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SYSTEM
A Thesis Proposal
Presented to the Faculty of the
College of Engineering
Computer Engineering Department
In Partial Fulfilment of the Course Requirement
for the Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
BY:
Ervin Calaycay
Jose Eric Sapin
John Vergel Amrinto
Anthon Jay Castro
Fernando Tantuan III
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Approval Sheet
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abstract
Respondents
Definitions of Terms
Skewering Machine
Conveyor
Developed System
Materials
Methods
Architectural Design
Procedural Design
viv
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Filipino cuisine reflect the rich cultural heritage of the Filipinos. It is an integral part of
Filipino culture. However, due to many influence, the taste for Filipino cuisine has
begun to be replaced by the preference for foreign food (Florendo et al., 2019). One of
these foreign preference is street foods. Street foods have been define as “food which
are generally sold from stand stalls (usually not permanent structures) on the pavement
of busy streets in both urban and rural areas, usually at lower cost than fast food (J.Hill
et al., 2018).
The most crowd-pleasing street food in our country nowadays is barbeque. It provides
livelihood for many people who otherwise have been unemployed (J.Hill et al., 2018).
The increasing number of entrepreneurs also create new earning opportunities. This
also signifies that the demand for cleaner and faster process of making barbeque is
essential. One of the most delicate process in making barbeque is skewering. At the
present time, such skewering work is performed by hand and it is very challenging for
an operator to skewer large quantities of such food without sometimes injuring his
hands in the process. When in many cases the hand skewered materials are not well
centred on the stick so that they become detached (Yamanaka et al., 1973).The
Because contaminated fingernails play a great role in transporting pathogens from the
source to the food items and then from the food to the body (Tadesse et al., 2019).
The acquired data from the research papers, and internet aided the researchers to
propose this system. According to the journal entitled “Fast Facts: how much meat does
Filipino consume?” written by Sofia Tomacruz published on April 14, 2017. The
Filipino consumes about 14.2 kg of pork two kg more than the world’s average world
consumption. Next to pork, the average Filipino consumes about 11.6 kg of chicken
and 3 kg of beef or veal. Based on this information the researchers decided to focus on
pork barbeque.
This study will be conducted in order to enhance the traditional skewering process of
pork barbeque. It aims to design and develop an automated pork barbeque skewer
system with the develop advance features of uninterruptable power supply that prevents
the sudden cut –off of electricity from the main source and a system that can skewer
that will deliver convenience, relative ease and faster skewering process.
The main objective of this study is to design and develop an automated barbeque
pork barbeque.
2.2. Functionality,
2.4. Speed.
This refers to the person who will benefit and used the system.
Qualifications: The user who is authorized to use this system can be barbeque
Skewered Pork
(ready to cook pork barbeque)
Abrupt description: the user must first check if the UPS (uninterrupted power supply)
is connected to the main power of the system in case of sudden cut off of electricity
from the main source. Press the power button to turn on the system and you load your
pork to the customized loader plate. Press the start button for the machine to start
skewering.
Definitions of Terms
Barbeque/Barbecue: A meal at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors
pork barbeque.
Cambridge, 2019). In this study it is the rate of energy needed to skewer barbeque.
Entrepreneur: One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or
on barbeque.
(https://www.dictionary. com).
Linear Actuator: An electric linear actuator is a device that converts the rotational motion
of a AC or DC motor into linear motion- that is, it will provide both push and pull movement
(https://www.firgelliauto.com/blogs/news/linear-actuators-101).
Dictionary, 2019).
land, materials, energy, information, in the production of various goods and services
skewered barbeque.
Proximity Sensor: Are used across a broad range of industrial and manufacturing
applications. They’re used to sense the presence of objects or materials and then either
initiate some actions or simply flag their presence or absence. Key to their operations
is that they don’t target or object being sensed. This is why they’re often called non-
sensors/).
Skewer: The pointed wooden stick you use to hold cubes of meat or vegetables together
Speed: The rate at which something happens or done or the quality of being quick
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2019). In this study, it is the rate of how faster the
power. Also it is a brushless, synchronous electric motor that can divide a full rotation
into an expansive number of steps. The motor’s position can be controlled accurately
without any feedback mechanism, as long as the motor is carefully sized to the
(https://www.elprocus.com/stepper-motor-types-advantages-apllications/).
Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS): Back up source for limited time. It is also known
as battery backup, provides backup power when your regular power source fails or
Skewering Machine
centering and pressing materials which are intended to be skewered on a skewer plate
of a first conveyor, while a skewer rod is pushed through the materials held in
supporting plate of a first conveyor. The apparatus of the invention also includes means
for directing individual skewers or rods from a bin or supply thereof onto a second
which they are aligned with the guide means of the plates of the first conveyor.
