TY - GEN
T1 - Automation of Weight-Based Sorting System Using Programmable Logic Controllers
AU - Chenchu Saibabu, P.
AU - Anjana, R.
AU - Kumari, Manisha
AU - Srinivasan, C. R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Material sorting is an integral part of modern-day industries. In these industries, the production are made in batches ranging from several dozen to several thousand units, and thus, the raw material or any material used is also in abundance for example in case of coal industry, scrap industry, or in any industry that it’s quantity based or weight based factor that effects the production can be implemented. Using manual labour for sorting of material is expensive, time consuming and inefficient. This problem can be solved by automating the material sorting. In this paper, we have discussed how we have developed a system that effectively sorts the material according to weight using PLC as the controller. Sensor that is used for implementing the idea is a load cell which was kept under the specially designed conveyor to measure the weight of the object and then that in turn gives the analogous signal which is amplified and given to the PLC unit which gives signals to the respective solenoid valve and conveyor for sorting process.
AB - Material sorting is an integral part of modern-day industries. In these industries, the production are made in batches ranging from several dozen to several thousand units, and thus, the raw material or any material used is also in abundance for example in case of coal industry, scrap industry, or in any industry that it’s quantity based or weight based factor that effects the production can be implemented. Using manual labour for sorting of material is expensive, time consuming and inefficient. This problem can be solved by automating the material sorting. In this paper, we have discussed how we have developed a system that effectively sorts the material according to weight using PLC as the controller. Sensor that is used for implementing the idea is a load cell which was kept under the specially designed conveyor to measure the weight of the object and then that in turn gives the analogous signal which is amplified and given to the PLC unit which gives signals to the respective solenoid valve and conveyor for sorting process.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-6913-3_23
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-6913-3_23
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85151051015
SN - 9789811969126
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 353
EP - 363
BT - Smart Sensors Measurement and Instrumentation - Select Proceedings of CISCON 2021
A2 - Chokkadi, Shreesha
A2 - Bandyopadhyay, Rajib
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - Control Instrumentation System Conference, CISCON 2021
Y2 - 26 November 2021 through 27 November 2021
ER -