Adaptación de una empresa de baldosas cerámicas a los principios de la industria 4.0

Author

Vives Fabra, José Luís

Abstract

The aim of this end-of-degree project is to deepen and put into context the importance of the industry 4.0. in the ceramic sector. At present the ceramic sector is very traditional, and although the line of production is quite automated, there is virtually any interconnection neither communication between the four main stages of the productive process of ceramic tiles. Therefore, due to the fact that the 4.0. technology is incipient in the ceramic sector, this project englobes and studies in detail the technological pillars that conform the industry 4.0., emphasizing on the numerous benefits that would bring to the production line of the ceramic tiles, such as reduction of production costs, efficiency improvement of the production line and increase in quality of the final product, as well as many other advantages.
This study carries out a comparison between the percentage of ceramic tiles that arrive nowadays at the end of the productive process with some type of defect (controlling humidity in the conventional way) and the percentage of defective ceramic tiles that would be obtained if a system classified as 4.0. technology was used, which is specifically designed for the automatic control of humidity of the ceramic pieces during the pressing phase. Adding to this, the project also includes a study which calculates how many costs would be saved in clay purchases if the quantity of clay used for controls of humidity was reduced, evoked by installing the automatic control system, considered technology 4.0 equipment.

Director

Reyes Pozo, Guillermo

Degree

IQS SE - Undergraduate Program in Industrial Engineering

Date

2021-02-21