Implementación del Sistema de Corte y Transporte de las Placas de EUROLIT en la Empresa TUBASEC.

Abstract

The Implementation of the Cutting and Transport of Eurolit Plates at the TUBASEC Enterprise has been designed and constructed by a transport system by means of a band, as well as two cutting systems, a longitudinal one using high gyre speed steel discs and the other using a hidraulically driven guillotine to automate the fiber-cement plate cutting and transport processes. With the implementation of this system it was possible to diminish the plate cutting and transport time, thus increasing the daily production by 50 plates, making it have an acceptable profit and making the investment cost be recoverable in a short time; moreover, it was possible to improve the longitudinal and cross cutting quality as the cutting processes are automated. As the production is limited by time of the plate to be formed, it should be consider to diminish this time or increase the laminating roller number; due to the fact that the tests carried out in the showed excellent results , it is recommended to analyzed the alternative of implementing the fiber-cement plate transport and cutting system in the other production lines. A periodic system maintenance must be accomplished to secure the service life of its elements; the tension band must also be controlled as an excessive tension would cause the axes to break and the little tension would produce a sliding of the band on the mobile drum.