Produtividade em soldagem de tubulação industrial : Análise comparativa de desempenho do processo de soldagem mecanizado e processo de soldagem manual

Abstract

The challenges faced by organizations this century require from their managers the implementation of production models which are productive and which promote the competitiveness and continuity of the business. In light of the foregoing, the automation of the welding processes combined with the use of traditionally more productive processes, such as the Flux cored Arc Welding (FCAW), in the construction and assembly industry, presents itself as an important way of maximizing productivity. It is in this context that this paper is written, assessing the variation of the productivity with the implementation of the welding mechanized process – FCAW compared to the welding process called Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) – which is manual. On the theoretical frame of reference it is able to find themes necessary for the comprehension of the study as definition and welding record, automaton in welding and productivity in welding. As for the methodology, this is a descriptive and quantitative research which, though its means and ends, uses field research and case study. The used sample technique was the non-probabilistic by typicality. During the data collectionthere was an assessment of the dada of productivity in welding of the junctions with the SMAW processes – manual and FCAW – mechanized. Such analysis allowed the author to assure the productive capacity of the analyzed processes, and also to ponder as for the importance of the combination of these processes in the execution of the projects by the construction and assembly industry as the most adequate alternative to maximize the productivity of the welding processes and, therefore, industrial assembly processes.