Application of industrial automation technologies to improve production processes.

Um estudo de caso.

Abstract

This paper presents the application of programming techniques with software intrinsic to industrial hardware for the operation and working of industrial machines so that lead to improvements in terms of profitability in production processes, thus justifying the relevance of this theme for training engineering professional from different areas. In practice, the required functions were performed using two softwares. First, the function was implemented in the human-machine interface (HMI) using its design tools to follow the existing standard of the packaging machine manufacturer, as well as program function tools to interface with the programmable logic controller (PLC); and, in the second stage of the work, the logic for activating the control function was programmed in the PLC using the ladder language. With the application presented in this work, satisfactory results were obtained, which include a 35% increase in productivity per production line, and an appreciation about 47% of the main product of the industry.