Development of autonomous maintenance in a furniture company

This article presents a work performed in the maintenance department of a furniture company in Portugal, in order to develop and implement autonomous maintenance. The main objective of the project was related to the objective to increase and make effective the autonomous maintenance tasks performed by production operators, and in this way avoiding unplanned downtime due to equipment failures. Although some autonomous maintenance tasks were already carried out within the company, a preliminary study revealed weaknesses in the application of this tool. In the initial phase of this pilot project, the main problems encountered at the level of autonomous maintenance were related to the lack of time to carry out these tasks, showing that the stipulated procedures were far from the real needs of the company. To solve these problems a pilot project was conducted, making several changes in the performance of autonomous maintenance tasks, making them standard and adapted to reality of each production line. There was a general improvement in the factory indicators, and essentially there was a behavioral change, since the operators felt that their opinions were taking into account and began to understand the importance of small tasks performed by them.

Estudo do trabalho numa empresa de produção de pneus e implementação de ferramentas Lean

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Análise do impacto do controlo de custos na competitividade de uma empresa de mobiliário

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

End-of-day dryness, corneal sensitivity and blink rate in contact lens wearers

Purpose: To study the relationship among the variables intensity ofthe end-of-day (EOD) dryness, corneal sensitivity and blink rate in soft contact lens (CL) wearers. Methods: Thirty-eight soft CL wearers (25 women and 13 men; mean age 27.1 ± 7.2 years) were enrolled. EOD dryness was assessed using a scale of 0–5 (0, none to 5, very intense). Mechanical and thermal (heat and cold) sensitivity were measured using a Belmonte’s gas esthesiometer. The blink rate was recorded using a video camera while subjects were wearing a hydrogel CL and watching a film for 90 min in a controlled environmental chamber. Results: A significant inverse correlation was found between EOD dryness and mechanical sensitivity (r: −0.39; p = 0.02); however, there were no significant correlations between EOD dryness and thermal sensitivity. A significant (r: 0.56; p < 0.001) correlation also was observed between EOD dryness and blink rate, but no correlations were found between blink rate and mechanical or thermal sensitivity. Conclusions: CL wearers with higher corneal sensitivity to mechanical stimulation reported more EOD dryness with habitual CL wear. Moreover, subjects reporting more EOD dryness had an increased blink rates during wear of a standard CL type. The increased blink rate could act to improve the ocular surface environment and relieve symptoms

Balanceamento e redefinição de layouts de células de costura de uma empresa da indústria automóvel

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Lean Production e Ergonomia: o impacto de estratégias implementadas nas condições de trabalho numa indústria de componentes para automóveis

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Humana

Análise e melhoria da produtividade numa empresa do sector de componentes de automóveis

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Melhoria na gestão de compras em uma indústria do Pólo Industrial de Manaus (PIM)

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Engenharia de embalagens: propostas de acondicionamento na indústria de autorrádios

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica

Estudo e melhoramento de técnica de aparafusamento de um autorrádio

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica

A rádio na vida dos cidadãos: estudo do papel das rádios locais

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação

Cultura e mudança organizacional: o caso da Petratex S.A

Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos de Gestão

Internship report of blog translation at the company Menina Design Group

Dissertação de mestrado em Tradução e Comunicação Multilingue