits.