A Utilização do TPM como uma ferramenta do sistema Lean - aplicação piloto numa empresa do setor metalgráfico

Abstract

Many companies are trying to develop a technique that constantly improves the resources which they administrate. The importance of maintenance of these resources is increasing every year. Nowadays, the frequently presence of productive process of sophisticated equipments with certain automation degree increases the exigencies of availability and the downtime cost or sub activity. On this way it is required from the maintenance the respective improvement of conservation methods and the maxim extraction of the sophisticated available equipments capacity. According to this context, arises the total productive maintenance — TPM, which aim is: to search the maxim efficiency of the productive system, to eliminate the possible losses and to maximize the equipment's useful life. Nowadays, the productive process of certain company is largely related to the good performance of the maintenance area and its respective interaction with other logistic support sectors. The aim of this paper is to show the TPM utilization in a company of the "metal mechanic sector", demonstrating the results that were obtained and others that may occur.