Diseño e implementación de un sistema modular didáctico para el control y monitoreo de un proceso de tapado de café para la Escuela de Ingeniería Electrónica de la ESPOCH.

Abstract

Design and implementation of a modular didactic system that controls and monitors the capping of coffee containers to help students of the Electronic Engineering School in the teaching - learning process in the area of ​​industrial automation. Its bench is structured in aluminum profile, coast of optical, magnetic and contact sensors, linear pneumatic actuators actuated by electrovávulas, motors of 24 V DC and functional elements electromechanical of control, located experimentally in the bench, in such a way that The service in the lid of the container, for the cotton of the same was used a PLC, programmed through the method Grafcet and for the communication with the HMI interface of the PC (elaborated in LabVIEW), it used the communication protocol MODBUS. From the tests carried out on 200 containers, 78.4% of optimally sealed containers were obtained, 13.2% had a regular sealing and, 8.4%, sealing effected, in addition all the elements of the system work Of the form Anomaly Through this system, students can simulate a true industrial production equipment and thus gain knowledge of the operation of a basic industrial system and benefits such as familiarization and manipulation of industrial elements. In conclusion, this system serves, to a great extent, to assist in the teaching - learning process in the area of ​​industrial automation and can be used to be part of a coffee packaging production line, but without teaching purposes.