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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Design, Manufacturing and Testing of a Low Cost Mechanical Raw Material Carrier for a Recycling Plant
Submission Author:
Arthur Delfim , MG
Co-Authors:
Gabriel Mendes de Almeida Carvalho, Bruno Silva de Lima, Rafael Megale de Oliveira, Bernardo Murta, Arthur Delfim
Presenter: Arthur Delfim
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2259
Abstract
Environmental friendly alternatives to work together with the sustainable development shows a crescent trend nowadays. Recycling plants enable this type of growth, however, as some of them employs people in many ages and education level, productivity analysis and working conditions should be evaluated and followed closely. The present work aims to analyse and detect points with low productive efficiency at a recycling plant, in the stage of recycled material sorting. One of the highlighted problems was the difficulty of internal material movement after being sorted and, due to the presence of people in old age working, the time and effort spent to manually drag the large bags of sorted materials is considered a downtime, since the workers earn per kilogram of sorted material and not per moved material. Besides, the energy required to drag the bags compromises the physical endurance of workers and consequently decreases the efficiency of their sorting process. In order to increase efficiency and individual productivity and to achieve better working conditions, this paper shows the project, simulation, manufacturing and test of a mechanical device solution. It must be able to assist the internal movement of sorted materials, taking into consideration the operating conditions, final manufacturing cost and customer experience analysis as an integral factor.
Keywords
Recycling, Mechanical, transport, Manufacturing, Simulation
