MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611068948 A) filed by Abes Engineering College Ghaziabad on June 02, 2026, for Plc And Microcontroller Based Conveyor System For Metal And Non-Metal Sorting.
Inventors include Dr. Pragati Srivastava Deb; Dr Vivek Verma; Dr. Puneet Kumar Aggarwal; Satya Narayan Singh; Harsh Sharma; Lokesh Singh; and Akshit Tyagi.
The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.
Abstract: PLC AND MICROCONTROLLER BASED CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR METAL AND NON-METAL SORTING Abstract of the Invention The invention relates to a PLC and microcontroller based conveyor system for metal and non-metal sorting (100). The system comprises a conveyor belt (101) driven by a motor (103) controlled through a Variable Frequency Drive (104), supplied by an AC source (105). A sensing zone (106) includes an inductive sensor (107) for metal detection and a capacitive sensor (108) for non-metal detection. Sensor outputs are processed by a microcontroller unit (109) and transmitted to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) unit (110) for control execution. An actuator mechanism (111) driven by a NEMA17 stepper motor (112) diverts materials into a metal bin (113) or non-metal bin (114). A Human Machine Interface (116) enables monitoring and control. The system ensures accurate, real-time, energy-efficient, and automated sorting with reduced human intervention and improved industrial safety and productivity.
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