The evolution of occupational safety applied in industrial maintenance 4.0

Abstract

This study aims to relate the emergence of industry 4.0 and the impact of this revolution in the context of work safety within industrial maintenance, through research it was possible to observe that the following aspects constitute the connection of the themes. The main idea of ??Industry 4.0 is to facilitate and expand communication between machines, systems and assets, even allowing remote monitoring of equipment, this was considered a milestone in the industry by technological innovations in the fields of automation, control and information technology. With the arrival of Industry 4.0, asset maintenance now has the possibility to anticipate the detection of problems, which can be called prescriptive maintenance, this is possible due to the technologies applied in the process and aligned with good Maintenance Planning and Control (MPC). In relation to work safety, the equipment can only be installed or modified if it meets the minimum requirements, according to current regulations, with mandatory safety items, safety interfaces in accordance with NR 12 and NR10 in terms of an electronic electrical device.