Combing customizable configuration and interactive control to simulate juicing and filling production line

Abstract

Both the rapid growth of global economy and the rapid improvement in living conditions have witnessed an explosive requirement of foods that are rich of vitamin. Juice beverage, as one kind of these foods, is very popular among people of all ages due to its higher portability and easier preservability. However, there are many issues, such as a very low device utilization rate, a very long design period and an inflexible manufacturing process, by using the traditional juicing and filling production line. The introduction of virtual reality simulation technologies can not only detect bottlenecks of the production line during design period, but also process fruits according to seasons for improving the total efficiency of one single production line. In this paper, we combine customizable configuration and interactive control to design and implement a simulation system of juicing and filling production line based on the traditional client-server architecture. Practical applications show that the developed simulation system can not only shorten effectively the design period but also improve greatly the design quality.