Desarrollo de una máquina envasadora y tapadora de yogurt para la Fábrica Lácteos San Francisco.

Abstract

The yogurt filling and capping machine aims to increase the production line in the yogurt packing process of the San Francisco dairy factory by dosing the appropriate amount of product in the 1000 ml and 2000 ml containers and reducing the packing. In order to determine the best alternative, the criteria established in the concurrent design were used, using as a tool the house of quality, which allows an easy relationship between the customer's requirements and the engineer's solutions, then perform the analysis of the different possible solutions and select the best alternative. Selecting a linear packing machine with volumetric dosing and pneumatic cap-fastening machine. The machine is designed according to the geometry of the container to be dosed and constructed entirely of AISI 304 stainless steel. Quick coupling accessories made of AISI 316 stainless steel material have been selected. All the materials comply with the quality standards required by the food industry, with the purpose of getting a quality and competing elaborated yogurt for the Ecuadorian market. The machine consists of an automated system that is controlled by a Siemens S7-1200 PLC, which is in charge of coordinating each one of the different functions in the linear process of packaging, the process concludes with the adequate capping of the containers that is carried out by the operator using a pneumatic cap-fastening device. Through the different tests it was determined that the machine has the capacity to produce 21 containers of 1000 ml per minute and 15 containers of 2000 ml per minute, which increases the factory production in 90,09% and 66,66 % respectively.