Improving productivity of industrial soda-filling machine using PLC programming

Soft drinks are in demand because of their sparkling property and refreshing taste. An industrial soda-filling machine is used to fill soda bottles with carbonated solution at certain pressures. This study investigated the soda-filling cycle of an industrial filling machine to improve its productivity and the taste and quality of soft drinks. A programmable logic controller was used to control the different processes of a soda-filling cycle. Different filling pressures of carbonated solution were considered to examine their effects on the productivity of the machine and the taste and quality of the soft drinks. The effects of the different filling pressures on the mean, cumulative, and cycle times in different production cycles were estimated. Filling the soda bottles with carbonated solution at low pressure resulted in an improved productive cycle.