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AUTOMATIC SORTING MACHINE

BASED ON BARCODE
Dhammadip Kamble, Akash Ghadge, Shrikant Kshirsagar, Shyam Dhole, Mukesh
Bhutekar

*Assistant professor, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune

*BE Mechanical, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune

Abstract -: The Automatic Sorting Machine is used to Since our objective was to automate the existing sorting
sort different types of products or commodities based on process, the knowhow of electronic components like
the barcode provided on them. This gives a provision to sensors, DC motors, Arduino Uno, Barcode Scanning
reduce the manual effort and hence human error by Sensor were of utmost importance to us which was studied
replacing the conventional methods of sorting in areas using the research paper "DESIGN AND
involving hectic sorting. The system comes into play in IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATED PARCEL
airports and other industrial distribution centres where SORTING MECHANISM USING ARDUINO". In order to
the products or commodities have to be sorted into ensure proper scanning of Barcode a paper named "
batches in order to take them to their respective Adaptive Binarization of QR Code Images for Fast
destination. The products are put on a conveyer system Automatic Sorting in Warehouse Systems" was studied
where they are scanned for the particular barcode which helped us to scan the barcode with efficiency and
provided on them. Depending on the barcode, they are swiftly under proper illumination of light". Also, a research
placed on the respective carriers automatically where paper named "Design and Construction of Colour Sensor
these carriers dispatch them to the corresponding Based Optical Sorting Machine" and " Design and
destinations. Development of a PLC Based Automatic Object Sorting"
addressed us to new design and electronic components.
Keywords: Arduino uno, Sorting, Barcode, Barcode Books were also referred while learning about the Arduino
Scanner, Sensor and its programming. The books were "Programming
Arduino: Second Edition", "Arduino Cookbook, 2nd
1. INTRODUCTION Edition”, Arduino Workshop: A Hands-On Introduction to
65 Projects" etc. Using all the resources mentioned above
In the present world, there are plenty of scientific
our project work was executed.
innovations and sophisticated technologies that has
simplified human life and raised the standard of living.
Scientists are busy with the research and development 4. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
works. Day-by-day scientists come up with better ideas that
make the life of common man more automated. As an
attempt to develop an automated set-up in whatever area
possible which would further simplify human life and make
it easier, we ended up with the very relevant area of concern
– sorting.

2. EXISTING SYSTEM
The Existing Method has been into practice from a couple
of decades now. The sorting facilities have traditionally
been aligned to handling documents, parcels and small
packages. The existing sorting process is carried out by
people manually either on the floor area or on conveyor
belts at particular locations. The entire parcel sorting
process does not have Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
which drastically reduces the efficiency. The existing
The system consists of many functional units such as
method face a lot obstacles like labour availability, limited
barcode scanner, ultrasonic sensor, dc motor, arduino uno as
working hours, financial inefficiencies which may result in
shown in figure1. Here arduino uno plays vital role i.e. it is
limited benefits for the organization.
heart of this proposed system. The arduino uno is burnt with
program that is necessary to control the barcode scanner,
3. LITERATURE SURVEY motors, sensors, and conveyors interfaced to it. The
interfaced units are controlled by the arduino uno in an
Multiple research papers, articles and webpages were
efficient and faster manner, thus providing the system to be
thoroughly scrutinized for executing this project work.
reliable than the existing ones.
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5. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

In many industries sorting the materials of different sizes is

difficult. For this purpose we need more human efficiency
to sort the materials, so we are using the automated process
which is used to sort the materials which are of different
sizes and shapes... After completion of manufacturing the
product they automatically move on the conveyor belts.
Here we are using sensors at different places which detect
and sense the materials. They get sorted at different places 6.2. Barcode Scanner
based upon their Barcode which is provided on it and they A barcode reader (or barcode scanner) is an electronic
are placed in their respected containers or boxes. For device that can read and output printed barcodes to a
sensing the material we are using ultrasonic sensors which
computer. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light
are so sensitive. The Proposed System block diagram is
shown in Figure.1. source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses
into electrical ones. Additionally, nearly all barcode readers
contain decoder circuitry analysing the barcode's image data
provided by the sensor and sending the barcode's content to
the scanner's output port.

