Factory Production Line Design - README

Overview

This project contains the design specifications for two main production lines within a factory: a cheese cutting line and a peach sorting line. Additionally, it includes a design for a sensor and labeling system referred to as "specola". The detailed descriptions and components required for each production line are outlined in the provided PDF documents.

Cheese Cutting Line

The cheese cutting production line has three options for cutting mechanisms, each with its unique features and components:

1. Pressure Dicer:

   • Mechanism: Uses 2 nets and 2 pressurized pistons to push cheese through the nets, cutting it into cubes.
   • Alignment: Nets are arranged perpendicularly (90 degrees).
   • Platform: Adjustable height to integrate with the conveyor system.
   • Output: Fixed-size cubes.

2. Pressure Cutter:

   • Mechanism: Fall-down cutting edge attached to a piston, with a net opposite the piston that pushes the cheese.
   • Platform: Adjustable height to integrate with the conveyor system.
   • Output: Varying-sized cubes and slices.

3. Varying Cutter:

   • Mechanism: Uses two fall-down cutting edges arranged perpendicularly.
   • Platform: Adjustable height to integrate with the conveyor system.
   • Output: Slices and cubes of any desired size.

Components Required:

• Nets
• Cutting blades
• Punching machine
• Platform

Peach Sorting Line

The peach sorting production line consists of four stations designed to align, detect, sort, and package peaches:

1. Alignment Station:

   • Organizes and aligns the production queue.
   • Connected to the conveyor railway via clippers.

2. Detection Station:

   • Equipped with a sensory box that checks for defective products.
   • Includes a camera (sensor) and lighting for accurate detection.
   • Adjustable height stands for various dimensions.

3. Sorting Station:

   • Uses a solenoid to push defective products away from the production line.
   • Defective products are either placed in a container next to the conveyor or moved to another line for collection.

4. Packaging Station:

   • Final station where products are packaged.

Specola System

The specola system includes a sensor box and a labeling bot, manipulated along a 2 H bar. It utilizes belts, pulleys, and stepper motors to drive the robot along the sliders.

Components:

• Sensor box with housing for light and sensors
• Belts and pulleys
• Stepper motors
• Sliders

Documentation

The following PDF files provide detailed designs and schematics for the production lines and specola system:

1. cheese cutting.pdf: Detailed design options for the cheese cutting production line.
2. peach sorting.pdf: Detailed design for the peach sorting production line.
3. specola.pdf: Detailed design for the sensor and labeling system.