Virtual Commissioning of an automatic machine for the coffee industry

This thesis focuses on the analysis and implementation of a digital model for the virtual commissioning of an automatic coffee cap machine. The software that allowed the model to be built is IndustrialPhysics. IndustrialPhysics is a simulation tool for the realistic and rapid modeling of mechatronic systems. It supports the conversion of mechanical CAD data into physical models and simulation of material flow processes can be performed in real time. The first purpose is to import a CAD model into IndustrialPhysics, model it by assigning kinematics and logical properties to the elements and implement a logic that allows to visualize the flow of the product in the machine as in reality. Then the virtual model will be connected to a PLC running the control code of the real automatic machine.