Dimensionamento de uma rede de ar comprimido para os laboratórios de engenharia da Universidade Federal do Ceará Campus de Russas / Laura Fernanda Pereira da Silva.

Abstract

With the advent of automation of industrial processes, pneumatic systems participate integrally in manufacturing, assembly, and control procedures of manufacturing lines. Factors such as air availability, easy storage, good adaptability in hostile environm ents, greater work safety, ease of maintenance, and low implementation investment, corroborate its use in industrial applications of different branches. Clean energy, with no pollutants produced, intensifies the importance of using pneumatic systems in the search for rationalization of work and industrial automation, in a sustainable way, without harming both the environment and the employees who participate in the process. Due to its high importance, pneumatic systems are the subject of study in several un dergraduate courses. Therefore, a well structured course must have the availability of equipment that allows the practice of the teachings passed on in the classroom, such as pneumatic automation and the use of pneumatic equipment. Knowing this, this work aimed to design a pneumatic system for the industrial engineering shed of the Federal University of Ceará Campus de Russas, aiming at the best layout of the air distribution line, meeting its current installations and future expansions. Therefore, there we re visits to the shed to collect data, information, and local interference for subsequent network sizing. The results showed a pneumatic system with an operating flow of 1 0 9 6 3 m³/h and its main line with a 1.1/2 ” diameter, covering the area of the four uni ts of the shed, with 11 consumption points. Therefore, through this work, it was possible to scale a network that would meet the needs of the engineering shed, in addition to defining the best equipment with a good cost benefit ratio for the composition of the pneumatic system.