Abstract

The aim of this work is to present a quantitative evaluation of the benefits of applying the Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) implemented in a shoe mold company. Based on the application of this methodology, we noticed that real gains were obtained with very little financial investment. The improvements observed in the sector were the reduction of set-up time by 60%, with an average set-up time of approximately 7 min, and an increase in the productive capacity of the sector by around 3%. There was a reduction in the incidence of errors in the machined parts due to the standardization of the processes performed by the operators. Among the advantages presented with the new system are reduced material exchange time, reduced time spent fine-tuning, less chance of errors during exchanges, improved product quality, greater reliability with respect to reduction of dissociation stocks and the flexibilization of the production system.

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Title
Application of the single-minute exchange of die system to the CNC sector of a shoe mold company
Author
Rodrigo Borges Ribeiro 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; De Souza, José 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Beluco, Alexandre 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Biehl, Luciano Volcanoglo 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Braz Medeiros, Jorge Luiz 4 ; Sporket, Frederico 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Elton Gimenez Rossini 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Fábio Augusto Dornelles Do Amaral 4 

1  Engenharia de Produção, FACCAT - Faculdades Integradas de Taquara, Taquara, Brazil 
2  DPPI – Departamento de Pesquisa e Produção Industrial, FETLSVC - Fundação Liberato, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil 
3  IPH - Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas, UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil 
4  PPMEC - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, FURG - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil 
5  Engenharia de Energia, UERGS - Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan 2019
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
23311916
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2019.1606376
ProQuest document ID
2352087332
Copyright
© 2019 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.