Diseño, implementación de un módulo didáctico para la simulación de procesos industriales en una banda transportadora por medio de PLC.

Abstract

The design and implementation of a didactic module of a conveyor belt to be used as instrument of the Control laboratory in the School of Electronic Engineering Control and Industrial Networks of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo. By means of the deductive method it was possible to know that there is a deficiency of didactic equipment in the Control laboratory of the School of Electronic Engineering Control and Networks, this conveyor belt is part of a continuous process of transportation of coffee cans. This conveyor belt directly supports the material to be transported and moves it from the loading point to the discharge point, it will be used as a component in intelligent distribution and storage. The band has been constructed entirely with profiled aluminum, is modular, since it allows the addition of processes and control stations in the same, pneumatic cylinders have been used for the transverse displacement of the product. A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is responsible for automating the mechanical part of the process, while the control part is monitored through LabView. This belt can carry up to 4320 cans of coffee per day with an average of 3 cans per minute, of three different colors red, blue and green in three different heights running 24 hours continuously. We conclude that it is necessary to create an OPC server to establish communication between the PLC and LabView and thus control the operation and monitoring of the conveyor belt. It is recommended to use cans of 10cm in diameter and from 8cm up to 13cm in height because the band is designed for this type of packaging, can transport 3 cans simultaneously up to 2kg in weight.