Mapeamento Do Progresso De Moldes – Uma Ferramenta De Gestão Visual Para a Indústria 4.0

Abstract

The planning of injection molds production is a complex task where the classic planning approaches has proven limitations because of the following particular characteristics: the mold expands in a myriad of components for production; the “one-of-a-kind” type of production and recurrent mold design changes asked by the customer. To overcome this challenge a methodology to Molds Production progress Mapping is proposed (MPM). The methodology was built on the authors experience in collaborating with mold making companies, on the principles of lean manufacturing and visual management (VM) and also have in mind the trend towards production digitalization to be aligned with Industry 4.0 evolution. As a VM tool to support molds production planning, the MPM shows the instant progress of each mold, the deviation from planning and the remaining time for the due date. The user has “only” to input the mold’s components critic level and the relative weight of each production process in the total time; it also requires that the production process are armed with sensors and the production task are digitalized and compiled in the information management system. The MPM can also be used in other complex production systems.

application of real-time overall equipment efficiency indicator in a medium-sized company

“…Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is an emerging concept that first appeared in 2011 during an industrial fair held in Germany, focusing on the pursuit of efficiency (Santos and Lima, 2018). The central proposition of Industry 4.0 is the transformation of conventional production systems into collaborative systems through the incorporation of innovative technologies, such as synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, the IoT, additive manufacturing, Big Data, horizontal and vertical system integration, among others.…”

Lean Six Sigma Approach to Improve the Production Process in the Mould Industry: a Case Study

“…The production process of injection moulds has several difficulties to overtake namely the uniqueness of each mould, the simultaneous production of myriad components from several moulds and recurrent mould design changes asked by the customer (Jorge and Peças, 2018). However, these companies have a challenge to remain at the level of excellence by responding to an increasingly demanding market in terms of mould complexity, ever shorter delivery times and a continuing and growing environmental concern, together with waste minimization.…”

“…For overtake this difficulty this paper presents the results of a research aiming to understand the applicability of Lean tools to the mould making industry. The underlying principle at continuous improvement is it guided towards the efficiency of the global process (Jorge and Peças, 2018).…”