Technological advances are major pillars in the context of Indústria 4.0. Sem eles, não seria possível configurar um ambiente fabril que preze pela segurança e qualidade de vida no local de trabalho.
Ventilation and natural lighting solutions fit into this context, bringing thermal and visual comfort to factory warehouses at zero energy cost. Want to understand better how they work? Read on and find out why it is worth the investment!
What does it take to have a good manufacturing environment?
Thermal comfort is one of the decisive aspects when talking about a safe and pleasant factory environment. Working in extreme temperature conditions - too cold or too hot - compromises the health of employees and can even generate losses for the factory due to non-compliance with safety standards such as NR-17.
In addition to thermal comfort, air quality is another very important aspect to evaluate in industrial warehouses. As these environments are usually large and closed, it is necessary to invest in solutions that promote the constant renewal of the air inside the factory, in order to preserve the respiratory health of employees.
Visual safety is also part of the criteria necessary to have a good manufacturing environment. After all, if the place is poorly lit, employees will find it difficult to perform those more detailed tasks, which ends up compromising productivity - not to mention the risk of accidents at work.
What are the best ventilation and lighting solutions for the factory environment?
We have seen that maintaining adequate levels of ventilation and lighting in the workplace is essential to certify health and safety in the factory. But which solutions have a guaranteed return in this sense? Next, we will talk about the intelligent systems that stand out in this scenario, combining thermal comfort, high air quality and uniform lighting for the industry. All this without consuming electricity.
Industrial blinds
Industrial blinds are great allies of energy saving and productivity in the factory because they provide constant renewal of air inside the shed. This solution uses a natural and infinite resource - air - to promote maximum thermal comfort and dispense with the need for air conditioning equipment in the industry.
In addition, the shutters can be installed with protective screens to prevent birds, insects and other pests from entering the industrial environment, which is extremely important in terms of health, especially in food industries.
Natural Gravity Air Exhaust
The lantern is a type of intelligent solution that helps eliminate dust and toxic particles from the factory environment. This system works as a kind of exhaust fan and is strategically installed on the roof of the warehouse to improve the quality of the air inside.
The lanterns operate through the physical phenomena called Venturi and chimney effect, eliminating the hot and stale air from inside the factory through the roof. It is also worth remembering that this solution is watertight, which means it avoids condensation and dripping caused by climatic changes. efeito Venturi e chaminé, eliminando o ar quente e viciado do interior da fábrica pela cobertura. Vale lembrar ainda que essa solução é estanque, ou seja, evita condensação e gotejamento causado por mudanças climáticas.
Domus
Domus are intelligent lighting systems that also operate at zero energy cost, just like industrial blinds and louvers. The strength of the domus is to ensure strategic and uniform lighting for the shed, blocking UV radiation and preventing the sun's rays from falling directly on the machinery or on employees.
The light reflection rate of domus is very high. To give you an idea, this solution is capable of keeping a shed well lit for about eight hours without the need for artificial lamps, i.e., most of the working day. Another advantage is that domus require little maintenance and can easily be installed on any type of roof.
What to analyse when choosing ventilation and lighting solutions for factory environments?
The ventilation and natural lighting solutions bring a series of benefits to the manufacturing environment, such as thermal comfort, uniform lighting and long-term energy efficiency - as they do not consume electricity to function.
However, to ensure these advantages, the design of louvers, skylights and industrial domes needs to be very careful. Not surprisingly, Computational Engineering methodologies are used in the design of some of these solutions, such as the use of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) in the configuration of natural ventilation systems.
Relying on experienced suppliers is the best way to obtain high-performance solutions, scaled with the support of the most innovative methodologies in the market to get a maximum performance project off the paper.
The MB Group, a reference in the segment of natural lighting and ventilation for industries for 20 years, is a pioneer in the use of intelligent technologies to design sustainable solutions with the best cost-benefit ratio in the market. Besides the variety of models of blinds, lanterns and domus, the MB Group provides technical assistance throughout Brazil and guarantees the watertightness of the solutions.
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Another differential of the MB Group is that the company also sells intelligent systems without installation, as in the case of the Venetian blind kit. When the customer opts for this purchase modality, he does not lose the guarantee of the watertightness material. And, in case he feels insecure to do the installation by himself, he can request the presence of a technical supervisor for an accessible cost.
Therefore, if you want to invest in sustainable solutions with guaranteed return, you already know who to count on to modernize your plant and achieve energy efficiency.
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