TY - GEN
T1 - Automated Disinfection System for Polyethylene Terephthalate Bottles for Bacteria, Fungi, and Viruses Using UVC LED Camera
AU - Orihuela, Gerson
AU - Reyes, Esleiter
AU - Huamanchahua, Deyby
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The world is currently experiencing a crisis, caused by SARS-CoV-2 and a viral mutation. Given this, the mechatronic system is proposed that allows disinfecting contaminated surfaces. This device makes it possible to disinfect polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by applying short-wave UVC rays from 200 to 280 nm, which generates a germicidal effect. The machine consists of a UVC chamber, transport, and a control system. For this, the methodology of the Association of German Engineers (VDI 2206) was used, taking into account the Inventor, TIA Portal, and Factory IO software, managing to develop the system whose light-emitting diodes inside the camera project type C ultraviolet light, camera protected by strips of plastic sheet (ABS) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene anti-ultraviolet light that blocks the projection wave up to 98% of the radiation; the recycled PET bottles are moved through a linear conveyor belt that supports a maximum weight of 200 kg, controlled by a control panel. Obtaining the results in this research focused on the design of the prototype, with a feasible structural system thanks to its maximum efficiency in the disinfection process. It is concluded that it is feasible to design a machine that projects ultraviolet rays to disinfect recycled PET bottles to eliminate viruses, parasites, fungi, and bacteria.
AB - The world is currently experiencing a crisis, caused by SARS-CoV-2 and a viral mutation. Given this, the mechatronic system is proposed that allows disinfecting contaminated surfaces. This device makes it possible to disinfect polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by applying short-wave UVC rays from 200 to 280 nm, which generates a germicidal effect. The machine consists of a UVC chamber, transport, and a control system. For this, the methodology of the Association of German Engineers (VDI 2206) was used, taking into account the Inventor, TIA Portal, and Factory IO software, managing to develop the system whose light-emitting diodes inside the camera project type C ultraviolet light, camera protected by strips of plastic sheet (ABS) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene anti-ultraviolet light that blocks the projection wave up to 98% of the radiation; the recycled PET bottles are moved through a linear conveyor belt that supports a maximum weight of 200 kg, controlled by a control panel. Obtaining the results in this research focused on the design of the prototype, with a feasible structural system thanks to its maximum efficiency in the disinfection process. It is concluded that it is feasible to design a machine that projects ultraviolet rays to disinfect recycled PET bottles to eliminate viruses, parasites, fungi, and bacteria.
KW - Bacteria
KW - Disinfectant
KW - Inactivation
KW - Nanometers
KW - UVC radiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151130598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-6841-9_2
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-6841-9_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85151130598
SN - 9789811968402
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 11
EP - 23
BT - Recent Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Processes - Proceedings of ICMEP 2022
A2 - Agarwal, Ramesh K.
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 12th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Processes, ICMEP 2022
Y2 - 6 June 2022 through 8 June 2022
ER -