E-XOTIC Production System Prototype

Subtitle:

A- Drying Tunnel

B- Crusher

C- Mixer

D- Greenhouse

E - Press

First, we represented the drying tunnel, where the seeds are dried.

Then comes the crusher, which will be used for the process of crushing the mango seeds.

After crushing the pits, the resulting material is transported to the laboratory, which in this case is only represented by the mixer due to lack of space, and it is here where the biodegradable formula is produced.

Once the biodegradable formula is obtained, it is stored in the oven for the final drying of the resulting material.

The last step of the process takes place in the press with the objective of giving the packaging the idealized format.

Program in Lego® Mindstorms® EV3

The code starts with the movement of the treadmill in the drying tunnel. In this section there is a color sensor. If, initially, it detects a red object, the sound “Okay” is emitted. When the sensor detects a green object (which represents a defective product), the microcontroller emits an alarm sound that is repeated three times (“Error Alarm”), the display writes on line 1 “defect” and the treadmill stops. After two seconds of waiting, a sound representing the grinding is emitted and, after two seconds, the “Start” sound is heard so that the tactile sensor is pressed and, consequently, the mixer starts operating for three seconds. Two seconds later, a sound (“Air Release”) is emitted, symbolizing the operation of the greenhouse. Finally, the press is activated by the distance sensor, when the carriage for transporting the resulting mixture, coming from the mixer, approaches it less than 5 cm.