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 The Teabag Boxing System is a simplified version of a real system used in the production chain of packed teabags. The system receives teabags from a teabag producer, checks their weight and forwards them either for packaging to a legal-teabag consumer, if the weight is in the accepted range, otherwise to an illegal-teabag consumer for recycling. A belt is required to be in operation only in the presence of teabags on it. If the last teabag leaves the belt the TBCS is required to stop the belt. TBS is composed of:

a) a scale that weighs teabags,

b) a feeder that rejects out-of-range teabags, and

c) three conveyor belts that move teabags to their destination.

 The figure below presents a simplified diagram of the Teabag Boxing system.

For a detailed description see Archimedes ESS: The Teabag Boxing System case study.

The Teabag Boxing System Mechanical Process Simulator

The simulator of the Teabag Boxing mechanical process provides socket interfaces for the sensor and actuator signals and can be used for testing and demonstrating the TBCS application. The figure below shows the graphical interface of this simulator in operation.

Instructions on how to use the TBS mechanical process simulator. You can download this simulator and use it for running and testing your Teabag Boxing control application.