| Author | Weerasinghe, Ruwan Manjula |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-07-38 |
| Subject(s) | Biscuit industry--Automation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering in Mechatronics, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-07-38 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this thesis is to address a current issue in the biscuit production industry by design a customized pick and place system with the gripping system to improve the production efficiency. The system consists with some mechanical components and pneumatic actuation system and an electrical actuation system. The machine is fully automated and controlled by a PIC 16F877 microcontroller. The machine has rotational movements in clockwise direction and counter clockwise direction followed by vertical movements. During the rotational moments the grippers orientate in proper position and during the vertical movements the grippers grab the biscuits. The system has a cycle time of 10 cycles/second and this is a 12.5% improvement when compared to the calculated speed requirement to synchronies the machine with the current production system |
| Year | 2007 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-07-38 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Afzulpurkar, Nitin V.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Manukid Parnichkun;Bohez, Erik L. J.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 |