ANÁLISE DE UMA CÉLULA ROBÓTICA NO SETOR DE USINAGEM DE PEÇAS AUTOMOTIVAS ATRAVÉS DE UM MODELO DE SIMULAÇÃO COMPUTACIONAL

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impacts of the introduction of robotic lines in the production process of wheels, through a comparative analysis between automated production and manual production. The goal is to evaluate two scenarios, one with manual lines and another with robotic lines, in order to determinate which scenario will lead to a significant increase in production. It is important to point out that this project shows that through a computer simulation, it is possible to implement projects in industries directly and objectively, without the need of wasting with real scale tests, which contributes to the growth and profitability of the companies. This purpose will be obtained from the case study that was developed initially through a literature review on systems, modeling and simulation in order to know the advantages and disadvantages of using these methods as well as characteristics, operation and application of mobile robots . With the aid of the simulation software, computational scenarios were created in the Arena®. The software assisted in the study of the introduction of robotic lines in the wheel machining sector of the company analyzed in this study and in the feasibility analysis of the implementation of the simulated scenarios.