Análise da viabilidade econômica de substituição de motores elétricos em uma indústria de cobre

Abstract

The management of the life cycle of equipment including its costs is today a major problem in industries in Brazil. Within this segment, financial engineering, such as that set forth in this report, and its tools for overcoming these obstacles still have little scope in the country. The present work, developed through the TheoPrax methodology is the result of the application of the tool, Life Cycle Costing Analysis (LCCA), to bring an analysis of the economic feasibility of a proposal to replace DC electric motors with new AC electric motors in the exhaust system of copper converters in an industry located in Dias D'Ávila - BA. Today, LCCA is not a usual tool, possibly due to the lack of a practical methodology, due to the difficulty of acquiring reliable historical data from the equipment and more reliable operation life cycle projections. The results found show that the application of such a tool presents an opportunity for improvement for the client, with a reduction in the costs involved and a brief return on investment.