This video teaches how to build an Automatic Bottle Filling and Capping Machine using an Arduino microcontroller and 3D printed parts.
This machine demonstrates its accuracy and speed. [00:06]
Summary of the steps and main components:
1. Control Board Design
The creator of the video began by designing and fabricating a printed circuit board (PCB). [01:15]
Main Electronic Components Components used on the PCB include:
Arduino Nano
A4988 Stepper Motor Driver
12V DC Relay
Transistors, Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes, and Buzzers [03:09]
2. Machine Structure Assembly
Most of the main components are 3D printed parts [06:04]
Mechanical and electrical components used include:
Linear Sliding Bearings
NEMA 17 Stepper Motors for Motion Drives
12V Water Pumps for Liquid Filling
Small Air Pump and Solenoid Valve
3 Infrared Sensors for Position and Object Detection [07:43]
Assembly Process: The slide rails, stepper motors, timing belts, and capping assembly are assembled on a wooden base. [09:05]
3. Main Mechanisms
Mechanisms, Main Components, Operation
Filling: Water Pump, Tubing, and Syringe (20 ml medical syringe) [08:50] The water pump dispenses liquid through the tubing into the conveyed bottles. [14:33]
Capping: 12V DC Capping Motor (DC Gear Motor), 3D Printed Capping Unit, and Spring. [08:32] The motor rotates and presses the fed cap onto the filled bottles. [12:14]
Conveyor Belt: Conveyor Belt (From the previous video), stepper motor [16:58] conveying empty bottles into the machine, conveying filled bottles out [17:01]
4. Sensors and Control System
Sensor 1: Detects the machine's home/reference position (Homing Position) [13:42]
Sensor 2: Detects whether a bottle is in the filling position. If there is no bottle, the machine automatically stops [14:14]
Sensor 3: Detects whether a cap is in the waiting position. If there is no cap, the machine automatically stops and gives an alarm [14:20]
Writing and uploading Arduino code to control the sequential operation of all motors and sensors [16:34]
5. Demonstration
A video demonstrating the machine's operation, demonstrating that it can accurately and continuously fill and cap small bottles [18:06]
Demonstrating the automatic stop function when there are no bottles [19:20] and when there are no caps in the feeder [20:35]
