Diseño e implementación de una línea de producción de material de fricción en una empresa metalmecánica

Abstract

The objective of this project is the process design of a manufacturing plant for motorcycle brake pads. 13 areas necessary to implement and their interactions were identified, these interactions were weighed with the link method, proposing three distribution solutions on the floor, obtaining the third proposal with the shortest travel distance of 39.5 m and the lowest weighting of 9 412, 5. Seven production areas with nine workstations were identified for an annual production of 10,000 sets of tablets. The total minimum space necessary for these 9 workstations was calculated, the calculated area was 115.5 m2. Two process designs were proposed with a daily production of 80 sets of tablets, each design with different transfer batches between production areas, being similar in productivity, but different in lead time with the second design with the best result. Three abrasive mixtures with three pressing times and three curing times were evaluated, giving 27 treatments that were evaluated with the following output variables: hardness, specific gravity and friction coefficient, measured in the quality laboratory of a formulator and manufacturer company of brake pads, determining that no treatment met the technical specifications for marketing.