Automation in Snack Manufacture and Food Processing Items

Abstract

Small Scale Industries that produce snack and food products that provides significant
contribution towards the economic development. But, they face lot many problems in
functioning. Peanut Chikki is a traditional sweet made from peanut and jaggery. Our project
aims at reducing being laborious and increase manufacturing peanut chikki. This project
consists of three units: mixing, shaping and cutting. It uses a wiper motor, three geared DC
motors, four 5V relays and two 12V relays, rack and pinion setup and a conveyor unit.
Initially, peanut and jaggery are mixed together in a mixing unit. This makes use of a blender
which is operated by means of a geared DC motor of 30 rpm. Then, the mixture is moved to
the shaping unit by means of opening the valves whose operation is being controlled by
means of another geared DC motor of 30 rpm. Once it reached the shaping unit, the shaped
mixture which will be moving along the conveyor unit is to be cut into definite shape by
means of the cutting unit. A 45 rpm DC geared motor is being used for cutting. In order to
drive the conveyor unit, a 45 rpm wiper motor is being used. The entire process is controlled
by means of arduino programming.