JAICT, Journal of Applied Information and Communication Technologies, Vol.7, No.2, 2022 ———————————————————————————————————— 130 CONTROL AND MONITOR OF PRODUCT FILLING AUTOMATION SYSTEM IN PLC-BASED PACKAGING USING HMI OMRON NB7W-TW00B Sri Kusumastuti 1 , * Sindung Hadwi Widi Sasono 2 1, 2 Electrical Engineering Department, State Polytechnic of Semarang, Central Java 50275, Indonesia Abstract— This study aims to design and create an automation system for filling products into packaging. PLC CP1E- N30DR-A system can be controlled and monitored via Omron NB7W-TW00B HMI. HMI programming using NB- Designer software. The product used is a steel ball. The number of steel balls is set via HMI. The HMI screen display consists of inputs: Push Button Start, Push Button Stop, input the number of products in the packaging, packaging sensor, and steel ball sensor; outputs: conveyor and counter display. The test results show that HMI could provide variations in the number of products in the packaging. The present value counter can be displayed on the HMI. The control and monitor automation system of filling the product in the packaging worked well. Keywords— PLC, HMI, counter, sensor 1. Background Packing is a coordinated system for preparing goods to be ready for distribution, storage, and sale. The existence of a container or wrapper can help prevent or reduce damage and protect the product in it from the dangers of pollution and physical disturbances (friction, impact, vibration). One of the packaging processes is filling the product into the packaging. With the development of technology for filling products into packaging, automation systems have been used to replace manual processes. Most automation systems in the industry use PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) devices as controllers. Recently, automation systems have been developed with the HMI (Human Machine Interface). HMI is a two-way electronic system device that connects humans and machines. HMI makes the interaction between the PLC system and the operator possible via a screen with dynamic icons, numbers, and text. Operators through HMI can monitor and control the production process. Research in packaging systems in the form of product filling into packaging in automation systems has been widely carried out. Most product-filling devices in the packaging are designed only to fill a certain amount of product. The thing that can be done when the industry wants production with different sizes and packaging contents is to add sensors or change the program. This is deemed ineffective. From this background, the idea arose to control the filling of the product into the packaging with the number of products that could vary or according to the user's wishes set through the HMI 2. Device Design The block diagram of the Number of Products in Packages is shown in Figure 1. Device controller using PLC Omron CP1E-N30DR-A. HMI is used for setting counter values & monitoring devices. The input consists of a Push Button Start to turn on the system, a Push Button Stop to turn off the system work, a photoelectric sensor to detect the presence of a container, and an inductive proximity sensor to see a steel ball. The system’s output consists of a conveyor motor and a steel ball reservoir motor to drop the steel balls into the container/packaging. Fig. 1. Block Diagram