Desenvolvimento de um sistema de buffer automatizado na linha de produção de ar-condicionado na LG Electronics em Manaus.

Abstract

With the evolution of the Industry 4.0, automation in the industry has intensified and has carried out automation processes for activities that demand repetition and are performed by humans, reducing the activities that have physical effort and positioning them in monitoring and solving unexpected problems to make decisions when required (Moura,2019). This project aimed a solution for an air-conditioning factory in the Manaus Industrial Pole, where there is a production line in which a subpart of the product, called the control box, is manufactured. At one of this line's workstations, the operator performs the following activities: takes the product off the line, scans the product model's bar code, and visually inspects the components. After the inspections, the operator judges the speed of this line in relation to the final assembly line and decides whether the product will continue in the production process or should be stored in a buffer. In this context, there arose the motivation to research and develop a functional prototype for the automation of the described process highlighting the implementation of an automated buffer to evaluate the current production rhythm of the final assembly line before making this transfer.