SISTEMA RÁPIDO DE TROCA DE MOLDES DE INJEÇÃO TERMOPLÁSTICOS

Abstract

This work deals with the reduction of setup time of thermoplastic injection machines, using the STR (Rapid Tool Exchange System). The setup time is an important part of the thermoplastic industries, because the longer the setup takes, the greater the final price of the part, which will consequently decrease the company's competitiveness in the market. Therefore the need for a management tool, to manage this bottleneck and minimize as much as possible. There are several methodologies that tend to attack the setup bottlenecks, thus assisting and adding the STR, such as SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) created by Shingo, one of the great engineering gurus. Thus the STR becomes a primordial tool to optimize the process of exchange of thermoplastic injection mold.