Design and development of a transfer system for an automated packaging machine

In this thesis, the design and development of an automated packaging machine capable of transitioning bulk vials into containers of 100 nested vials is presented. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the design, development and production of a transfer line as part of the aforementioned machine. After being fed into the sorting and orienting stage in loose bulk, the vials are transferred into the packaging stage through the transfer line. The designed machine will contribute to the reduction of labor costs and increase reliability regarding the exact number and orientation of the vials inside the package. After a concise overview of the motivation and objectives of the project as well as a brief reference to the term industrial automation, the design and development of the transfer line is described in detail.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Moskofidis, Efstratios.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David E. Hardt.

• Mechanical Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123762

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123762