Introduction

This project was completed in collaboration with a medium-sized biscuit manufacturing company. The company in question has requested to remain anonymous and shall be referred to as the ABC company.

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The ABC company hires 10 operators per shift to stand by a conveyor for biscuit inspection, sorting out poor quality biscuits and aligning biscuits properly. Some poor quality biscuits make it to packaging and lead to customer dissatisfaction. Improperly aligned biscuits lead to scrap at the packaging machine. Visual inspection and sorting costs the company around $60,000 per month.

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Needs Statement

The ABC company is looking to increase quality, improve biscuit alignment and minimize production costs by reducing human intervention in visual inspection and sorting.

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Goal

Design a cost effective system to detect and sort various biscuits on a conveyor belt for proper packaging.

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Criteria & Constraints

The system should be able to:

  • Identify non conforming biscuits
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  • Keep up with the rate of biscuit production
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  • Accurately place conforming biscuits on the packaging conveyor
  • Conform to a maximum size specification of 50 cm x 50 cm x 100 cm
  • Be manufactured under $5000
  • money

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