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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE.

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SEMESTER/YEAR: Sem II 2014-15

CLASS: TE
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AIM: To study the various steps involved in design of bottle filling plant.
Prepare flow chart and then ladder diagram to run bottle filling plant.
To verify the operation of the bottle filling plant.
APPARATUS: Bottle filling plant trainer model, PLC loaded with program.
THEORY:
INTRODUCTION:
In beverage industries and petrochemical industries, where the product is in
the liquid form such as cold drinks, milk products, oil, chemical, petroleum
products etc. For packing of these products the bottle filling plant is used.
Depending upon the product different types of cans, glass, bottles, paper
cartoons, plastic bottles are used for filling product. So it is necessary to design
a plant compatible for metallic and non-metallic devices.Fig.1 shows the
diagram of bottle filling plant which consists of the following parts:
1. Conveyer belt driven with servomotor.
2. Proximity switches inductive and capacitive to sense metal and nonmetal.
3. Tank contains liquid to fill with motor to up it and filler with it.
4. Output indicating LEDs.
5. Load sensing devices (Limit switch).
All the peripherals are controlled by suitable device. Mostly the PLC is
used which is popular in the field of instrumentation.

PLC:

PLC uses both analog and digital inputs and gives the same output. Different
channels are provided for analog and digital input output. Programming logic in
PLC is supported by ladder programming using the software RS LOGIC.
1. Conveyor: It is a belt connected to chassis of an AC servomotor and it
rotates with rotation of the motor. An object is to be placed on the belt
then it is moved towards filling section using the conveyor
mechanism.
2. Proximity switches: To confirm that the object is properly placed in a
perfect position or not, a proximity switch is used. It detects the
appearance of the object in front of them. For metallic object
inductive switches are used and for nonmetallic object capacitive
switches are used.
3. Filler: Filler uses tap and AC pump assembly to pass the liquid
towards the bottle.
4. Output Indicator: LED used for indication of different operations
such as filling, fault, metal, nonmetal etc.
5. Load Sensing Device: In case if partially field or filled bottle comes
on belt that is sensed by limit switch and in turn fault LED indicated
and bottle is passed as it is without filling
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP:
The setup is prepared for water filling plants. It consists of 3proximity
sensors, conveyor, an overhead tank, water level sensor and solenoid valve.
System works only when there is sufficient water in overhead tank. This is sensed
by using water level sensor. When container is placed in front of proximity sensor
1, motor starts and runs the conveyor.
When the container reaches below filling station, it is sensed using
proximity sensor 2 and conveyor stops. Then trigger is given to solenoid valve
which switches ON and water flows from tank into the container. After the set
time, solenoid valve switches OFF and water stops flowing. The conveyor starts
and container reaches proximity sensor 3 which senses it and conveyor stops. Then
the container is removed from the conveyor.

PROCEDURE:
1. Download program of the bottle filling on PLC.
2. Make input, output connections.
3. Keep the bottle on conveyor belt and press the start switch.
4. When bottle comes infront of proximity switch, conveyor belt will
stop and hence bottle.
5. Then bottle filling will start upto predetermined time as per logic.
6. After bottle fills, conveyor starts and bottle is moved.
7. Same procedure is repeated further.
CONCLUSION: