Aplicação de um braço robótico para descravagem e cravagem de balatas de autocarros

Abstract

One of the essential activities for increasing the productivity of a company is maintenance. Maintenance is the business component responsible for boosting the daily activities that guarantee the good health of a company. It is important, not only to guarantee the availability of machines and equipment for better production quality, but also to maintain the health of the company's employees. At the EMTPM company, one of the bus maintenance activities is the replacement of brake linings, elements responsible for vehicle braking. This activity is preceded by a preparation of the same, which is the loosening of the worn balatas and driving new ones in the jaws that support them. These processes of unclamping and crimping brake linings involve risks that, although in general they seem light, are profoundly serious, not only in the handling of the equipment, but mainly in the inhalation of particles (dust) resulting from the wear of the balatas that can generate and critically worsen respiratory diseases. With a view to increasing the company's productivity, improving the working conditions of employees and maintaining the availability of means of transport to citizens, this project was created, which aims to automate the activities of unclamping and crimping of brake linins in the EMTPM company's buses, by applying a robotic arm to risky activities.