Associated with the second conveyor is a mechanism for pushing each skewer at the
aligned position with the pressure station so that the skewer moves through the guide
of the plates carrying the material and pierces the material to skewer all of the material
The two conveyors and the supply system for the skewers, as well as the presser, are all
driven in timed relationship by a single driving motor. From this information, the author
Conveyor
A video entitled KSE Automatic Skewer Machine-KSE-ST28 retrieved from the link
a conveyor. This video showed one of the idea to have a conveyor with built-in loader
plate to significantly increase the output quality and quality of the skewered meat.
Linear Actuator (Stepper motor) with Limit Switch
A video entitled Control Stepper Motor with Limit Switches - Arduino Programming
with-limit.html?m=1. The video shows that the alternative of using pneumatic cylinder
which uses compressor can be linear actuator with limit switch. This video shows that
linear actuator is very easy to use. And just like pneumatic cylinder it can push forward
an object. The limit switch is used to reverse the motion of the linear actuator. From
this data, the video showed alternative design of using linear actuator with limit switch
Figure 8. Conveyor
Bin
Pusher
Linear
Conveyor
Actuator
Arduino based- Automatic pork Barbeque Skewer System is capable of skewering large
quantity of pork barbeque compared to the current skewering by hand. Which will
provide ease and comfort to the user. This machine has its own uninterruptable power
supply (UPS) which provides the operator enough time to back up his source in case if
the power is out. It has a customized loader plate where you can put and arrange the
pork for skewering. This helps minimize injuries cause by handling pork while
skewering. It has a default stop button for emergency purposes. This system also has
Materials
This pertains to the physical components of the system which is accountable for
Methods
The process started by gathering design concept of other comparable literature for the
the system. The researchers visualized and sketched the possible design of the
developed system using AutoCAD. Next the researchers plan to evaluate the system in
efficiency, speed and the acceptability of the developed system to our chosen
respondents.
In evaluating the skewering quantity and quality the researcher plan to compare the
produced by traditional skewering process. The quality is based upon the skewered pork
barbeque if it is well centered on the skewer and the pork is not easily become detached.
While the quantity is based on how many is produced skewered pork barbeque in a
developed system it is based on the system capability of doing its job with no errors. In
evaluating speed the researchers plan to compare how many product is produced by the
gathering this data the researchers can determine whether the developed system is
acceptable or not.
Architectural Design
220V Source
Outlet Switch
500W UPS
Proximity Sensor
12V-24V AC to DC Inverter
Microcontroller
12V DC Motor
Conveyor
5V Relay Module
24V Linear Actuator (Stepper motor) with limit switch for skewering
pork Conveyor
First conveyor for the skewers Second conveyor for the loader
plate
of the entire circuit. It will send and gathers data then process sensors input and
determines what to do with the system (to turn on the conveyor, LCD & etc.). Once the
proximity sensor detects something (pork) in the loader plate, it will trigger the linear
actuator to push the skewer through the loader plate. At the same time the linear actuator
that will be placed above the loader plate also pushed and acts as pressure to hold the
loader plate in place while the pork is being skewered. This process will be repeatedly
happen as long as the sensor detects a pork. An LCD will be provided to display how
many skewered pork is produce. The first conveyor (loader plate) will be using a 24v
wiper motor and the second conveyor (stick carrier) will use a stepper motor. The DC
motor will help the conveyor (stick carrier) to reject extra stick. The two (linear
actuator) moves in succession with each other. And the two groups of linear actuator
will move in succession with each other. However, if the proximity sensor doesn’t
detect pork at the loader plate, the linear actuator which is responsible in that plate will
not be trigger to push. As long as the sensor detects pork at the loader plate, the system
will continue to function unless it will be manually turn off. Every skewered pork will
be counted and display at the LCD. Also a stop button is provided for emergency
purposes.
Procedural Design
START
NO POWER YES
SUPPLY SKEWERS TO THE UPS ON
DOWN?
BIN
POWER
BACK ON
PRESSED THE START
BUTTON
A
CONVEYOR WILL
START MOVING
SENSOR DETECTS
NO
PORK?
YES
SKEWERED PORK
BARBEQUE
Pork Barbeque Skewer System which starts by supplying the bin with skewers and
turning on the system. The systems has a built in UPS that prevents sudden cut-off of
electricity from the main source. Fill the individual loader plate with pork. Then, press
the start button. This will begin the movement of the conveyor with the loader plate.
When the proximity sensor detects pork at the loader plates this will send data to the
microcontroller, which process and translate the data. This data will be send to the linear
actuator to start holding the three loader plate in place while the other three linear
actuator will start skewering them. The product of this process is ready to cook
skewered pork barbeque. This is count and display at the LCD. A stop button is
provided in case the user is satisfied with the number of skewered pork barbeque.
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