Development of Modern Prototype Water Filling Plant with Low Cost Automation Production System for Small and Micro Community Enterprise

Abstract: The purpose of the research is to design and develop a prototype water filling plant with a low-cost automatic production system. Based on the survey of problems and needs for the development of production systems of community enterprises. It was found that most of the community enterprises mainly operated manual production. The production volume is low and there is no production monitoring system. Community enterprises need automated production systems that are easy to use, easy to maintain and maintain, and display systems that can record data. Therefore, this research designed a low-cost automated production system based on ergonomic design principles for work safety and the Kararuri principle. The use of the principle of kararuri uses mechanical energy instead of electricity. The principle of gravity is used, especially in the part of capping bottles. Operators closed the lid with bare hands, causing fatigue and injury to the hands and fingers. The lid set consists of 3 parts: the lid kit. Lid Tightening Kit and Lid Clamping Kit. For bottle Cap Kit, there is a bucket for the lid as a stock. The number of caps per 1 tank is 1500 caps and the speed of conveying the caps to the rails for capping Rotate by motor 1.5 m/min and close the cap with about 2 seconds / 1 bottle. Bottle capping uses a karakuri system to reduce energy consumption. The speed of Conveying water bottles is at about 9 m/min. The lid from the lid inlet is lifted with a lid inclination. The lid is sorted with the center of mass, the lid flows to the lid feed chute. The mouth of the bottle hooks the cap and passes through the upper regulator, allowing the cap to stay on the water bottle to go to the next capping system. At the point where the lid is hooked, there is a cutting sensor set up to count the use of the lid. When the number of lids remaining is less than the minimum number set. The system will notify you to continue filling the lid. Drinking water bottles are conveyed through a line through the lid polishing process to tighten the lid that is closed. By tightening the cap, the cap is tightened one bottle at a time. Lid Screw Kit, it uses a motor with a tightening torque of 15.3 N.m and it takes about 2 seconds / 1 bottle to tighten. This research helps community enterprises to improve capping efficiency and reduce injuries from empty-handed capping.

Keywords: Ergonomics design, Karakuri principles, low-cost automated production system, water filling plant

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1006583

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