Flavoured Drinking Straw Filling Machine!
Purpose:
Designed and manufactured by Applied Automation
this prototype
machine produces flavoured drinking straws
precisely filled and sealed at a rate of 200 straws p/min. This fully programmable machine was manufactured to meet food
industry standards.
Solution:
The machine was developed by our team from initial concept through to completion. The machine was 3D modelled in Autodesk
Inventor from our concept drawings.
The manufactured components were, depending on the component, built in house or shopped out due to time, manpower or equipment
constraints. Off the shelf components were sourced, where possible, in Australia.
The machine prototyping
and construction were all completed at our premises, which included mechanical, control system,
pneumatic and electrical components.
The construction phase was then followed by a testing and fine tuning phase before the machine was shipped to, and commissioned
at, the customers premises.
Technology:
The flavoured drinking straw filling machine incorporated multiple servo motor
interaction. There are 3 servo controlled
belt conveyors, 2 servo controlled
filter inserters and a servo controlled
straw feed mechanism. The Pneumatics
ranged from standard cylinders to air fans. The machine was controlled by a PLC
and interfaced via a touch screen HMI.