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Swarnmani Singh
International Institute of Information Technology,
Pune,India.
swarnmanis_aug10@embed.isquareit.ac.in
Abstract: This paper deals with the design of electronic
system that can be used to replace the older system deployed
using mechanical and PLC based subsystems for the purpose
of Liquid mixing at large quantities in food industries. The
system also includes a unique Interlock method to allow the
resume of previous process in case of any interruption to the
operation due to any kind of failure.
I.
INTRODUCTION
III.
SYSTEM BLOCKS
WORKING OF SYSTEM
The system can be divided into two parts, first being the
mechanical system and the other being electronic control
system. Figure1 shows the basic mechanical structure of the
system which consists of six different liquid containers
which are connected to the main dispensing system through
pipes. The liquid flow in each of these pipes is controlled
through solenoid valves operating on AC supply. The
dispensing system consists of a main pipe which is
connected to a motor pump for creating pressure. A flow
control valve and setup valve is connected after the pump.
The flow control valve is connected to a stepper motor
which controls the flow of liquid in terms of Kg/min. The
setup valve is the final control valve and acts as an ON/OFF
valve. The electronic control system consists of analog
circuitry used for conditioning the analog signals from
loadcell, ADC, controller unit and digital i/o circuitry.
Excitation voltage
: 5Vdc-15Vdc
Nominal output
: 2.0mV/V
Non-linearity
: < 0.025% FSO
Hysteresis
: < 0.01% FSO
Non-repeatability
: < 0.02% FSO
Input resistance
: 390 15
Output resistance
: 350 5
The loadcell is bolted to a rigid support at one end and
the other end is bolted to the load bearing platform. The
loadcell is provided with excitation voltage of 5V and the
output obtained from the loadcell is provided to the
signal conditioning circuit through shielded cable, the
shield being grounded at one end. The loadcell should
never be loaded above its safe overload limit, otherwise it
will lead to permanent deformation of the loadcell, thus
making it unusable.
CONCLUSION
VI.
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