Development of Vending Machine for Mini Components

Abstract

Recent production system can be converted into profit if the subsequent assembly of the components is also automated. Automatic assembly systems are not feasible with all the industry due to high capital investment. A vending machine is proposed to make the assembly faster without miss out of any part of the assembly operator. In this project, an effort has been made to develop a vending machine for an assembly line for toy manufacturing industry. A toy assembly consisting of 5 components is taken as a case study. The machine is programmed and controlled using `Arduino' controller. The machine can be used to deliver the components as per requirement (pre-programmed bill of materials i.e. a number of components) in front of the assembly operator. This will fabricate to make the assembly faster, error free, and to reduce fatigue to the operator.