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In large industrial application, handling large material opposes challenges. The challenges require a high proprietary system to handle the heavy load of material and products such as machines, vehicles... The Gantry Sorting system is a replica version of a real and practical industrial application for a specific larger-scale Pick and Place material handling application. The system uses the X, Y and Z axis for major movements The purpose of the product is to perform simplified Pick and Place activities to transfer a specific amount of metallic material from one original location to another designated storing unit (container). Our small Automated sorting system can automatically check and sort small items in small logistics stations, which can greatly reduce the consumption of manpower and time. The sorting system is powered by the 12V Stepper motors for high precision control. to serves the purpose of learning. this project is scaled to a compact size, therefore the assembly process is simple, and easy to comprehend.
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Our group The Three Amigos focused on designing and developing a pet food dispenser, which is intended to be used to feed dogs. The machine is able to store and dispense solid food and water at certain predefined times and/or by pressing an option to do so immediately (only available for solid food). The development of this project involved concepts related to electronics, programming and mechanics.
Users (pet owners) are allowed to setup some parameters according to their pets, such as “Serving Size”, “Number of Meals During the Day”, and “Dispensing Hours”. Also, the date and hour can be manually modified by the users according to their time zone. These parameters are saved using a memory so that the user do not have to reconfigure them when turning the dispenser off and on. All user configurations are done locally, using a touch screen as HMI. In addition, the machine can operate continuously 24/7 because of the installed power supply.
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The automation and robotics industry today are moving towards the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 technologies allows for a monitored, wholistic, automated production process at every stage of the operation to improve efficiency and maintain high quality product. The main feature that defines an industry 4.0 technology is Interoperability, the compatibility of a device to be integrated with other devices to make a bigger operation system. The device that we developed is a programmable smart conveyor that can be interfaced with robot arms and other conveyor system to simulate industry 4.0 production process. Conveyor system was selected as the foundational device because there are robot arm units available at Centennial College Progress Campus which can be integrated to the existing manufacturing line simulation by adding conveyor lines.
Two units of smart conveyor lines were developed, both are programmable, autonomous, and interoperable with robot arm units and other conveyor system
- Programmable: The conveyor operation is flexible; it can be programmed depending on the operation requirements using RS-Logic programmer.
- Autonomous: The conveyor operation can be automated using Allen-Bradley PLC with RS Logix 5000.
- Interoperable: The conveyor is equipped with SMEMA and Ethernet protocols that allows data exchange between the conveyor and other devices connected to it for an accurate and precise autonomous operation. This device is presented to Centennial College as the product of our educational journey with the college. The smart conveyor will also be used for future students to learn about industry 4.0.
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The Pro-Sorter is a fully functional color sorting gantry robot system that is controlled by an Omron CP1E-N20-DR PLC and an Arduino MEGA 2560 microcontroller. The system design also aims to analyze the possibility of a serial communication system between the PLC and Arduino microcontroller. This project was carried out to familiarize with the industrial-level controllers and also the engineering project execution principles. The electrical design relies on RS232 to TTL logic conversion to enable the serial communication between the PLC and Arduino. The system includes a conveyor, an XYZ robot system and a servo operated gripper. The conveyor receives the workpiece from the user and carries it to a location on the conveyor where the color is recognized by the control system. Based on the color information, the control system decides the drop location. The system can sort 3 colours of input workpieces; Red, Green and Blue, and have their respective drop locations in the system. The mechanical design of this system is planned to fulfill both visual appearance as well as effective performance to meet the primary goal of color sorting. The structural assembly of the system is fabricated using aluminum T-Slot extrusions.