<![CDATA[The initial objective of this report is to design a screw feeder system with a design that can uniform the flow of a product. In this study, coincidentally, there is a company in Malang that needs a tool to convey their product, which is fine salt. The design of this screw feeder is created using SolidWorks software, and for the chosen materials, acrylic plastic is used for the hopper with a minimum capacity of 10 kg, and nylon is used for the screw feeder. As for the electrical component, Omron's PLC program is used to operate the stepper motor as the driver for the screw feeder, and Arduino is used to display the weight measured by the load cell. After completing the design using SolidWorks, an analysis is conducted to determine the thickness of the acrylic for the hopper. The analysis results from SolidWorks show that a thickness of 4mm yields a deflection of 0.6 mm, a thickness of 6mm yields a deflection of 0.2 mm, and a thickness of 8mm yields a deflection of 0.007 mm. As for the thickness of the screw feeder thread from nylon, the analysis results from SolidWorks show that a 3 mm thread thickness yields a deflection of 0.008 mm, a 4 mm thickness yields a deflection of 0.004 mm, and a 5 mm thickness yields a deflection of 0.002 mm. In addition, the calculation results for the motor capacity indicate a torque of 6.897 Nm. After obtaining the ideal analysis and calculation data, the fabrication process is carried out. In conclusion, the main objective of this report is to achieve product flow uniformity using a screw feeder.]]>
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