Automated Conveyor-Belt Product Sorting: An Industry 4.0 Initiative

In this paper, an automated conveyor belt-based product counter and faulty product detector along with the sorting mechanism using IR sensor array with microcontroller interfacing have been fabricated and analysed.Product transport line of a factory is utilized to convey this item starting with one station to another.This conventional methodology is tedious, less intense and nonpredictable.The proposed system has turned out to be progressively easy and less time-consuming product transport system for an automated industry 4.0 utilization.In this manner, the authors proposed the structure and execution of programs utilizing core microcontroller.In the implemented system, the product rolling over a conveyer belt detection has been sensed by infrared technology.Using IR sensors, the dimensions (height and width) of a product which may be smaller or larger has been determined.Once the size of a product is determined, the proposed system will automatically count and sort the objects as per its size and dimension and the product is placed by using a stepper motor.