Figure.1 Block Diagram

All these process is controlled and handled by Arduino uno.

Automating every sector of industry is an important step
towards increasing efficiency and reducing human related
Figure 3 barcode Scanner
errors. The entire process is controlled by the program
It is an electronic device that can read the printed barcodes.
dumped in Arduino uno.
It consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor
translating optical impulses into electrical pulses. In this
6. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION paper, we are using Barcode scanner to read the printed PIN
codes as barcodes which is shown in Figure.3
6.1. Conveyor Belt
Conveyor is used in many industries to transport goods and 6.3. US Sensor
materials between stages of a process. Using conveyor An ultrasonic sensor is an electronic device that
systems is a good way to reduce the risks of measures the distance of a target object by emitting
musculoskeletal injury in tasks or processes that involve ultrasonic sound waves, and converts the reflected
manual handling, as they reduce the need for repetitive sound into an electrical signal. Ultrasonic waves travel
lifting and carrying. Conveyors are a powerful material faster than the speed of audible sound (i.e. the sound
handling tool. Here instead of using multiple conveyor belts that humans can hear). Ultrasonic sensors have two
for different operation we are using a single conveyor belt main components: the transmitter (which emits the
which takes the objects to the barcode scanner where the sound using piezoelectric crystals) and the receiver
sensing of the objects is done and according to data in (which encounters the sound after it has travelled to
barcode pushing arms get activated then sorting operation is and from the target).
done simultaneously. Conveyor belt is shown in figure.

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8. RESULTS

4.5
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3.5
3 AUTOMATIC
2.5 SORTING
2 MACHINE
1.5 HUMAN
1
Figure 4 US Sensor
0.5
6.4. Arduino uno
0
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Here
we are using Arduino for processing and controlling inputs
and outputs. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform X-axis = Productivity Y- axix = Time in hours
based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino
boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on
a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - Expense Machine (Price in Human (Price in
activating a motor, turning on an LED, which is shown in Rs.) Rs.)
Figure.5 Installation(one 10,000 00
time)
Human Labour 00 12,000
Maintenance 500 00
Electricity 112 00
Canteen facility 00 600
Total (for month) 10,712 12,600
Total (For year) 18,856 1,32,344

9. CONCLUSION

The automatic sorting machine using conveyor belt is

Figure 5 Arduino uno Board basically useful for sorting the products in the industry
specifically large scale industries where mass production is
7. HARDWARE SETUP carried out. We have proposed a system which would
increases the production rate and accuracy of material
The overall hardware setup of proposed System is shown in handling system. The machine also reduces the efforts of
Figure.7. In the sorting mechanism, all the gadgets are the workers by reducing the time spent for material
connected to arduino uno by jumper wire. When the pieces handling. The application area of this machine is very wide
are sensed by the UV sensor. The arms get activated to push in industries where automation is built. Ultimately the
the parcels to the appropriate destination. machine sorts an additional 100 objects per day as
compared to a normal human being with savings amounted
to Rs. 1,32,344 per year in the same work hours.

10. FUTURE SCOPE

• Replacing DC motors by stepper motors to increase

accuracy.
• Sensors can be replaced by cameras for digital
processing which is done using “MATLAB”
Figure 6 Hardware Setup of Proposed Mode • Robotic arm can be used instead of flippers and
containers to place the object at desired locations, thus
The Conveyor with DC Gear motor is used for the
making the process of sorting more effective.
transportation.

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• Also we can use such system which would help to get

information by various types of inspection such as
holes diameter, Height, Thickness, Surface defect.
• Segregation based on size can be done by installation
of sieves of various sizes.
• Some rubber gripers can be used. It increases surface
resistance which helps to avoid slipping of conveyor
belt.

11. REFERENCES

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