PACKING LINE CONTROL USING PLC

SYNOPSIS

To increase the productivity and to overcome skilled labour shortage,

most of the manufacturing industries are going for automation. The main
aim for us to select this project work is to acquire practical knowledge in the
field of automation using PLC.
We selected “PACKING LINE CONTROL USING PLC” as our
project work and we used principles of Mechatronics in developing this
project.This project consist of two conveyors, the first conveyor(feeding
conveyor) is used to feed the job and it is mounted above the second
conveyor(packing conveyor) .The packing conveyor feeds the packing
box .The jobs are feeded from the feeding conveyor to the packing
conveyor through the IR sensor which is used to count the job while feeding
to the packing box.
When the switch is pressed, the packing box slides on the packing
conveyor and the packing conveyor is stopped by the magnetic sensor at
packing station. The jobs are fed by the feeding conveyor to the packing
box through the IR sensor which sends the signal to the PLC. The PLC stops
the feeding conveyor after the counter reaches the preset value and the
same process is repeated again.
ADVANTAGES
 It eliminates the labour work
 It reduces the process time
 It reduces the setting time
 The automation increases the Productivity
APPLICATION
 It can be used in chemical plant
 It can be used in pharmaceutical plant

BLOCK DIAGRAM

POSITION
START / STOP Magnetic
sensor

IR
sensor
INPUT

POWER
SUPPLY
( 24Vdc) PLC

DRIVER CIRCUIT

DC MOTOR
DC MOTOR MATERIAL
PACKING BOX CONVEYING
CONVEYING