Automated vegetable cooking oil sachet filling and sealing machine

• Main Authors: Datu, Carla Therese, Infante, Athena Ahn, Mison, Raymond Joseph, Natanauan, Michael Ian, Sazon, Marty Brian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Oils and fats, Edible; Packaging; Packaging machinery; Sealing (Technology)
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14538
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study was based on the observations made on the current handling of vegetable cooking oil in market stalls in Metro Manila. The current process is to manually pour the cooking oil into plastic bags and recycled bottles. This inspired the idea to create a filling and sealing machine that could be used to supply cooking oil in small amount to different market stalls and improve the cooking oil handling for consumers. A survey was conducted in market stalls in Metro Manila and the result showed that the idea of pre-packed generic vegetable cooking oil was feasible. This study was able to design and fabricate a machine that automatically fill and seal vegetable oil into sachets of 80mL and 175 mL. The machine in this study is composed of: (1) a foil roller assembly that feeds the packaging material into the machine (2) a pneumatic feed cylinder that dispenses oil into the sachets (3) a vertical sealing assembly and (4) a horizontal sealing assembly with an embedded cutter. Through a series of experiments, the group was able to set each of these machine parts to comply with the tolerance standards set for selling the cooking oil sachets. The average amount of oil dispensed by this machine is 79.305 mL and 174.58 mL, which is acceptable. The tests proved that the sealing, cutting and filling mechanism of this study is acceptable and efficient and can be used for producing cooking oil into sachets.