Initiative seeks to reduce energy consumption.Energy, operational costs and environmental impact, reinforcing the Company's commitment to excellence in its processes.
Recognized as one of the 20 most innovative companies in Brazil by the Valor Inovação 2025 yearbook, Tupy is launching a new challenge on its Open Innovation Portal, focusing on efficiency and cost savings in relieving internal stress in cast parts. This initiative reinforces the company's commitment to energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy-intensive industrial processes.
The objective is to find solutions for the parts casting process, a step that demands high quality control and durability of the produced items, especially regarding the relief of internal stresses, a critical factor for the mechanical performance and reliability of the components. Traditionally, this step is carried out through heat treatments, which involve controlled heating and cooling cycles in industrial furnaces, ensuring mechanical strength and compliance with rigorous technical standards.
Although effective, conventional heat treatment demands high consumption of electricity or gas, as well as specialized infrastructure and continuous maintenance, resulting in high costs and a greater environmental impact. In this context, identifying innovative alternatives represents a strategic opportunity to reduce emissions, optimize resources, and advance Tupy's operational efficiency agenda, without compromising product quality and safety.
The challenge is an opportunity for startups, universities, Science and Technology Institutes (ICTs), researchers, and technology-based companies to present solutions that can replace or complement current processes through more efficient physical, chemical, or mechanical approaches with less environmental impact. Proposals must have a sufficient level of maturity to conduct a Proof of Concept (PoC), with functional validation carried out by Tupy's Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory in Joinville (SC).
“Advancing energy efficiency and sustainability is a central challenge for the industry. Open innovation allows us to accelerate solutions that reduce energy consumption and emissions, while maintaining the technical excellence of our processes. The Open Innovation Portal reflects our commitment to working collaboratively, building a more efficient, responsible industry prepared for the future,” says Fábio Caramori, Innovation and Strategic Planning Manager at Tupy.
For participants, Tupy offers technical support in validating solutions, access to the Company's technical areas, and use of the non-destructive testing laboratory resources, enabling testing in a real-world environment and evaluation of the potential for industrial application.
Tupy Open Innovation Portal
Created in 2021, Tupy's Open Innovation Portal connects the company to the innovation ecosystem, bringing together startups, universities, suppliers, research institutes, and entrepreneurs to co-create solutions focused on operational efficiency, sustainability, and industrial competitiveness. Since its launch, the platform has received over 330 proposals, establishing itself as a strategic environment for the development and validation of technologies under real-world operating conditions, including the execution of paid proof-of-concept projects.
Beyond the challenge focused on efficiency and cost savings in stress relief in cast parts, the Portal maintains other ongoing strategic challenges, such as improving processes in the mechanical finishing of parts, among initiatives aimed at the circular economy, innovation in purchasing processes, and the journey to zero defects. For more information and registration, visit [website address]. Tupy Innovation Portal.
About Tupy
A Brazilian multinational technology company that develops engineering solutions applied to the transportation, infrastructure, agribusiness, and energy generation sectors. Its products and services contribute to people's quality of life by promoting access to healthcare, basic sanitation, potable water, food production and distribution, and global trade, as well as enabling viable decarbonization. Its production is concentrated in Brazilian factories in Betim/MG, Joinville/SC, and São Paulo/SP, and internationally in the cities of Aveiro, Portugal, and Saltillo and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. In addition, it has commercial offices in Brazil, Germany, the USA, Italy, and the Netherlands. www.tupy.com.br
