A Bottleneck Analysis of Robotics and Automation in the Coca-Cola Production Line †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Process | Description |
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| Preforms are loaded onto the rinser, and the process starts. |
| The PET preforms are heated to 180 and blown using 40 bar air pressure. The bottle takes the shape of the mold casing. |
| All caps are checked for defects and ovality before being sent to the filler. |
| The mixer processes CO2 + Syrup from the syrup room, chills it to 2 °C, and sends it to the filler for filling. |
| Bottles from the blow mold oven are filled and capped by injecting beverage through a filling nozzle at high pressure. |
| After the bottles are capped, their levels and capping quality are checked using an X-ray camera. Products with lower levels or faulty caps are rejected automatically. |
| The bottles are coded for manufacturing or expiry dates. |
| The bottles are labeled with the trademark label. |
| The bottles are separated into 4-by-6 blocks and wrapped with the shrink film wrapper. |
| The tunnel heats the film and shrinks it at 180 °C. The packs are ready to be palletized. |
| The machine sorts the cases into layers and stack each layer on the pallets. |
| The pallet products are wrapped and sealed as finished goods. |
| Manually driven forklift is used for transportation to storage. End of the line. |
Operation | Description | Station | No. of Servers | Workload of Station, Sec/Bottle | Convey/Move Sec/Bottle |
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Loading | Loading preformed bottles onto conveyor | 01 | 02 | 005 | Start |
Rinsing | Rinsing each preformed bottle | 01 | 02 | 005 | 030 |
Blow molding | Blowing the preformed bottles into desired shapes in the mold | 02 | 50 | 060 | 030 |
Filling | Filling and capping happen in the same station | 03 | 50 | 060 | 030 |
Fill level inspection | Inspection of the fill level and capping quality | 04 | 01 | 001 | 020 |
Date coding | Printing of manufacturing date and expiry date | 05 | 01 | 002 | 015 |
Labeling | Labelling with trademarked labels | 06 | 01 | 030 | 010 |
Packing | Packing of the bottles into packs/cartons | 07 | 01 | 120 | 120 |
Palletizing | Sorting of the cartons/packs onto pallets | 08 | 01 | 300 | 420 |
Stretch wrapping | Wrapping of the pallets | 09 | 01 | 120 | 180 |
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Mai, M.; Kunar, S.; Mohamed, A. A Bottleneck Analysis of Robotics and Automation in the Coca-Cola Production Line. Eng. Proc. 2024, 66, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024066022
Mai M, Kunar S, Mohamed A. A Bottleneck Analysis of Robotics and Automation in the Coca-Cola Production Line. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 66(1):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024066022
Chicago/Turabian StyleMai, Malachi, Sandip Kunar, and Aezeden Mohamed. 2024. "A Bottleneck Analysis of Robotics and Automation in the Coca-Cola Production Line" Engineering Proceedings 66, no. 1: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024066022