Automated bottle manufacturing process

Abstract

I had the opportunity to realize my project at the Universitaria Politécnica San Sebastian in Spain. The purpose of the project was to develop an automated bottle manufacturing process. This had to be realized using an Omron PLC (SJ1M/CPU22) and an encoder which was assembled on a motor of the conveyor belt. The program was created with CX programmer and the visualization with CX supervisor. This created the possibility to monitor and control the production process and when needed react accordingly. The bottles which are placed on the conveyor belt will stop every time the PLC reaches a predefined amount of pulses from the encoder. The bottles are going to be filled, sealed, labeled and checked if the label is placed properly. When an action is completed a signal will be send to the PLC and it will restart the conveyor belt. At the end of the cycle the bottle will be transported to a packing department where it will be packed per 8 bottles per pack