Uma nova visão da manutenção produtiva total: método prático para aplicação em empresas de geração e transmissão de energia

Abstract

Nowadays the Brazilian electricity sector is structured on the availability of power plants, substations and transmission lines. By applying the rules of the new model of the Brazilian electric sector, generation and transmission companies began to be subjected to mechanisms that penalize the unavailability caused by forced or scheduled shutdowns, of your assets. To avoid the application of these mechanisms, and other penalties, which cause great damage, it is necessary that the maintenance process ensures the availability and reliability of equipment and facilities. This paper proposes a method of production management, also directed to the elimination of the existing losses in generation and transmission of electric energy, adapted from TPM – Total Productive Maintenance. The development of the method is based on the study of the application of TPM in generation and transmission plants of Eletronorte. The proposed method should promote the management quality not only in operate and maintenance (O&M), but also in all process that can impact the availability of generation and transmission assets.